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Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory

Posted over 5 years ago

by Mark Russinovich
- 101 Comments
In my first Pushing the Limits of Windows post , I discussed physical memory limits, including the limits imposed by licensing, implementation, and driver compatibility. Here’s the index of the entire Pushing the Limits series. While they can stand on...
edwalt's - Things I Wish I'd known about SBS 2003....

"Backups.......I don't need no stinking backups"....whatever!

Posted over 7 years ago

by edwalt
- 454 Comments
The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) component of Windows Server 2003 (This includes SBS 2003) coordinates the activities of providers, writers and requestors for creating and using shadow copies. During a backup operation the requestor uses VSS along...
Igor Shastitko Technical Blog

Kaк установить Windows 7 и ничего не “сломать”

Posted over 4 years ago

by Igor Shastitko
- 178 Comments
ВНИМАНИЕ!!! Подробную информацию об установке Windows 8 в виртуальный диск VHD и детальную пошаговую инструкцию по установке Windows 8 второй системой вы можете найти тут . В первую очередь этот пост для тех, кто хотел бы попробовать работу Windows 7...
TechNet Webcast Weblog

Meet the Men behind the Mic: SQL 2005, Windows Server Admin, Windows Migration Webcast series

Posted over 8 years ago

by Dean Andrews
- 637 Comments
These are three musketeers you oughta know. Over the last year, we've been running these educational webcast series on TechNet, where you get to learn A to Z on a given topic over the course of about 10-12 webcasts, complete with homework and pop quizzes...
The Soul of a Virtual Machine

How Microsoft is using Virtual Server

Posted over 8 years ago

by TechNet Archive
- 381 Comments
Many of you would like to know how Virtual Server is being used at Microsoft. Here's a response from Jeff Woolsey, Lead Program Manager for virtualization. Thanks Jeff! Virtual Server is being used in a variety of ways at Microsoft, including for test...
Anti-Malware Engineering Team

What's in a name?? A lot!! Announcing Windows Defender!

Posted over 8 years ago

by TechNet Archive
- 71 Comments
Every week seems like a big week for us in the engineering team working on our anti-malware technology. However, last week was especially important in a sentimental way. We got the final name for the cool technology our team has been developing for Windows...
Anti-Malware Engineering Team

Sony DRM Rootkit

Posted over 8 years ago

by TechNet Archive
- 110 Comments
I've been getting a lot of questions in the last week about Microsoft's position on the Sony DRM and rootkit discussions, so I thought I'd share a little info on what we're doing here. We are concerned about any malware and its impact on our customers...
Exchange Team Blog

Allowing application servers to relay off Exchange Server 2007

Posted over 7 years ago

by The Exchange Team
- 16 Comments
From time to time, you need to allow an application server to relay off of your Exchange server. You might need to do this if you have a SharePoint , a CRM application like Dynamics , or a web site that sends emails to your employees or customers. You...
Exchange Team Blog

How to Export and Import mailboxes to PST files in Exchange 2007 SP1

Posted over 6 years ago

by The Exchange Team
- 55 Comments
There might be times when an Exchange Administrator will need to export the contents of individual mailboxes to offline files in order to present specific users with a format that is easily portable and ready to consume using Outlook clients. To fulfill...
WSUS Product Team Blog

Update on svchost/msi performance issue and 3.0 Client distribution plan

Posted over 6 years ago

by WSUS Team
- 264 Comments
Hi Folks In addition to the next week’s WSUS 3.0 release, we are making the new client portion available via the following plan to our customers who continue to experience performance issues like UI hang and long scan times. The new WUA client addresses...
Office Deployment Support Team Blog

How to extract the contents from an .ISO file without burning the .ISO to disc.

Posted over 2 years ago

by EricAshton
- 0 Comments
When Office products are downloaded from the Volume License Service Center they come down as .ISO files. .ISO is not a file format that Windows can open natively. An ISO file is an image of a CD/DVD. Typically you would be able to use a burning...
Заметки с полей

Content Type & Site Column - новый уровень абстракции в SharePoint 2007

Posted over 7 years ago

by valmond
- 1,636 Comments
Одно из основных новшеств в SharePoint 2007, на мой взгляд, есть введение понятия Content Type. SDK его определяет следующим образом: Content types, a core concept used throughout the functionality and services offered in Microsoft Windows SharePoint...