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14 November 2008
Configure Hyper-V Remote Management in seconds
Update 19th Nov - v0.3 now released! It has been a little quiet on the blog front, but sometimes, at least in this case, I hope I've come up with something worth waiting for. Announcing "HVRemote"...., a tool to "automagically" configure Hyper-V Remote Read More...
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09 July 2008
Hyper-V: RTM available on Windows Update
Just a quick note to mention that Hyper-V RTM (KB950050) was made available on Windows Update yesterday. See here for more information on the RTM release. Note that the Vista SP1 management tools are not currently available through Windows Update and Read More...
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26 June 2008
Hyper-V RTM announcement. Available today from the Microsoft Download Centre
In the Hyper-V shiproom this morning, we signed off on Hyper-V RTM (Release To Manufacturing). The build and articles are actively working their way through the systems and will be available from Microsoft Download Centre from around noon Pacific time. Read More...
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10 November 2005
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and iSCSI
And while on the subject of official Virtual Server 2005 R2 information starting to becoming public , we now support iSCSI for VHD storage and clustering shared storage. Typically iSCSI can be a far cheaper alternative to fibre channel attached storage, Read More...
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10 October 2005
Self Managing Dynamic Systems update
Following my last post , here's a few links on microsoft.com which provide more information. A brief on virtualisation is here , and a whitepaper on virtualisation can be found here . But wait... just found more. This is the official press release. There's Read More...
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10 August 2005
Windows Genuine Advantage
You may have noticed, if you've been downloading anything recently from microsoft.com, that with the exception of security updates, you now have to install an ActiveX control. Windows Genuine Advantage went live on 25th July after some 10 months of beta Read More...
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05 August 2005
Using Virtual Server 2005 at Microsoft IT - the webcast
After posting up the link to the whitepaper about how Microsoft IT is using Virtual Server internally, I've now found out about a webcast on 16th August which will give the opportunity to ask the "what's and why's" about the implementation. I've included Read More...
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03 August 2005
MOM SP1 is available for download
So hot off the heals of getting MOM 2005 installed with SQL 2004 SP4 , I find out that SP1 for MOM is now available. Now they tell me... quoting from the SP1 homepage (link at bottom) " Broader OS and database support, including <snip> and SQL 2000 Read More...
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28 July 2005
Data Protection Manager usage at Microsoft
More interesting stuff I just came across - a case study which details how Data Protection Manager has been deployed internally at Microsoft to perform backups for over 130 remote sites or "Branch Offices". I just love that term being applied to the UK Read More...
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21 July 2005
Malicious Software Removal Tool
As much as a bookmark blog as anything else so I know where to find it. You may have seen the malicious software removal tool come down through WindowsUpdate/MicrosoftUpdate. What I didn't know was that a version with the latest updates is released on Read More...
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11 July 2005
MBSA 2.0 (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser) Released
After blogging about the beta of MBSA v2.0 a couple of months ago, I have to thank Steve for giving me the heads up on this as the official release notification must have slipped me by. My excuse is that I've been more than a little busy at TechEd last Read More...
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07 July 2005
Windows Server 2003 SP1 through Automatic Updates
Just a heads up on this one. If you are running Windows Server 2003 RTM currently and have your machines set for automatic updates, on 26th July, they will start receiving SP1 through automatic update (AU). If you haven't finished testing SP1 in your Read More...
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01 July 2005
What does each Windows Service do?
Another frequently asked question by many customers. A good answer can be found in the "Threats and Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP" document which can be downloaded here . A little out of date (being based on Read More...
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29 June 2005
Generic Exchange Backup Script (Backing up Exchange 2003 Part 2)
Update: 4th Nov - See updated and improved script here As part of my backup for Exchange I was playing with at the weekend, I ended up writing a pretty simple script to run as a scheduled task. Although my Exchange environment is simple as well, the requirements Read More...
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24 June 2005
Branch Office Infrastructure Solution - lots of new information now available
The Branch Office Infrastructure Solution, or BOIS (which is far too easy to mis-type if you've worked in computing for a lot of years - think about it) has been released. The BOIS guidance and tools are designed and structured to address the needs of Read More...
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