Join us for a live webchat to discuss your queries regarding the deployment and configuration of the VPN server and its interaction with other network infrastructure services. This webchat will focus on Routing and Remote Access Server (RRAS) configuration and its interoperability with DNS, NAT, Firewall [...]]]> Here is an interesting webcast that I plan on attending:

Join us for a live webchat to discuss your queries regarding the deployment and configuration of the VPN server and its interaction with other network infrastructure services. This webchat will focus on Routing and Remote Access Server (RRAS) configuration and its interoperability with DNS, NAT, Firewall and RADIUS servers. Your feedback on our product is extremely valuable to us.

Date – 3rd Aug 2006
Time – 10:00 AM PST

ICS Link

Chat Room Link 

(All chats and webcasts are shown on the Calendar at Networking Community Discussions)

Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2003 R2 (Level 200) – (Monday, July 10, 2006 @ 11:30 AM Pacific Time)

The Distributed File System (DFS) solution in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 helps branch office network [...]]]> The following webcasts and/or chats will occur this week:

(All chats and webcasts are shown on the Calendar at Networking Community Discussions)

Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2003 R2 (Level 200) – (Monday, July 10, 2006 @ 11:30 AM Pacific Time)

The Distributed File System (DFS) solution in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 helps branch office network administrators address key challenges through two technologies: DFS Namespaces, a technology that enables administrators to create a virtual view of shared folders in an organization; and DFS Replication, a new state-based, multimaster replication engine that supports replication, scheduling, and bandwidth throttling. This webcast explains the DFS solution in detail, and describes how DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication work together to provide simplified, fault-tolerant access to files, load sharing, and wide area network (WAN)-friendly replication. Find out how you can use the DFS solution in Windows Server 2003 R2 in your branch office environment to manage file server resources efficiently while keeping them available and secure for users.

Administering and Maintaining the Branch Office Technologies in R2 Server (Wednesday, July 12, 2006 @ 11:30 AM Pacific Time) 

This webcast focuses on the day-to-day operations that Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 administrators must perform after deploying a branch office solution. We cover configuration, delegation, determining the state of replication, monitoring, and best practices that help administrators keep branch users happy and productive.

Do It Yourself: Install a wireless home network (Thursday, July 13, 2006 @ 10:00 AM Pacific Time)

This Expert Zone Support WebCast gives you a brief overview of why someone would want to install a wireless home network. We will discuss the pros and cons of hubs, switches, and routers, how to choose them, and how to physically install the network. This presentation includes diagrams and describes the network setup wizard and related tools in Microsoft Windows XP.

Executive Chat – Windows Server “Longhorn” Networking Unveiled (July 18, 2006 @ 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time)

What under-the-hood improvements to networking have we made in Longhorn Server? How will these changes impact you? Join Jawad Khaki, Corporate Vice President of the Networking and Devices Technologies division, and his executive team to talk about networking in Windows Server Longhorn. Ask tough questions, give us feedback, and learn how you can prepare for the enhanced performance, scalability and manageability capabilities coming in the next releases of Windows. This includes receive window auto-tuning, TCP Chimney Offload, IPsec, policy-based Quality of Service and full support for IPv6.

There are also a few Longhorn/Vista beta chats this week that you can find on Connect.  If you know of any other networking related chats/webcasts, let me know and I’ll post them here and on the calendar at Networking Community Discussions (which is still in a state of building right now).

Secure Configuration of Routing and Remote Access using filters, firewall and Remote Access Policy If you have any questions about configuring a VPN Remote Access Server then here is an opportunity to ask the experts. A [...]]]> MS is holding a chat on Routing and Remote Access tomorrow (5/10) at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.  From the chat site:

Secure Configuration of Routing and Remote Access using filters, firewall and Remote Access Policy
If you have any questions about configuring a VPN Remote Access Server then here is an opportunity to ask the experts. A VPN Remote Access Server provides secure access to a private network and has various secure authentication settings, . This web chat will focus on questions related with firewall settings, inbound-outbound filter configuration and remote access policy conditions that help provide secure VPN connectivity through the Windows RRAS server.

See this for more information.

Another promising chat on June 1st is:

Using Microsoft DHCP for IP Address Management
Join Microsoft experts for the quarterly Web-chat session on June 1, 2006 to discuss tips, techniques and best practices to Configure and Deploy the Microsoft DHCP product. This is your chance to talk about your experiences with DHCP in your Microsoft Windows Networking Environment. Share with us what you would like to see improved.

I’ll try to make the one tomorrow, but it will be in the background due to the current work load (don’t get me starte with that, though…)