Jason's Blog..

Check out the post on the isablog here..  Congrats to the TMG team :)

Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf

Learn about the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 in the areas of virtualization, management, the Web application platform, scalability and reliability, and interoperability with Windows 7. Download Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2, written by industry experts Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker along with the Windows Server team at Microsoft.

Microsoft Press / Oct. 2009 / Version 1.0 / 200 pages / 11.1 Mo / PDF

Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee2a1d38-88a9-43b3-95bc-7e962f0b6030

Microsoft’s eBook Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine combine selected chapters written by industry experts Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northrup, Jerry Honeycutt, Ed Wilson, and the Windows 7 Team with select Windows 7 articles from TechNet Magazine. Sample topics include: Deployment Platform, Planning Deployment, Testing Application Compatability, and 8 Common Issues in Windows 7 Migrations.

Microsoft Press – Microsoft TechNet / Oct. 2009 / Version 1.0 / 332 pages / 6.5 Mo / PDF

Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions

http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urmvs17u33

This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions. The technologies covered include: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, and Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Microsoft Press / Oct. 2008 / 452 pages / 14.4 Mo / PDF

NB : This download requires a Windows Live account

In case you missed it – we RTM’d WVPC and XP Mode this week as well..

Get them both here..

It’s about time we see some decent ads out there..

Check out the 7 second features vids here..

Give this a look; pretty cool too http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

:)

Got published yesterday – check out:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en

and

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968915

respectively.. 

Happy upgrading :)

Yeah..me too.  That said, give this AskDS post a look.  This is the best guide to repadmin for practical admin usage I’ve seen in a long time..

Just in case you missed them…

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f6c62797-791c-48e3-b754-c7c0a09f32f3&displaylang=en

While doing a quick scan of the AskDS Blog yesterday, I came across this post on machine account passwords that is a nice recap of the process and has some great details.  Check it out.

Granted, its still in beta but it’s never too early to start looking at R2 and what it brings to the table.  Give this link a look for some of the major changes.  Check out the changes in ADDS and Group Policy..  some very cool stuff in there.

Give this a look:

http://www.codeplex.com/PSHyperv

James O’Neill whipped up an excellent PS library for accomplishing something like 80 of the most common functions via script.  Very cool for those not able to leverage System Center tools at this point..

Check this blog by Tim Sneath out..  Very good list of shortcuts and tips / tricks :)

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx

Is now up in .doc format and can be downloaded here..

It’s not exactly small at 500+ pages, but it would be a great read for those ramping up on 2008 AD.

Installed the Win7 beta?  Grab the RSAT tools beta for Win7 here

Check out:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8408ecf5-7afe-47ec-a697-eb433027df73&DisplayLang=en

The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0 helps organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system updates. The tool provides a way to keep offline virtual machines up-to-date so that bringing a virtual machine online does not introduce vulnerabilities into the organization’s IT infrastructure.

The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool combines the Windows Workflow programming model with the Windows PowerShell™ interface to bring groups of virtual machines online just long enough for them to receive updates from either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Windows Server Update Services. As soon as the virtual machines are up-to-date, the tool returns them to the offline state in the Virtual Machine Manager library.

Very cool stuff if you’ve built a decent size vhd library..