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Understanding Component-Based Servicing
23 April 08 07:30 AM

Prior to Windows Vista, if you wanted to install optional components, Windows Updates or driver files on your system, the process was fairly simple. In Windows Vista, the new componentization architecture, known as Component-Based Servicing (CBS) changes Read More...

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MSIT, Terminal Services, Network Adapter Performance and Hyper-V
04 April 08 06:00 AM

Looking at the title, I know you’re thinking, “what do these four things have to do with one another?” The answer: not a great deal in fact. However, there are some very interesting posts and articles on these subjects that have been published recently Read More...

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Lock Pages in Memory ... do you really need it?
25 March 08 06:00 AM

Back In October, we wrote a post regarding the Event ID 333 Errors and how to troubleshoot them .  At the end of that post, we mentioned the "Lock Pages in Memory" user right.  One of the things we mentioned was that if you have an 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 2008. RemoteApps 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: 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: 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 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: 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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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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