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GFI recently announced the latest version of their anti-spam solution called “version 14”. I have used MailEssentials for many years and I am excited about some of the new features. For example, version 14 offers improved anti-spam technology, “SpamRazer” - an additional anti-spam engine, improved performance, and a real-time dashboard. You can download a free… Read More

I'm sure you would agree that in our current economy, it's important to continue to find ways to improve IT efficency and control costs. For organizations using VMware Virtual Servers, our Petri knowledgebase sponsor Idealstor has just released a new product that can help achieve these goals. It is called iBac Virtual Infrastructure Proxy (iBac… Read More

Although Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 has been around for a while and has been superseded by ISA 2006, Microsoft has now released SP3 for ISA 2004. Service Pack 3 provides the latest updates to ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition, with increased security, enhanced troubleshooting tools, and improved log viewer functionality. This service… Read More

Completely unexpected Microsoft launches the first beta of its upcoming hypervisor Hyper-V (formerly codename Viridian / Windows Server Virtualization). This first beta, initially planned for the end of this year, was later postponed to February 2008, in sync with the global launch of Windows Server 2008 (formerly known as "Longhorn"). But Microsoft put a great… Read More

The Microsoft Network Monitor tool has been around since the days of NT 4.0, and although it wasn't the best sniffer around, it was a good tool to have in your toolbox if nothing else worked. Network Monitor (or NM for short) has been released in 2 major versions, and has had 2 types of… Read More

3 years after the acquisition of Connectix, Microsoft finally releases an enterprise class management tool for Virtual Server: Virtual Machine Manager 2007, included in System Center management family. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager provide a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center that enables increased physical server utilization and centralized management of virtual… Read More

Published on the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Team Blog, Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of several Virtualization Solution Accelerators aimed at helping IT professionals and consultants accelerate adoption and deployment of Microsoft virtualization technologies including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Terminal Services, Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid), System Center Virtual Machine… Read More

When using Windows XP and previous operating systems one could easily send messages from one computer to another by using the "Net Send" command from the command prompt. Typing a command like this: Net send Daniel "Please contact help desk immediately!" Would result in the computer searching for the location where the user Daniel has… Read More

The following is a personal update from Daniel Petri, MVP: Hi all. I've started a new job today, as VP Technologies for ObserveIT. ObserveIT is an Israeli-based company founded in 2006 which has created a patented technology that answers one of the toughest questions in IT "Who last accessed the server and what did he… Read More

Office System (2003) Gold (RTM) Patches You should consider installing SP2 Office System 2003 Service Pack 2 was released in the end of September 2005. You can download SP2 for Office System 2003 right here: Download Office System 2003 SP2 - Client only (50.5mb) Download Office System 2003 SP2 - Full administrative installation (101mb) For… Read More

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 has been released in the beginning of July 2007. It resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 customers. Note: Update Rollup 3 is a cumulative update rollup, and it replaces… Read More

As announced on the MSExchange Team blog, today, Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta 2 has been released as a community technology preview (CTP). This is a great milestone for the product and the team and builds on the great work they did in Exchange 2007. They are distributing the release through MSDN and… Read More

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB 940006) has been officially released at the end of August 2007. The update is live at THIS LINK, and will also be offered through Microsoft Update. To read more about Update Rollup 4 please see KB 940006. Download the 32-bit version (30.1 mb) Download the 64-bit version… Read More

Scheduled to be released in the beginning of 2008, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) delivers improvements and enhancements to existing Vista features that significantly impact customers, but it does not deliver substantial new operating system features. Microsoft has published a comprehensive document outlining exactly what difference SP1 makes to Vista. See a download link… Read More

Last week Microsoft Israel held a major Windows Server 2008 launch event, with more than 350 attendees and many display booths. The event took place in Akko (north of Haifa), and was sponsored by Mediatech-Hi-Tech, one of Israel's largest training centers. The main event was presented By Daniel Petri, who spoke for over 4 hours… Read More