There is a bit more information on the the Alt.Net conference now at http://www.altdotnetuknorth.info/

Registration will open next week at noon on Tuesday the 24th February.

In my previous post about getting Windows 7 onto the fantastic Dell Mini 9 I talked about solving things like the driver issues and antivirus. This time I’m going to cover how I installed Windows 7 onto the 8Gb SSD version of the Mini 9.

Interestingly, Windows 7 will actually install in about 8Gb. However, when I tried …

On the same day as the Alt.Net event I am organising there is a community event at TVP 'WebDD'09 - With all the latest stuff from MIX 09'.

We are spoilt, there is so much choice in the community events at this time of year

I am please to be able to announce that there will be an Alt.net Open Space Conference in Bradford on the 17/18th April this year. I had mentioned my intension of organising such an event at the last London conference, but it has taken a bit longer than expected to get sorted due to problems with getting the venue.

The …

Note: The instruction below refer to Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 R2 has an 'allow spoofing' checkbox which should be used instead. 

When setting up NLB in a virtualised environment, there’s an extra step that you might need to take to get everything working that doesn’t seem to be mentioned very often. …

At todays Azure event I heard a new word for my occasional buzz word posts.

Marketechture - an architecture designed by marketing for use in Powerpoint

You can now register for SQLBits IV in Manchester on the 28th March, hurry if you want to attend as these free conferences do tend to full up quick

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The Developer & Platform Group at Microsoft are bringing their cloud based Azure Services Platform Roadshow to …