IBC
Tue May 25 12:23:42 CDT 2004
Thanks Dave, I'll start looking in those places.
"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:#RO0NfnQEHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I definitely see your point - I've had trouble locating articles on the
web
> site with a printed copy in front of me (unsuccessfully trying to locate a
> whitepaper by searching its exact title).
>
> Here's what I do: searching for product info, I try
> www.microsoft.com/<productname>. This works 99% of the time. For
support,
> I search at support.microsoft.com, where you'll get better results than
> doing a general search from elsewhere on the site. And for SBS-related
> info, I start at either
http://www.microsoft.com/sbserver/ (SBS 2K) or
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx (2K3).
>
> My first place to search for technical info is on TechNet - the
subscription
> CD, not the web site. I'm not sure why, but I almost always get better
> results searching the copy installed on my workstation than I do the
support
> web site, even though a substantial amount of the content is the same.
>
>
> "IBC" <spamityspam@spam.spam> wrote in message
> news:OiONJemQEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >I know this is going to sound absolutely ridiculous to most of you, but I
> > have to ask. How are you supposed to navigate Microsoft's web site? I
try
> > going to Microsoft.com and using their search feature as if I'm Googling
> > and
> > quite frankly if Microsoft thinks they are going to contend in the
search
> > engine business they better start working harder.
> >
> > From the main search bar I can use quotes, but and subsequent searches
> > using
> > quotes will fail every time. Remove the quotes from the second search
and
> > all sorts of stuff pops up, but hardly any of it specific to my search.
> >
> > So back to the question, how do most of you navigate it? Do you bookmark
> > into specific sections? Navigate through the side panes? It drives me
nuts
> > to have to go to the Microsoft site because its unbearable to find
> > anything
> > there. I mean, its all there, but how on earth you find it is beyond
> > me....
> >
> > This all stems from looking for information on how to add a member
server
> > using best practices. I loaded up a test server yesterday and its
spewing
> > all sorts of 'already exists on the network' errors, service loading
> > failures, etc.
> >
> > Thanks for your input!
> >
> >
>
>