http://blogs.technet.com/bhaskar/atom.xmlCommunity Server2007-07-24T16:32:55Zhttp://blogs.technet.com/bhaskar/archive/2007/09/12/ctp-of-windows-server-virtualization-releasing-with-rc-on-windows-server-2008.aspx2007-09-12T04:50:00Z2007-09-12T04:50:00Z<P>This week at VMworld, Microsoft is announcing that the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Server Virtualization is coming soon with the initial release candidate of the Windows Server 2008. </P> <P>You can also&nbsp;use the <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/calculator.mspx" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/calculator.mspx"><EM>Windows Server Virtualization Calculator</EM></A>&nbsp;to estimate the number of licenses needed for your virtualization scenario.</P> <P>The complete presspass is here: <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-11virtualization.mspx" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-11virtualization.mspx"><EM>Customers Turning to Microsoft to Virtualize Across Desktops and Datacenters</EM></A></P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1942550" width="1" height="1">bhaskarhttp://blogs.technet.com/members/bhaskar.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/bhaskar/archive/2007/08/29/group-policy-diagnostic-best-practice-analyzer-released.aspx2007-08-30T01:30:00Z2007-08-30T01:30:00Z<P>Today, we released the Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer. It is an health check tool for group policy configuration in an environment. This is a wonderful tool for checking common configuration errors &amp; diagnose problems.</P> <P>Check the following KB article for more information and download link.</P> <P><EM><STRONG>How to use the Microsoft Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer (GPDBPA) tool to collect and to analyze data</STRONG></EM></P> <P><A title=http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940122 href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940122" mce_href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940122">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940122</A></P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1856660" width="1" height="1">bhaskarhttp://blogs.technet.com/members/bhaskar.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/bhaskar/archive/2007/07/24/no-need-to-open-a-support-incident-to-receive-hotfix.aspx2007-07-24T18:32:55Z2007-07-24T18:32:55Z<p>Microsoft has eased the process of requesting hotfixes. You no longer have to wait to open a support ticket; talk to a representative for requesting the hotfix.</p> <p>You can do it yourself now!!!</p> <p>How? Just go to <a title="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6516433" href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6516433">http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6516433</a>&nbsp;and enter the following information:</p> <ul> <li><em>Country of residence</em> <li><em>KB Article Number</em> <li><em>Platform [x86/x64/ia64]</em> <li><em>Product Language</em> <li><em>Your Email Address</em></li></ul> <p>Once you submit the request, you should be receiving an email with the link to download the hotfix.</p> <p>Now this is a lot simpler.</p><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1599660" width="1" height="1">bhaskarhttp://blogs.technet.com/members/bhaskar.aspx