April 2008 - Posts

Running away with Technology
24 April 08 10:48 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I work for Microsoft, and we have a great Virtual Earth product. But I have not seen too many sites that leverage this technology. The competitor to this, Google Earth seems to be a lot more prolific. I go see an Osteo every couple of weeks to have my Read More...

Filed under: Cool Stuff, Ramblings

Extreme Makeover - Windows Edition
21 April 08 05:04 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I was reading this article today and just had to make a quick comment. I agree, Microsoft needs to stop building in backward compatibility for just about every application that's ever run on Windows in every previous version. This is an exaggeration, Read More...

Filed under: Ramblings, Windows

Chalk and Cheese - Live Migration and Quick Migration
21 April 08 01:54 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

In this final blog in this series, I'll take a look at the differences between the VMware Live Migration and the Microsoft Quick Migration. They really are not comparable. Yet. I wrote about The Reality of Moving Running Virtual Machines in Part I of Read More...

Filed under: Virtualisation

Virtual Machine Failover in the event of a Host Failure
16 April 08 01:29 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

In Part II of this series, I'm going to take a look at some considerations for coping with a physical Host failure. And by this I mean a catastrophic failure where the server moves directly from Powered On to Powered Off status. A key question in your Read More...

Filed under: Virtualisation

The Reality of Moving Running Virtual Machines
12 April 08 11:05 AM | adhall | 1 Comments   

The next 3 Blogs will be on a common theme - High Availability for a Virtual Environment. The Reality of Moving Running Virtual Machines (this blog) Virtual Machine Failover in the event of a Host Failure Chalk and Cheese - Live Migration and Quick Migration Read More...

Filed under: Virtualisation

Missing Multiple Monitor Features
11 April 08 05:57 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

My old 17" monitor died yesterday so I had to go on the scrounge for a new one. My aging eyesight simply could not handle looking at my laptop screen all day. I have an HP laptop, an 8510w running Vista SP1 x86 (in a dual boot with Windows Server 2008 Read More...

Filed under: Useful Tools, Utilities

Zune Zune Zune
09 April 08 09:57 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I got given a Zune about a year ago, a 30GB version ( one of these ) and other than having an initial play it sat in my drawer. I just did not like the interface (and it reminded me of a brick. A brown brick). I happened to go looking at the Zune website Read More...

Filed under: Zune

SQL Server Migration Assistant
09 April 08 05:22 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

You know, sometimes I stumble across a tool or solution and I wonder, how the hell did I not know about that. This happened to me today when I heard about the SQL Server Migration Assistants (SSMA). Details can be found at this location: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/solutions/migration/default.mspx Read More...

Filed under: Useful Tools

Virtualisation: Part II - Applications
08 April 08 09:37 PM | adhall | 1 Comments   

When it comes to Application Virtualisation, Softgrid is probably the most mature product on the market. This was a very astute purchase by Microsoft and I think is the crown jewel in the Microsoft Virtualisation solution set. The only challenge that Read More...

Filed under: Virtualisation

Virtualisation: Part I - Platform
08 April 08 09:33 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

Prior to working at Microsoft, I worked for a system integrator who promoted and deployed a significant number of VMware ESX solutions. Shock, horror, I have a (shhhh) past. This is of course because VMware has a strong pedigree in Virtualisation platforms Read More...

Filed under: Virtualisation

WM 6.1 and the Independence on OEM's
07 April 08 08:46 PM | adhall | 3 Comments   

Something that seems to always be a topic of discussion around Windows Mobile is why Microsoft does not provide Operating System upgrades. This is something that has frustrated me in the past too. There are two main reasons for this: Windows Mobile is Read More...

Filed under: Windows Mobile

The First Post
07 April 08 11:01 AM | adhall | 0 Comments   

Much better than the Last Post, this is the First Post. This blog is quite simply a commentary of whatever is in my mind at the time that the post is written. My attention span is usually quite limited, so the topics will vary greatly :) Topics will probably Read More...