One of the best podcast for IT professionals I have been able to find is RunAs Radio. The hosts of this podcast concentrate on Microsoft topics that administrators run into everyday. The hosts try to limit the show to roughly thirty minutes and concentrate on one topic. The hosts are Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes. Both of these IT professionals have allot of respect in the IT field. Some of the latest topics they have covered are Windows 7, Hyper-V, and Server 2008 R2. You can download the shows in mp3, wma, and acc. So if you get a chance stop by and check out the shows.

RunAS Radio Site:
http://www.runasradio.com

Below is a video that was posted out on the Edge Microsoft site this morning.  It features Dai Vu talking about Hyper-V versus VMWare ESX.  Dai Vu also talks allot about SCVMM 2008 and how it compares to VMWare Virtual Center.  Please let me know what toughts you have after watching the video.

Just in case you have not heard Microsoft has released a rare out of cycle security patch that should be applied ASAP.  Microsoft has not released an out of cycle patch in a very long period of time.  Susan Bradley has a great article up on windowssecrets.com that goes into the full explanation.  I strongly encourage you to apply the patch and read Susan’s article to better understand how critical this patch is.

WindowsSecrets.com Article
http://windowssecrets.com/2008/10/24/02-Microsoft-posts-emergency-defense-for-new-attack