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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...
My Launch Demos
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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If anyone attended the Dublin of Belfast launch events recently, you would have noticed that my demos were very slick, quick and didn't go wrong. That was because I had taken a screen capture of them all previously - I was just pressing Play and...
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 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....
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...
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]
125
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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...
Pizza as a Service
Posted
4 months ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
2
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What was the reference to the mountain rescue helicopter?
Posted
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...
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...
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...
Getting PHP to perform on IIS7
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
310
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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...
My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Posted
4 months ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
1
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Today I was challended by Aidan Finn to take up the Ice Bucket Challenge, to raise funds and raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease (MND), also known as ALS. So, not to shy away (and to “strike while the iron was hot”), I took up that challenge after...
Windows Recovery Environment
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over 7 years ago
by
Dave Northey [MSFT]
7
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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...
Configuring Server Core
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
3
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This post describes the best/easiest method to configure and manage Server Core. There are numerous posts and articles explaining how to enable a particular feature on Server Core and there are even more on how to configure Server Core so that it can...
As promised - the answer to the GPO auditing question:
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
Dave Northey [MSFT]
2
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So it turns out that you can already do some GPO auditing natively in Windows 2003 (very complicated & messy). See here . DesktopStandard and NetIQ offer GPOVault and Group Policy Guardian that enhance the change control/auditing experience - which...
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...
Irish Cement and Windows Server 2008
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
1
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I've been working with Shane McDonald, from Irish Cement Ltd on and off for nearly a year. I was asking him how he's been getting along with Windows Server 2008 the other day. He had this to say: “I had high hopes for Windows Server 2008, and after...
Comparing Microsoft and VMware Virtualisation
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over 6 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
31
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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...
VMware ESX Server 3i
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
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...
You'll like this.
Posted
over 8 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
30
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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
Windows Server Code Name 'Longhorn' - Beta3, Now What?
Posted
over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
5
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Windows Server Code Name ‘ Longhorn ’ reached the Beta 3 stage in its development on the 25 th April (which means that we’ve finished adding features; we’re feature complete). Longhorn will be given an official name soon (I know it, but cannot tell you...
Featured PC – The Toshiba R830
Posted
over 3 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
2
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The TOSHIBA R830 Series of laptops boast portability with a 13.3” screen, lightening fast USB 3.0 transfer speeds and a battery life of up to 8hr 55mins! This allows for some serious productivity! To add to the array of features Toshiba have included...
August 2007 (I think)
Posted
5 months ago
by
Dave Northey [MSFT]
iSCSI
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
Dave Northey [MSFT]
7
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Anytime I do a demo that requires a SAN, I use the Microsoft iSCSI Target software. I'm lucky, I get to install it onto my demo machines. If you want it, you need to ask your OEM (the one that sold you your Windows Storage Server) - it's just...
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