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22 February 2006
I'm leaving Microsoft UK, but joining...
In many ways, yesterday was a sad day as I resigned from Microsoft UK after 18 months or so, having decided to take a change in career direction. I'll still be around Microsoft UK for about a month though. However, it certainly wasn't just a sad day, Read More...
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12 December 2005
Weekend Jobs. I give in, I'll never make a DBA but at least Virtual Server loves me.
So regular readers will know that I tend to do home sysadmin tasks at the weekend. This one was no exception, apart from it being my birthday on Sat, so I took the day off ;). Sunday, a different matter, apart from the slight hangover. So what started Read More...
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25 November 2005
Virtual Server and Virtual PC differences - today's triva
Ben posted up an article a few days ago about the amount of Video Memory in the emulated S3 Trio graphics adapter under Virtual PC. His answer - 8MB. Obviously there are a number of differences between Virtual Server 2005 (R2) and Virtual PC 2004 in terms Read More...
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08 November 2005
Singularity Operating System - another use for virtualisation?
I've always had an interest in Operating System internals, and have just finished reading the in-progress research document on a new operating system called "Singularity". The research work is being done by Microsoft Research, and the aim of this OS is Read More...
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05 August 2005
IT Forum 2005 - Barcelona
The Microsoft IT Forum 2005 web-site is now live to take registrations. The agenda is being formulated now and will be going live in the next few weeks. This is a major event for IT Professionals in Europe (or even further in many cases) with many high-profile Read More...
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05 July 2005
VMWare at TechEd Europe 2005 Day 1
OK, so kind of an interesting topic for a Microsoft employee presenting at TechEd about Virtual Server and Virtual PC. However, if you're over at TechEd this week, drop into booth B29. They're a great bunch of guys - we had some interesting discussions Read More...
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05 July 2005
Generic scripted weekly backup solution - your feedback results
Following last weeks post regarding the script I used to back up my home Exchange 2003 SP1 Server running under Virtual Server 2005 on a weekly full backup with daily differential backup, I've received upwards of 30 emails, all positive, thankfully!!! Read More...
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30 January 2005
OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) - reminiscence using Microsoft Virtual PC 2004
A little off the beaten track for someone who works at Microsoft evangelising Windows, but following Ben Armstrongs recent blog posting here , here and here about getting OS/2 Warp 4.0 running under Virtual PC 2004, I just had to give it a go. After all, Read More...
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