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Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1 available as a free download

Microsoft just announced the release of Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1, which will help you migrate file shares from computers running Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Server 2008 to computers running Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:52 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Watch the PDC keynote on Microsoft Windows 7 and Web applications for Office

Watch the keynote delivered on the second day of the PDC, covering Microsoft Windows 7 and Web applications for Office: Stream from http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0810/34546/34546_PDC2_6MB.asx For details, check http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-28PDCDay2PR.msp Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:56 AM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Watch the PDC keynote on Microsoft Azure, the new cloud-based service foundation

Watch Ray Ozzie's PDC keynote on the new cloud-based service foundation called Microsoft Azure. Stream from http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0810/34546/34546_PDC1_6MB.asx For more details, check http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-27PDCDay1PR.msp Read More...
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 12:55 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical

I wanted to call your attention to a critical, out-of-band Microsoft Security Bulletin released today. Here's an excerpt from it (the emphasis is mine): This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:44 AM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Data Protection Manager Partner Hero

If you are a Microsoft Partner in the United States, there is a new campaign focused on System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM). This campaign is designed for partners that already work with Microsoft applications protected by DPM, like SQL Server, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:42 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Free e-learning on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Microsoft Learning has two free e-learning offers covering Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008. These self-paced introductory clinics include hours of interactive content, including text, videos, demonstrations and self-tests. Clinic 5935 - Introducing Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:54 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Adding Storage Management abilities to your Windows application using VDS (Virtual Disk Service)

If you’re writing a Windows application that needs to do storage management, you should look into the VDS (Virtual Disk Services) API. VDS storage management includes abilities like enumerating all HBAs on a system, creating a LUN, setting a disk online, Read More...
Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 7:29 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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“FSCT” - A CIFS/SMB/SMB2 File Server Tool for Capacity Planning and Performance Troubleshooting

Overview A recent presentation during SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference described an upcoming tool called “FSCT”. “FSCT” (which stands for “File Server Capacity Tool”) was created by Microsoft after analyzing the workload of production file servers Read More...
Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 7:22 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Windows 7 and Cloud Services are the most frequent subjects for the PDC 2008

An updated list of the 180 sessions planned for the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is out, along with additional details about this major conference. Looking at the keywords used by each session, you can clearly see that "Windows Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:10 AM by josebda | 0 Comments
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