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Top 10 Server Consolidation issues - Part 2

Posted Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:23 PM by Clive_Watson
In this post I’ll cover points 2 and 3 from Part1, which are: 2. Application dependency or reliance isn’t known 3. Knowledge of applications isn’t readily available – often reliant on a single person This is the scenario that is usually painted for me Read More...
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Top 10 Server Consolidation issues - Part 1

Posted Friday, July 29, 2005 3:30 PM by Clive_Watson
Yesterday for the first time in a month or two I presented on Server Consolidation, it made me think of a few things: 1. Many people don’t know what resources exist, where to get advice on consolidation 2. Its often assumed that there isn’t any advice Read More...
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Windows Vista beta 1 availability

Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 5:31 PM by Clive_Watson
Microsoft PressPass announced the beta 1 availability of Windows Vista here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-27VistaBeta1MA.mspx Update: See the Channel9 interview with Chris Jones http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=92834#9283 Read More...
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MGB and Windows Vista

Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 11:30 PM by Clive_Watson
I’ve been at MGB (in Atlanta) this week, and as you should know by now Windows Vista (formally Longhorn client) has been announced. There is a video to watch and a beta to expect. I spent a few hours today in a room full of Windows Vista machines, some Read More...
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What would you want to see Microsoft demo?

Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 6:25 PM by Clive_Watson
If you could come to Microsoft UK and see a demo and use any of Windows Server System Platform Operations infrastructure components – what would you want to see? Would it be any of these suggestions, have you others in mind? SP1 features R2 features ADFS Read More...
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Good Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) post with demos...

Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 3:09 PM by Clive_Watson
Check out Adam's blog , some solid information and good clear demos Read More...
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Software Asset Managment (SAM)

Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 6:26 PM by Clive_Watson
Software assets can be hard to track and matching licensing can be even more of a headache - so how do you address this? The SAM site has loads of good advice, guidance on the process to follow and even a tool to download and use to perform the asset Read More...
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Data Protection Manager – Our case study

Posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:18 PM by Clive_Watson
I’d not realised we had recently published a case study for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager ( DPM ), it gives great insight into the product and how it can be used within an organisation. IMO this is going to be a great product – there Read More...
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Microsoft's Core OS Division

Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:39 PM by Clive_Watson
Mary Jo Foley wrote this article about the Core OS Division (COSD) and the year it's just had. Read the article to understand what Microsoft has undertaken in the name of achieving 'engineering excellence' during that time. Read More...
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Clusters and where to get design and deployment information

Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:22 PM by Clive_Watson
I was asked today about how to design a Windows Cluster and what resources were available. There are two main areas to look at on the Microsoft web. The first is the Clustering website ; the second is the Windows 2003 Deployment Kit (formally the Resource Read More...
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Eventtriggers to the rescue

Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:44 PM by Clive_Watson
You know those occasions where there is a simple answer but you almost always invent a complex way of doing it…well that’s what happened to me this week. I had a dodgy service running on my system (my fault for beta testing), the problem was that the Read More...
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Can Exchange 2003 be installed on 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003?

Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 11:27 PM by Clive_Watson
This is an often asked question...the answer to which is basically "no" but for those who wish to know why, this blog post explains all... Read More...
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Product releases in the next 18months

Posted Friday, July 08, 2005 4:28 PM by Clive_Watson
This announcement caught my eye today…a good summary of what’s on the road ahead. Microsoft Unleashes the Power of Innovation and Integration to Industry Partners at Its Worldwide Partner Conference 2005 Product launches slated for the next 18 months Read More...
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Fatal exception question...from Doug

Posted Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:20 PM by Clive_Watson
Doug sent me this email questions whilst; this blog (and others at Microsoft) are not intended as replacements for the normal support channels I have made some suggestions below: Can you please help me understand an error message I keep on getting? Whenever Read More...
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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0

Posted Tuesday, July 05, 2005 5:34 PM by Clive_Watson
Thanks for all the hits on my last post (which is now the 2nd most popular one I’ve done) – strange for a post that talks about posts! Anyway…Tuesday is my day for housekeeping my machines (2 laptops, one of which runs Virtual Server and has currently Read More...
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My first month as a blogger...

Posted Friday, July 01, 2005 4:10 PM by Clive_Watson
That’s it for this month, I can hardly believe that I’ve been blogging for one month already, actual one month tomorrow but as that’s a Saturday I’ll talk about it today! From my point of view looking at my statistics as a newbie blogger is important. Read More...
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