February 2008 - Posts

LAUNCH DAY: HEROES HAPPEN {HERE}
27 February 08 06:00 AM

Today's the BIG DAY! Launch Day is finally here! The 2008 Launch Wave in Los Angeles kicks off the release of a host of exciting new products including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008. Over the last twenty-six days, we've Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Services Gateway Overview
26 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Number Twenty-Six.  Tomorrow is Launch Day!  Over the last twenty-five days we've gone over several different aspects of Windows Server 2008.  Just because today is the last day in our Launch Series doesn't mean that we're Read More...

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WS2008: Session Broker Load Balancing
25 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Twenty-Five. It's Monday morning - hopefully those of you returning from your weekends got some time to rest and relax. Only two days to go until the launch of Windows Server 2008. Today we're going to continue on from yesterday's post on Terminal Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Server Session Broker Overview
24 February 08 06:00 AM

It's Day Twenty-Four. Only three more days until Launch Day! Our Windows Server 2008 series continues today with an overview of Terminal Server Session Broker. Terminal Server Session Broker (TS Session Broker) is a role service in Windows Server 2008 Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Server Web Access Architecture
23 February 08 06:00 AM

It's Day Twenty-Three of our series.  The Launch Event is just a couple of days away.  Following on from yesterday's post on Terminal Services RemoteApps , today we're going to be providing a very brief overview of the Architecture of Terminal Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Services RemoteApps
22 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to the twenty-second day of our series.  Only a few more days until Launch Day.  We'll be sticking with Terminal Services through the end of our series.  Today's topic is Terminal Services RemoteApps, a new feature in Windows Server Read More...

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WS2008: Frontside Authentication and SSO
21 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Twenty-One.  We're three weeks into our series and there are only six days left.  Today's topics for discussion are Frontside Authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) in the Terminal Services space.  So, let's get started Read More...

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WS2008: RDC Enhancements and Administrative Sessions
20 February 08 06:00 AM

We're into the Home Stretch!  It's Day Twenty.  Only one week to go.  Today we're going to talk about some RDC enhancements and also talk about Administrative sessions in Terminal Services.  So without further ado let's begin with Read More...

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Filed under: troubleshooting, windows server 2008, vista, terminal server

WS2008: Remote Desktop Connection Architecture
19 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Nineteen.  There are only eight more days to go till the big day.  The excitement is definitely building.  Today's topic for discussion - Remote Desktop Connection Architecture.  The Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client is comprised Read More...

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WS2008: Overview of the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Client
18 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Eighteen is upon us.  We are two-thirds of the way through our series of posts.  Today we'll be doing a brief overview of the new Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Client 6.x.  We've discussed several new features in Terminal Services Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Services Printing
17 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Seventeen and we're still going strong.  Only ten days left until launch day!  Continuing on with Terminal Services, today's topic is Terminal Services printing in Windows Server 2008 - and more specifically Terminal Services Easy Print. Read More...

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WS2008: Network Level Authentication and Encryption
16 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Sixteen.  We're continuing on with our series on Windows Server 2008 in preparation for the launch.  Today, we're going to look at Terminal Server security in Windows Server 2008 - specifically Network Level Authentication and Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Server Management and Administration
15 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Fifteen of our series on Windows Server 2008.  There's only twelve more days until Launch Day.  Today we will be continuing on with Terminal Services, specifically the Management and Administration components. There are several Read More...

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WS2008: Terminal Services Architecture
14 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Fourteen - we are past the halfway point. A good portion of the next two weeks will be devoted to Terminal Services and the new TS features. So strap in, and let's get started ... We talked about the Windows Server 2008 Startup Processes in an earlier Read More...

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WS2008: Print Management Enhancements
13 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Thirteen. We have reached the halfway point of our series. There's only two weeks to go! Today we'll continue on with our look at Printing in Windows Server 2008 - in particular the enhancements to Print Management and the Print Management Read More...

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WS2008: Printer-Driver Packages
12 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Twelve.  We're almost halfway through our series.  Today we'll continue on with our Printing theme - specifically, Printer-driver packages.  We'll also provide some background on the driver store feature of Windows Vista and Windows Read More...

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Filed under: architecture, printing, windows server 2008, vista

WS2008: The WSD Port Monitor
11 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome back!  If you're just returning from a weekend, hopefully you got some time to yourself to relax.  It's Day Eleven of our Windows Server 2008 Series.  Today's topic - the new WSD Port Monitor. The WSD Port Monitor is a new printer Read More...

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Filed under: architecture, printing, windows server 2008, vista

WS2008: Client-side Rendering
10 February 08 06:00 AM

It's Day Ten of our Windows Server 2008 series.  Seventeen Days to go.  Today we'll be talking about Client-Side Rendering. Client-Side Rendering (CSR) is a new feature that allows print jobs to be fully rendered on the client when targeting Read More...

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WS2008: Understanding XML Paper Specification (XPS)
09 February 08 06:00 AM

It's Day Nine of our Windows Server 2008 series.  We're one-third of the way through our series.  Today we will continue on with our look at printing in Windows Server 2008.  Our topic today - XML Paper Specification (XPS) Support. The Read More...

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WS2008: The Print Services Role
08 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Eight of our Windows Server 2008 series.  Only nineteen more days to go.  Today we're going to go over some of the basic printing concepts, specifically dealing with the Print Services Role, Role Services and Features in Windows Read More...

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WS2008: Memory Management, Dynamic Kernel Addressing, Memory Priorities and I/O Handling
07 February 08 06:00 AM

It's the end of the first week - seven days down and only  twenty more to go.  Today we will take a very brief look at some important enhancements to Memory Management, as well as talk about Dynamic Kernel Address Space, Memory Priorities and Read More...

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Filed under: architecture, memory management, performance, troubleshooting, windows server 2008

WS2008: Dynamic Link Library Loader and Address Space Load Randomization
06 February 08 06:00 AM

There's only three weeks to go till Launch Day.  Today, we're going to talk about the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) Loader and Address Space Load Randomization.  In Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, when talking about process and thread creation, Read More...

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Filed under: architecture, memory management, performance, security, troubleshooting, windows server 2008, vista

WS2008: Windows Error Reporting
05 February 08 06:00 PM

Day Five ... only twenty-two more days to go till Launch Day.  On the menu today - Windows Error Reporting. Starting with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1, Windows Error Reporting (WER) can be configured to collect full user-mode dump files Read More...

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Filed under: architecture, troubleshooting, windows server 2008, debugging

WS2008: Service Shutdown and Crash Handling
04 February 08 06:00 AM

Welcome to Day Four of our series leading up to the Windows Server 2008 Launch. Hopefully you had a good weekend - many of you were probably up watching the Super Bowl. Of course, it's Monday morning now - time to get to back to work. Today's topics: Read More...

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WS2008: Windows Service Hardening
03 February 08 06:00 AM

Day Three of our series of posts in preparation for the Windows Server 2008 Launch and the countdown continues.  If it's a weekend for you, I hope you are enjoying yourself.  Only twenty-four more days to go till Launch Day.  Today's post Read More...

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WS2008: Startup Processes and Delayed Automatic Start
02 February 08 06:00 AM

It's Day Two of our series of Windows Server 2008 posts.  Only twenty-five more days to go till the big launch.  Today's topics are Startup Processes and Delayed Automatic Start for System Services. In previous versions of Windows, during system Read More...

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WS2008: Upgrade Paths, Resource Limits & Registry Values
01 February 08 06:00 AM

It's February 1, 2008. Only twenty-six more days until Windows Server 2008 is released to the world. With that in mind, we have twenty-six posts lined up between now and February 27 covering areas of Windows Server 2008 that contain both general information Read More...

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