RunAs Radio

Andy Malone Is Securing Social Networking!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Andy Malone about the challenges of social networking for the enterprise. It's not enough just to cut your users off from social networking at the company - you need to protect the organization from impersonation. Andy digs into what the logical balance of exposure on social networking looks like.

Sahil Malik Fills Us In on Sharepoint 2010!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Sahil Malik on what's coming in Sharepoint 2010. Sahil has been working with Sharepoint 2010 for more than a year, and the NDAs have finally been lifted, letting him talk about the cool new features of 2010 that will help the IT Pro.

Simon Goldstein on what's IT Pros need to know about Audits!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Simon Goldstein comes back to the show to talk to Richard and Greg about what IT professionals need to know when being audited. Whether you're dealing with SOX, HIPAA, PCI or any other kind of IT audit, Simon digs into what you should be doing before, during and after an audit.

Lara Rubbelke Manages SQL Server with the Enterprise Policy Management Framework!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Lara Rubbelke about the Enterprise Policy Management Framework (EPM). EPM is a freely downloadable framework for managing detailed policies around SQL Server 2008, 2005 and 2000. You can get EPM at http://www.codeplex.com/EPMFramework

Dana Epp Provides DirectAccess!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Dana Epp about DirectAccess. DirectAccess is Microsoft's new technology using Windows 7 (Enterprise or Ultimate) and Server 2008 R2 together to create remote connectivity that acts in all respects like you're still inside the corporate network. DirectAccess has the potential to put client-initiated VPN connection out to pasture. The conversation also dives into IPv6, which is required for DirectAccess, digging into how IPv6 has probably been functioning fine over your IPv4 network and you didn't even realize it!

Isaac Roybal is on a Private Cloud!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Isaac Roybal about Microsoft's efforts in creating private cloud technologies. Private cloud focuses on using cloud technologies - within the organization's firewall. Isaac talks about how Microsoft has been using its own cloud technology internally for PSS and digs into the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit (http://www.microsoft.com/hosting/dynamicdatacenter/Home.html). Also take a look at the Private Cloud initiative at http://www.microsoft.com/privatecloud

Buck Woody Organizes Us with SQL CMS!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Buck Woody about SQL CMS, a tool he's contributed to codeplex at http://sqlcms.codeplex.com. SQL CMS is actually a collection of tools that together provide content management of SQL Server and other servers in your network, allowing you to identify different servers, who's responsible for managing them, their current status and details of their configuration. It's a great synergy of tools built into SQL Server 2008, accelerators like MAPS and EPM - Enterprise Policy Management Framework, another project on codeplex.

Dana Epp Uses Free Tools!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Dana Epp about the free tools he uses to manage his networks. The list of tools include nmap (http://www.nmap.org), Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184923.aspx), Windows Server Update Services (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx), the Application Compatibility Toolkit (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd562082(VS.85).aspx) and of course the SysInternals tools (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx).

Steve Riley is Up in the Clouds!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to the one-and-only Steve Riley, formerly of Microsoft and now working with the Amazon Cloud Computing group. Steve is focused on helping enterprise customers understand how to take advantage of Amazon's cloud computing services. As always, Steve has his eye on the security elements of cloud computing as well. There's also a great discussion about virtualization on the desktop.

Jessica Moss Reports on SQL Server Reporting Services!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Jessica Moss about SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). SSRS can replace typical reporting products like Crystal Reports, but also provides a tool for having users build their own reports. The conversation also moves into the Business Intelligence side of reporting, looking at how SSRS works with Analysis Services to provide a deeper level of reporting.

Sahil Malik Manages Sharepoint 2007!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Sahil Malik about managing Sharepoint 2007. With the new version of Sharepoint just around the corner, it's time to dig into what the current version of Sharepoint does well and what is challenging. Sahil talks about solutions for challenges in Sharepoint 2007, including dealing with keeping profiles in separate farms. He points to his tool on codeplex, MOSS Profile Import at www.codeplex.com/mossprofileimport. There will be another show in the future to talk about how some of these issues are resolved in Sharepoint 2010.

Andy Malone Battles Security in the Clouds!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Andy Malone about security in cloud computing. Once an application is moved to the cloud, where is the data itself? It could be distributed across multiple countries. Who is responsible for protecting it, for maintaining legal compliance, etc. Service level agreements are key, but how do you enforce them?

Daniel Nerenberg Gets Services from Microsoft Online!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Daniel Nerenberg about Microsoft Online Services. Microsoft Online Services include Exchange, Sharepoint, Office Communicator and more. These are cloud services - you buy them by the user and month. Daniel digs into the advantages of using online services as well as the integration and migration challenges.

Andrew Hayter Battles Malcode!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Andrew Hayter from ICSA Labs. ICSA Labs is the independent third party for validating security products such as anti-virus, malware, SSL security, etc. Andy digs into the state of the world around malware.

Phil Peery Keeps Active Directory Working!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Phil Peery from Premier Field Engineering at Microsoft about the state of Active Directory out in the world. Phil works with a large variety of customers in the New York area in his PFE role, and explores some of the problems that his customers have had with Active Directory.

Mark Minasi Digs on Windows 2008 R2!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Mark Minasi about the state of Windows today. There's a bit of discussion about Vista (Mark seems to be its only fan), then over to Windows 7 (it's Vista with love!), but most of the discussion focuses on the chocolatety goodness of Windows 2008 R2. Mark digs into Active Directory Undelete, Managed Service Accounts and more.

David Lowe Educates Us on the Microsoft Web Platform!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to David Lowe about the Microsoft Web Platform. The web platform spans from development and designer tools, through the web server (IIS) and the databases. David starts out digging into running PHP and mySQL on Windows before moving on into the IIS extensions, including: Application Resource Routing, Dynamic IP Restrictions, Live Smooth Streaming, Windows Media Services and Search Engine Optimization. Check out the web platform at http://www.microsoft.com/web and the IIS extensions at http://www.iis.net/extensions.

Phil Peery On the Powers and Pitfalls of 64 Bit Operating Systems!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Phil Peery of Microsoft's Premier Field Engineering team about 64 bit operating systems. Phil also talks extensively about the /3GB switch for 32 bit operating systems - a tricky switch that has to be handled carefully. The discussion also digs into running 32 bit apps on 64 bit operating systems.

Mitch Garvis Manages Virtual Machines with SCVMM!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Mitch Garvis about System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). SCVMM handles Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) migration of computers into virtual machines. It also does Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration from VMWare VMDK to VHD. Besides migration, SCVMM allows operators to understand the load across different VM host machines and move VMs from one machine to another, to handle failover clustering and to provision new VMs as needed.

Stephen Rose on the Windows 7 Release Candidate!

info@runasradio.com (Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST

Richard and Greg talk to Stephen Rose about Windows 7 RC. The show focuses on what the enterprise customer is going to care about around Windows 7, including reducing maintenance costs, managing compatibility and better remote access options.