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August 2007 - Posts

Core Infrastructure Optimization - Models, Capabilities and Requirements by Maturity Level

There's a lot of information posted about Microsoft's efforts around Infrastructure Optimization, also known as simply IO. This is an interesting way to describe the maturity of an IT Infrastructure and also to provide clues to what would be your next Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:13 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Questions for Course 6044: Windows Server 2008 Directory Identities and Access

As I mentioned in a previous blog post , I am delivering a private, newsgroup-based, Microsoft-sponsored training for Microsoft MVPs. We are reaching the end of the third of five parts of this training, covering Course 6044: Windows Server 2008 Directory Read More...
Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 9:03 AM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Configuring SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring (includes 8-minute demonstration)

SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring is a high availability feature that maintains a duplicate copy of a database (close by or across the globe), keeps it up to date (synchronously or asynchronously) and can even provide automatic failover. There are other Read More...
Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 11:26 AM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Questions for Course 6043: Implementing Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008

As I mentioned in a previous blog post , I am delivering a private, newsgroup-based, Microsoft-sponsored training for Microsoft MVPs. We are reaching the end of the second of five parts of this training, covering Course 6043: Implementing Active Directory Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:13 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Comparing default services on Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2008 (Core and Full)

I have been experimenting with Windows Server 2008 for a while now and I recently did a number of comparisons between the Core and Full versions of the new OS. This time I am looking at Services configured in a default installation and I also included Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:20 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Personalizing the Desktop on a Windows Server 2008 Server Core install

As mentioned in a previous blog post, a Server Core install of Windows Server 2008 does not include Explorer or the MMC. However, it does have a GUI for logon and the command prompt is typically showed in a windows with a graphical background. You also Read More...
Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 10:27 AM by josebda | 3 Comments

Testing Windows Server 2008 using Virtual PC (step-by-step)

Windows Server 2008 is just around the corner. The Beta 3 bits are publicly available, “release to manufacturing” should happen by the end of the year and the launch event date has been announced: February 27th, 2008. There are plenty of new things to Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 05, 2007 8:53 PM by josebda | 7 Comments

Questions for Course 6042: Windows Server 2008 Installation and Management

As I mentioned in a previous blog post , I am delivering a private, newsgroup-based, Microsoft-sponsored training for Microsoft MVPs. We are reaching the end of the first of five parts of this training, covering Course 6042: Windows Server 2008 Installation Read More...
Posted Friday, August 03, 2007 8:55 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Comparing running processes in Windows Server 2008 in Full and Core installs

Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation is a minimal install of the upcoming Windows Server OS that can run specific roles (like DNS, Active Directory or File Server) with a much smaller footprint and attack surface. In a previous blog post I looked Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:44 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
 
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