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VMRCplus (an alternate UI for managing Virtual Server)
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I've been telling people for ages that they don't need to install IIS just to run Virtual Server (you only need IIS on the machine where you want to run the Administration Web Site). Well, now we've released VMRCplus (an alternate UI for managing Virtual...
Windows Vista - the most secure OS (again).
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
http://blogs.csoonline.com/windows_vista_6_month_vulnerability_report
Microsoft.com running Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) Beta 3
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
Microsoft.com are running IIS7 on all of their servers! (except for a single box which they use to do comparative studies with). More details here . Dave.
Microsoft System Center Service Manager - beta available
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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System Center Service Manager links IT to the business by enabling IT organizations to respond to changing business needs while delivering reliable and cost-effective IT services. Service Manager is an extensible platform that delivers out-of-box workflows...
How do you license Virtualisation?
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
Licensing Virtualisation isn't as hard as you'd think. Basically if it's running you have to be licensed. There's also a lot of FUD out there that would have you believe that Microsoft is 'cheating' to make it more affordable to use our virtualisation...
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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Has released! Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 went live yesterday - you can download it for free now. There are a ton of great things in SP1 including support for hardware assisted virtualisation technology (both AMD and Intel), support for Volume Shadow Copy...
VHD Test Drive Program
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
I've been telling people how they can download pre-configured, 30 day evaluation copies of Microsoft (and Partner) software from www.microsoft.com/vhd - well, looks like it's finally taking off. You can now download: Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Vista...
Anyone got a spare hour and a half?
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
I did this afternoon (well, I was doing admin tasks) - whilst doing that I watched Bob Muglia's keynote presentation from TechEd in Orlando . It is/was very good, so if you do have an hour and a half to spare, I'd recommend it. If you haven't got that...
Virtual Server - Quick Migration
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
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I've been doing a lot of talks on Microsoft and Virtualisation recently. The topic that seems to get a lot of interest is how we use Virtual Server and Clustering together to provide high availability. Basically Virtual Server is a 'clusterable resource...
Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0
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over 7 years ago
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Dave Northey [MSFT]
Looks like Microsoft have been listening to our customers (IIS wasn't planned to be a role on a Core installation): Microsoft Takes Web Hosting to a New Level with Internet Information Services 7.0 Q&A: What Microsoft’s decision to add Internet...