This week's netcast starts off with a long discussion on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.1 tablets. Then I chat about some new cumulative updates for our favorite SharePoint server products. Then, for a change, I talk about an important client side patch. I spend the rest of my time talking about SQL Server and how best to lay out your drives.

Tonight's Netcast is all about cool Search topics I've read over the last week. I cover a tool you can use to quickly troubleshoot Search results and really get your hands dirty. Then I show you how to easily create a thesaurus file. Then we cover some best practices for configuring your Search crawls. Put your favorite ugly Christmas sweater on, lean back, and get your Search learning on!

This week's netcast is full of all kinds of great PowerShell content, with a little SharePoint sprinkled in for good measure. I start things off my showing off my shiny new Windows Phone app. Take that, iPhone! The killer app for Windows Phone has arrived! Then I talk about how you can use PowerShell to figure out where an account is being locked out. Then again I talk about Russ Maxwell's patch installation script. Then I talk about some issues with a couple of SharePoint patches. I know, shocking!

Tonight's episode covers the gamut of emotions. There is happiness, sadness, intrigue, the whole deal. I talk about how to use Fiddler to up your troubleshooting game and some problems I had with replication and SQL server.

In tonight's episode I demystify SharePoint administrative permission, Da Vinci Code style. Then I talk about Host Named Site Collections and how they can trip up users and make them log more times than they want to. Which is any. Next we chat about a content type bug that popped into the March 2013 PU for SharePoint 2013. Then I show you how to strip that fancy UI off of a Windows Server 2012 using PowerShell.

Tonight's Netcast covers the much requested topic of the Distributed Cache. I explain why we need it, then all the ways it's going to try to bite you. I also talk about some challenges you might have if your SharePoint server doesn't have access to the Internet. I wrap it up by discussing some free Windows Server 2012 R2 resources, and how to find your Windows Phone if you lose it.

This week's Netcast start out with me explaining what's wrong with this week's Netcast. Fun for everyone. Then I spend a little bit of time talking about some Netcast Hooligans that I saw last week. Next I cover some fun PowerShell stuff and a developery thing that was introduced in a recent SharePoint 2013 CUs. Speaking of CUs, I talk about some exciting changes to Search that were introduced in the SharePoint 2013 October 2013 CU. Finally I talk about my new Surface Pro 2 and how I'm not smart enough for it.

This week I start things off by debutting Rackspace's new Facebook page. Next I cover a PowerShell cmdlet that my team uses to help with SharePoint upgrades. Then I talk a little about the ongoing roll out of the October 2013 CUs. Then I touch on some SQL Server security changes you can make, and how you can make your SharePoint site more SEO friendly. Finally I talk about a weird CSS issue in SharePoint 2013 apps.

In tonight's episode I tell a scary tale of Search issue I encountered last week. I share my troubleshooting steps and the solution. Continuing my tradition of talking about PowerShell I cover how to do powerful pings in PowerShell. Next I talk a little about the Windows 8.1 update and my experiences with it. I wrap things up by raving a bit about TechSmith's SnagIt and a couple of blog posts I'm working on.

I started tonight's netcast with a couple of riveting Search topics. One on how to get all the items in your Index and the other is about exporting out Managed Properties. Next I should you how to put a cool red maintenance bar in your site collections if you need to. Then I break in to some fun non-SharePoint topics. The SQL 2014 CTP is out and I tell you how to get it. Then I talk about virtualizing SQL and how you can do it without killing SharePoint. Finally I talk about a new update for Windows Phone 8.