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Accessing the Microsoft Newsgroups through a Browser

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Did you know that you can use Google to access the Microsoft newsgroups, (which is handy for those of us who can't use Outlook Express as the newsgroup traffic has been filtered on the network)?

Here's how to do it:

Goto http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8
Do a search for the subject of the newsgroup you're looking for such as "SMS".
Look down the results for an entry whose last line contains text such as "microsoft.public.sms.admin". Click on this and hey presto you're in.

If you want to see a list of newsgroups such as all of the SMS one's, under the "Google groups" logo click the "sms" entry in the line that reads "Group: microsoft . public . sms . admin"

Here's a list of the SMS and MOM newsgroups:

SMS

MOM

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=microsoft.public.mom

The following MOM newsgroups are also available but for some reason not through Google Groups:

microsoft.public.mom.managementpack.ad (Active Directory)
microsoft.public.mom.managementpack.exchange (Exchange 2000)
microsoft.public.mom.managementpack.iis (Internet Information Server)
microsoft.public.mom.managementpack.sql (SQL)

But this isn't the only way to access these groups. You can also participate through a web interface on TechNet's site (thanks to Rod Trent for this snippet):

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp

or use the following link submitted by Sean Ademy:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=technet

or from Michael Niehaus here's another option, through the Microsoft support web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx

and if you want developer newsgroups:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/