These are the new released Lync 2010 cumulative updates and fixes: Cumulative update package for Lync 2010 (64bit) & (32 bit): January 2011 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2467763 Cumulative update for Microsoft Lync 2010 Phone Edition...

In this post I will go through a new System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 feature which is Dynamic Collection that can increase collection speed and decrease load on Configuration Manager Database, Query-based collections in Configuration Manager...

In the past discovering new objects from Active Directory and to start managing any new object was taking long time, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 introduce a new good feature called Delta Discovery. In this post I will go through a new...

I would like to clarify very important issue, which is the blog subject, what is the different between ALM and TFS as a part of Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) , first of all let’s know what every abbreviation means: ALM : Application Lifecycle...

    Streaming Servers: Open the MDOP server installation and choose App-V server then streaming servers   Click Next in the welcome screen as shown below     Accept the EULA and click next     Enter the user name and...

Finally MAP 5.5 released, Download MAP Toolkit 5.5 Now you can planning for migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5. This multifaceted tool is now even better—with assessment...

In most of large System Center Configuration Manager 2007 environment different Administrators can manage the IT environment using their Administrative accounts through System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Console that is locally installed on their...

    3 .1.5 install Sequencer to install the App-V Sequencer, please follow these steps on Windows XP or Windows 7 newly installed workstation.   In the checking prerequisites, please click next to install the missing components   Note...

In this post series I will go through System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Power Management showing general overview and prerequisites for the new SCCM 2007 R3 Power Management feature and then deeply go through the step by step to enable and configure...

  Here is one of the best FREE training from the top SQL Server trainers for Microsoft Certified Master Preparation...   Watch them, you will learn loads … guaranteed

Lync Server (new Microsoft release of Office Communication Server) is an enterprise real-time communications server, providing the infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, file transfer, peer-to-peer and multiparty voice and video calling...

In this post series I will go through detailed step by step (with screenshots) related to System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration that IT Administrator or technical consultant will need to build Operations Manager 2007...

In this post series I will go through detailed step by step (with screenshots) related to System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration that IT Administrator or technical consultant will need to build Operations Manager 2007...

    3 App-V Server Deployment 3. 1 Pre-installation 3 .1.1 Create AD groups Create the following groups in AD App-V Admins App-V Users 3 .1.2 Create content share Create shared folder on the management servers and share them with the below permissions...

In this post series I will go through System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Power Management showing general overview and prerequisites for the new SCCM 2007 R3 Power Management feature and then deeply go through the step by step to enable and configure...

In this post series I will go through detailed step by step (with screenshots) related to System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration that IT Administrator or technical consultant will need to build Operations Manager 2007...

In this post series I will go through detailed step by step (with screenshots) related to System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Installation and Configuration that IT Administrator or technical consultant will need to build Operations Manager 2007...

Update on the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant as of December 22, 2010. · Coexistence Scenarios Released - On December 2, Microsoft released an update to the tool that included modifications and content to include rich coexistence information...

2.1.4 SQL Deployment Open the SQL server 2008 RTM installation and choose “New SQL Server Failover cluster installation”   When till the setup support tools are installed.     Choose enter the product key and make sure you have a valid...

I have recently delivered a presentation on whether to join a TMG/ISA server to the domain or make it a Workgroup member. I have shared it on SkyDrive, Download it here

Environment: Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V Role Symptopms: VMs on a certain Hyper-V host were having bizzare connectivity patterns, when I tried to ping other machines, I would get three types of ICMP reponses for the same ICMP request...

1 Overview This document intended to provide guidance on how to install and configure App-V 4.6 infrastructure. In this guide, you’ll be able to follow a step by step guidance that will walk you through Application Virtualization server deployment. This...

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In my previous article Zero Touch Implementation with Configuration Manager 2007 R3 , we went over installing and configuring the required Windows, and Configuration Manager Roles for ZTI. We've also installed System Center Configuration Manager 2007...

In the first part of this series ( here and here ), I started by some discussion regarding the basic definition that we will build upon toward achieving the Private Cloud Promises. In the second part ( here and here ) I discussed the Core Principles for...