Starting to backup before a wipe and
upgrade -back in a while!

Update:

All went very very well.  I suppose
I should not really be too surprised with that.  There was a slight
issue with Lotus Notes but I will keep that for a seperate blog posting.

Ok, its been a while since I posted
a SNTT, and I was asked this recently, so figured it may be a useful tip
for an admin newbie.  So imagine you are an administrator, and have
to (only ever now and then) deal with pesky end user requests.  Well,
there is a request to prevent any old user from mailing the group that
contains all the users in the domain (or any group for that matter).  Its
a fairly simple process.  

So you have a group that contains all
the users in your domain.  Here it is:



(em… obviously it would contain users
in the real world – in my domain, I don’t allow users).

Now, create a group that would contain
all the users that will be allowed to mail to the group above.  And
here you go:

Add all your permitted users to that
group.  Now go back to the group with all the users in it and go into
the document properties.  Click on the key (security) tab and you
will see the following:

Uncheck the ALL READERS AND ABOVE checkbox
and then we are going to click on the torso icon to the right, and choose
which users can read this group from the directory.



I have added in the group that will
contain the users permitted to mail to this group, and the admins and localdomainservers
group for management purposes.

Thats pretty much it – now only users
in that group (and admins) can mail to the contents of that large group.
 If you want to permit / deny rights, just add/remove users from the
group.

Folks, I know BES servers very well,
but my architecture knowledge or Exchange is fair.  Is there anyone
that would give me a few seconds of time to help design a topology (very
secure one).  I have it done but want to get some sense checking from
a guru in this area.

Comments or mail me… pmooney@pmooney.net

Already flowing through the blogosphere
is the news of a downloadable facebook
application for Blackberry users.
 I downloaded it from here
using my blackberry pearl and
was up and running in a few minutes.

FB is more and more becoming a integral
part of my day.  And I don’t bother with many of the applications
(apologies for all the ignoring of the vampire apps etc).

Its late.  Not that late where
you know that the sun will rise anytime soon, but its late enough that
after a long day, I know I’m tired and I know I’m sick of emails, so I
am going to blog post an answer to a question I was asked twice today.

"Yeah – why should I bother going
to Lotusphere… or better yet, how could I convince someone to send me
to Florida in January?  My boss will think its just a Junket"

Well, Warren gave some excellent tips
on convincing your boss on why you should go to Lotusphere in the past
(Warren, can you post a direct link as a response please, I can’t find
it).

I will give you a direct reason anyway.
 Its a bottom line reason.

2008 will be my fourth year in a row
going to Lotusphere.  EVERY year I have returned with tangible and
non-tangible benefits for attending.  All of these have lead to revenue
for where
I work.

I met Warren
and got to know the staff of B.E.
Systems in my first year there.
 Since then, Blue Wave and B.E. have had an excellent working relationship
where both companies have landed business and assisted each other in so
many ways that we are in constant communication at this stage.  This
has lead to some excellent growth and revenue for us both.  

I have met other BP’s (and IBMer’s)
aswell, and the communication that we have now has lead to better profile
for us all, and answers to technical and business questions in an instant
that would of taken weeks before.  How impressive do you think it
is when your customer asks you a question and you say… "I don’t
know, but the guy who WROTE that is on my Skype list… gimmie a second
to find out".

I met companies at Lotusphere that are
now regular customers.

My customers have attended Lotusphere
and come back wanting to start off more projects after being jazzed up
by the new features, or old features they just didn’t know about.

I met product vendors (have you looked
at this
product!) that have led to sales
and implementations in countries across Europe.

There are a wealth of reasons why attending
Lotusphere is a damn good idea.  This year so far is shaping up to
be the best yet.  If you go to Lotusphere with some enthusiasm, realism
and some experience, armed with business cards and the notion to speak
to people, I would be stunned if you do not come home feeling like it is
worth the money.

Is on November 9th in the Alexander
Hotel in Dublin city.  For details on the event and how to register,
click here.

Ed Brill’s UK counterpart, Darren
Adams gives a really good videocast
on Zdnet.
 Worth a watch to see him in action!

Is there a hook in Facebook that allows
you to manage LinkedIn aswell?  Facebook is a fantastic social site,
but the layout is professional (unlike Bebo).  I could definitely
see some sort of merge between it and LinkedIn.  I know they have
different uses, but I can imagine they would only gain from each other.

Sign 1 – My hangover will still in full
force yesterday (Monday)

Sign 2 – A text message sent by me to
a friend at 2am Sunday morning

"úWs that yog"

em…. I have no idea… but bet it
was a fantastic idea at the time.

Guys, a seminar well worth going to
next week in Glasgow.  If you can attend, you should..