Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Physical Security at Microsoft: Taking Advantage of Strategic IT Convergence , which discusses how building a strategy for physical security that relies on available technology and the existing...

In a previous post I promised to delve a little deeper into our Identity Lifecycle strategy and roadmap, so this post is the first of three to do exactly that. We'll start with Microsoft's philosophy on Identity Lifecycle Management. Future posts in the...

Working with some Windows Vista deployments with ZTI (using SCCM 2007 and PXE), I have experienced some issued when I wanted to add drivers to the computers I wanted to install with Windows Vista.   Problem: I had an issue while deploying Vista SP1...

Well here we are again, you've already decided that you are going to migrate to Vista, you now know how to address/plan for Application Compatibility, so at this moment in time it would be a good time to take a look at the hardware that you are targeting...

One of the great new features of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Services is the Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC). A read-only domain controller (RODC) is a new type of domain controller in the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The Read-Only...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Improving Network Security Using Windows Server 2008 , which discusses how Microsoft IT utilizes NAP, Windows Firewall, and IPsec to provide a secure and compliant network of PCs. Securing...

(Should have posted this much earlier....) The final version of MOF v 4.0 has been published. MOF 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations contained in a set of 23 documents. With this release, MOF now reflects a single, comprehensive IT service...

Hyper-V development has been very successful in terms of stability, reliability, performance and scalability that a few of Microsoft’s largest internet properties are now running COMPLETELY VIRTUALIZED WITH HYPER-V including: · MSDN: http:...

The MSDN and Technet websites have now been fully migrated to running within virtual machines on a Hyper-V platform. These are 2 of the most visited sections of microsoft.com, with 4 million hits per day - quite a lot of user activity I'm sure you'll...

It's been decided, good choice, you are going to deploy Windows Vista in your environment. Now you have to make sure that all those applications that you have running around in your infrastructure work within Vista. But before you keep on reading I just...

Many of you have no doubt heard of and some of you will have worked with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003, otherwise known as MIIS 2003. In 2007 MIIS 2003 became incorporated into a new product offering, Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, which...

If you are interested in BDD we think you would be interested in the following new program: Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool - Beta The Solution Accelerators Communication and Collaboration group is pleased to announce the availability of the Offline...

Being involved with deployment projects recently I have found that deploying Vista in the enterprise is not a hard task. The biggest question that I'm often  asked is: "Where do I start?" There are countless resources in web sites ready...

If you're rolling out BitLocker, there are 2 free tools now available for download which can come in useful in day to day management of the environment. First is the BitLocker Repair Tool, at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4ffd0d16...