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  • Blog Post: Exam Prep for 70-659 Part 8: Create and Deploy Virtual Machines

    As I wrote in an earlier post , there is no better time to write your exam for 70-659 Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization, than now and particularly before May 31, 2012. So to aid in that endeavour, Joseph Yedid, an IT specialist with Enhansoft in Ottawa, has put together a series of posts...
    on9 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Exam Prep for 70-659 Part 3: Configuring Virtual Networks and VLAN Security

    As I wrote ain an earlier post , there is no better time to write your exam for 70-659 Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization, than now and particularly before May 31, 2012. So to aid in that endeavour, Joseph Yedid, an IT specialist with Enhansoft in Ottawa, has put together a series of posts...
    on28 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Exam Prep for 70-659 Part 2: Remote Management

    As I wrote ain an earlier post , there is no better time to write your exam for 70-659 Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization, than now and particularly before May 31, 2012. So to aid in that endeavour, Joseph Yedid, an IT specialist with Enhansoft in Ottawa, has put together a series of posts...
    on26 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Exam Prep for 70-659 Part 1: Installing Hyper-V

    As I wrote ain an earlier post , there is no better time to write your exam for 70-659 Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization, than now and particularly before May 31, 2012. So to aid in that endeavour, Joseph Yedid, an IT specialist with Enhansoft in Ottawa, has put together a series of posts...
    on23 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Creating a New Active Directory Forest in Server Core

    We often get asked how to do certain “simple” operations on the GUI when running the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 .  While the SCONFIG utility allows you to perform a number of tasks quickly, it does not cover every possibility.  There are still times when you need to...
    on22 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Connecting to an iSCSI SAN Using Command Line Options on Hyper-V Server & Server Core

    Many of you (thousands, impressively!) read the three articles that Mitch Garvis wrote in April about Microsoft’s Software iSCSI Target 3.3. If you didn’t, you can read them all now by clicking below: All for SAN and SAN for All Creating a SAN using Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 Creating HA VMs...
    on27 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Make Windows 2008 R2 roar like a performance machine…

    Hello Folks, I meet a lot of you during the last TechDays season.  And a few of you asked me if there were any information or guidelines for “tuning” servers. Well I found out that an old document has been updated and is  just as relevant today as it was when it was just published back in June...
    on19 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 SP1 – What’s Coming?

    Yesterday the Windows team disclosed some information on what you can expect for Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.  While there are no new features set for Windows 7 SP1 there is a change to XP Mode available for Windows 7 Professional and up.  Until now your computer needed...
    on19 Mar 2010

  • Blog Post: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization R2 Solutions

    The R2’s are out the door with the release of Hyper-V R2, SCVMM R2 and MDOP R2.  As with the new release of any technology you are probably wondering how it works, how to use it and how it is going to make your life easier.  Well I am happy to share that my friend Mitch Tulloch and the team...
    on19 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Get Windows 7

    Last week, in a special edition of the TechNet Flash , I wrote about how you can get Windows 7 before the General Availability date by registering for TechDays 2009 before August 19th .  If you do so, or have already registered, we will activate your TechNet Plus Direct subscription within a couple...
    on17 Aug 2009

  • Blog Post: Windows 7 & Server 2008 Has Been Released to Manufacturing

    Hot off the presses!  Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 have hit the RTM Milestone!  From the Windows 7 team blog… I am pleased to announce that Windows 7 has RTM’d! As I mentioned previously, RTM officially happens only after sign-off occurs. What happens is a build gets designated as a RTM contender...
    on22 Jul 2009

  • Blog Post: Vista and Server 2008 SP2 – What You Need to Know

    Wow they are busy down in Redmond! Yesterday Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 was released and today Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 were completed! I’ve been doing some digging to find out what is new and noteworthy as well as what resources are available. So what’s new in SP2...
    on29 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: IgniteIT Awards Finalist – Edmonton School

    Project: K-12 Network Overhaul   The Challenge Describe the situation, challenge or problem you or your team faced.   A private K-12 school was running on a Windows Server 2000 network with an infrastructure that had been neglected and was falling apart. Viruses, spyware, 10mb hubs, and lack...
    on9 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: IgniteIT Awards Finalist – B-Line Technical Services

      Project: Welaptega Reborn   The Challenge Describe the situation, challenge or problem you or your team faced.   This client based in Halifax was facing enormous challenges trying to keep their infrastructure system up and running. I found out about their issues when I visit their CEO...
    on6 Apr 2009

  • Blog Post: A Few Sleepless Nights

    A while back Ruth did an interview with Cameron McKay about an upcoming infrastructure project he was in the planning stages on.  While the planning is done and the implementation also complete, I thought it was time to revisit with Cameron and talk about how things went.  Turns out Cam was...
    on18 Mar 2009

  • Blog Post: EnergizeIT – out east – UPDATE: Halifax Venue!

    In my previous post on our EnergizeIT activities out east and why there were not readily apparent on the mass mailing, I mentioned that we were going to a number of cities, including Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton and St. John’s. I neglected to include final Registration links – so I thought I would take...
    on11 Mar 2009

  • Blog Post: Create a “Bootable” Windows 7 VHD

    I had posted this entry on Thelazyadmin.com but after reading a comment asking about a previous post I thought I’d throw it up here as well!   A few weeks back we posted an entry on how to boot from a Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 VHD .  Booting from VHD is new to Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2...
    on10 Feb 2009

  • Blog Post: My Core box. How to turn a near obsolete PC in a Lab Domain Controller.

    Hello folks, I was reading Mohamud’s post and it made me think of my own lab environment. I had been thinking about writing about it for a while now, but something always came up. So, this morning I gathered the documentation i had kept when i setup my environment (and yes for those who doubt, i do...
    on29 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: Hyper-V in the Lab

    I met Mohamud Ashoor in my travels to Vancouver at various VanTUG events and we regularly chat on IM as well. A few weeks back he was telling me about his home lab setup and how he uses it to sharpen his skills, keep up with technology. In our discussions the topic of a blog post came up as Mohamud has...
    on28 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: Oh Yeah! Windows Server 2008 R2 is out too!

    With all the news about the release of the first public look at Windows 7 something might have slipped past you and that was the release of Windows Server 2008 R2.  As you might imagine there are quite a few upgrades and improvements and there is a great four page document that covers the Top 10...
    on12 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: TechNet Plus Subscribers - Download Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 BETA Now!!!

    There is a little battle going on right now in Twitterland between Mark Relph (@mrelph) and Rick Claus (@Rickster_CDN) on who's going to install Windows 7 on their Dell Latitude E4300 notebook first.  Looks to me that Mark is winning but that's now why I'm writing this post.  I'm writing it...
    on7 Jan 2009

  • Blog Post: “My users have noticed that I’m not around as much anymore”

    Hello folks, Todd Lamothe, the system administrator for the County of Lennox and Addington was in town a few weeks ago to present at TechDays and we started to talk about fun, and cool stuff he’s been doing. Well let me tell you, he’s been busy.  He told me that he upgraded his entire forest to...
    on22 Dec 2008

  • Blog Post: Hyper-V Migration – Jonathan Cusson, AlphaMosaik

    Hi, I am an IT Professional from Montreal and I’ve been working in IT for 7 years now, specializing in Microsoft solutions and virtualization. I currently work as IT infrastructure consultant at AlphaMosaik, a company that specializes in Microsoft solutions and products. AlphaMosaik is always working...
    on18 Dec 2008

  • Blog Post: Mission Impossible? Not with Hyper-V

      Louis-Philippe Gauthier (Sherbrooke, Quebec) We’ve all been there, boss calls you in at the last minute for your input on a project that has been brewing for months but all of a sudden needs to be implemented ASAP.  Louis-Philippe from Centre d’élaboration des moyens d’enseignement du Québec...
    on9 Dec 2008

  • Blog Post: TechDays Virtualization Track Resources

    Planning Successful Physical to Virtual Server Migrations with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit MAP Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog MAP Toolkit Download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730&DisplayLang...
    on24 Nov 2008
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