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Getting PHP to perform on IIS7
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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So I finally have somewhere to post screencasts - http://edge.technet.com Here's my first post: Getting PHP to perform on IIS7 Basically I cover (in six and a half minutes) getting PHP to work on IIS7, improving its performance (lots) and extending it...
I'm Back...
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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OK, I've been back from my holidays for three days now. I've nearly caught up with everything that I missed while I was away and somehow squeezed in a day and a half out of the office talking to customers. Something I often find when talking to non...
System Center Virtual Machine Manager & RTFM
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I've been playing with System Center Virtual Machine Manager. I needed to do a demo of it, so figured now was the time to start learning.. You can get your hands on Beta 1 of VMM from http://connect.microsoft.com/ - you just need to sign up for it...
Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Vista RC1
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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Installing and Running Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Vista RC1
VHDMOUNT without Virtual Server
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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Just in case you quite fancy being able to mount (and unmount) a single file into your file sytstem and use it as a disk drive, but do NOT want to install Virtual Server 2005 R2. Download the setup file for Virtual Sevrer R2 SP1 Beta 2 and follow these...
Virtualisation (1 of 3) - What is it? What's all the fuss?
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I get to talk to a lot of people in my role at Microsoft, and the subject of virtualisation seems to pop up more and more often nowadays. Most people talk about virtualisation in the same sentence as server consolidation and see it as a way to reduce...
Sign Post..
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I'm very aware that finding stuff on Microsoft.com isn't as easy as it should be (some of our competitors search engines are better at finding content on our website than we are) - this can't be right. It will get sorted, it has to get fixed. Microsoft...
VMware ESX Server 3i
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
33
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I was reading this article about the up-and-coming ESX Server 3i from VMware. It calls out a bunch on "new features" that we have either been doing for ages, or have announced that we will have in Windows Server Virtualisation (WSV), when we ship Windows...
Comparing Microsoft and VMware Virtualisation
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I was just reading Yankee Group's report - " Virtualization Price War: VMware's Little Big Horn? ", and just had to share this with you (I think it speaks for itself): If you haven't got access to the report (which we didn't pay for - before...
You'll like this.
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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On your Windows Vista machine, launch a command prompt as administrator. Navigate to the windows\system32 folder and type: ribbons.scr /p65552 Enjoy Dave
Server Virtualisation - Live Migration vs. Quick Migration.
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I'd really like to get to the bottom of this. In the event of a hardware failure , both VMware and Microsoft's Server Virtualisation solutions are equal - the guest machines will be restarted on another physical node. In the event of some planned downtime...
Springboard - Windows Vista TechCenter
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I came across this today ( Springboard ). Looks like it's pretty much everything you'll ever need to get your Windows Vista deployment project kick-started. Everything from why you'd want to move to Windows Vista in the first place, through overcoming...
VHDMount without VHDMount
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over 5 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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To mount a VHD file onto your file system, you either ran some very complicated VB (or PowerShell) Script or you used VHDMount.exe that came with Virtual Server. If you’re running Windows 7 (or Windows Server 2008 R2), you can now use Diskpart....
3 Free Exam Vouchers
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
12
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Microsoft is testing a new exam format and needs your help. The New Virtual Lab based Exam 70-113: TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring tests candidate’s abilities to actually perform tasks and solve problems in virtual lab...
Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
12
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This is a great tool that was until recently only used by MS Premier Support – its now available as a free public download – It discovers your core AD infrastructure and maps your Sites, Site Links, and DCs in a Visio diagram. Download it...
Deploying (or about to deploy) Vista and/or Office?
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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We have a couple of FREE events coming up to help you. Belfast (Jan 22): Click to register. Dublin (Jan 21): Click to register. The content has been put together by consultants who are doing this work on a daily basis, so it is "real-world" material that...
Hyper-V on a Laptop
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over 5 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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This post is an introduction to how I have configured my demo laptop. I can comfortably run eleven VMs on the one laptop, including a two node Hyper-V cluster, App-V and the four main System Center products (Virtual Machine Manager, Data Protection...
Microsoft & Security (2 of 3)
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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In my last instalment in this series, I covered off the differences between the perceptions and the reality with regard to Microsoft and Security. As promised, this week's article is a joint effort from both myself and my colleague, Jordi Munoz-Royo ...
How to make your laptop 300% quicker..
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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As you know, I'm always "dabbling" with my laptop(s) - trying to get me demos performing at their very best. I run Windows Server 2008 on my demo machine because I use Hyper-V for all my demos. Yesterday I put a Solid State Disk (SSD) into my...
Three strikes and your out - strike three.
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I do a lot of work from home (mainly because I can, but also because I get so much more done when I'm not in the office - there's just too many distractions in there). My connection to the Internet was 3Mb/s synchronous. I really use the 3Mb/s upload...
Dave's new laptop - Virtual PC or Virtual Server?
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over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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Well I'm running Vista, so my only options are Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 (both of which are in beta - but also both very stable). They both support 64-bit hosts, so they're even so far. Virtual PC runs all its virtual/guest machines...
Windows Recovery Environment
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I've got some time on my hands (I'm at home not feeling too well) and decided that I'd spend a bit of time setting up the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on my laptop. I've been meaning to do this for ages, as I want to enable BitLocker (and be able...
Free Training (on SQL Server 2008)
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I know SQL Server 2008 isn't out until next year, but I stumbled across this free training . It's an online course, but you can download and install an offline player, which lets you run it all offline. Title: Clinic 7045: What's New in Microsoft® SQL...
What was the reference to the mountain rescue helicopter?
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I've been asked what on earth I was referring to in my last post - Hopefully I don't have to call out the mountain rescue helicopter (again)! Well, these should explain it: I was on crutches for a couple of weeks and in physio for nearly a year...
Moy Park and Windows Server 2008
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
5
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I was catching up with Phil Rickard, the Network Administrator for Moy Park the other day - he attended some Windows Server 2008 training I ran last year. Basically, I was seeing how he was getting on with the new OS. He had this to say: "After attending...
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