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Free Windows Server 2008 R2 E-Book
03 November 09 07:46 PM
Hey folks! Just wanted to remind everyone you can download a FREE Windows Server 2008 R2 E-Book today! This guide is a 200 page, 9 Chapter get up to speed guide on Windows Server 2008 R2. If you are a Windows Server Administrator, this
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Better Experience and Faster Response Times for Your Web Sites!
14 October 09 05:34 PM
Ever wanted to “warm-up” your IIS web site by pre-loading processes at the start of the web server in order to enable faster response times? Well now you can have the easy-bake oven option ! Today, Microsoft announced the beta release of IIS
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Choose Your Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Deployment Strategy
11 June 09 07:24 PM
Like any IT Pro, you have what appears to be million tools and strategies to get your desktops deployed. A very well written guide was just posted to TechNet that gives in-depth guidance on how to get Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 deployed
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Microsoft Surface combined with Business Intelligence
10 June 09 12:40 PM
The Microsoft BI team showcased a very cool application known as Falcon Eye at TechEd which takes data navigation to a new level. Falcon Eye integrates data with Virtual Earth so that you can investigate it hands on through a Microsoft Surface device.
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Simplify configuration of Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core using SConfig
08 June 09 04:13 PM
While at TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles, I was asked by a couple of different attendees if we had plans to simplify basic configuration of items like networking and machine naming on Server Core. Well the answer to that is a big YES! Take a look at this screencast
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Changes to the backup utility in Windows Server 2008 R2
05 June 09 02:55 PM
Windows Server Backup has some pretty sweet changes coming in Windows Server 2008 R2 including: The ability to backup System State as a separate job as well as the ability to do incremental System State backups. The ability to exclude specific file types,
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Get your Windows 7 Application Compatibility Questions Answered!
05 June 09 12:48 PM
Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Windows 7 Application Compatibility: Your Questions Answered (Part 1) Date: Thursday, June 18 Time: 11:00am Pacific Time https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard Windows 7, is approaching fast and from the application
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Active Directory Recycle Bin
27 January 09 08:16 AM
Yesterday I posted a link to my Active Directory Recycle Bin demo over on Edge . Today I thought I would follow that up that post with a few things about the recycle bin feature in R2. The great thing about the AD Recycle Bin is that if you make
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RSAT for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
26 January 09 11:39 AM
Wow what a crazy winter! I've been traveling around speaking to folks about Windows Server 2008 R2. Let me tell you all Prague is an amazing city, but winter there is COLD! *Shudder*. When I was in Prague speaking to all of the
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I'm going to Disneyland!
11 December 08 09:00 AM
While I do feel that this weeks Texans win over the Packers on the "Frozen Tundra" of Lambau field is Superbowl like... it's not the reason I'm heading to So. Cal for a week. Apparently there is this thing called vacation that people take to get away
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Power Management and Windows Server 2008
09 December 08 12:00 PM
Green IT is a a phrase that's buzzing all around the various publications and being uttered by those executives who help determine the direction of your IT department. Well what can you REALLY do to improve the power efficiency of your data center?
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IIS Media Pack 1.0
08 December 08 07:48 AM
A couple of weeks ago the guys over in the IIS team delivered a new set of media tools for those of you out there who are managing media on IIS. The IIS Media pack consists of two previously released extensions: Web Playlists and Bit Rate Throttling.
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Virtualization and ROI
05 December 08 07:30 AM
You only need to work in IT about five minutes before someone comes in and asks you to cut costs and find ways to make things work more efficiently. Virtualization is an easy way to achieve those goals. Just like everything else in IT there
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The future of the Data Center
04 December 08 07:45 AM
Running out of room in your data center? Want to be greener in you data center? Why not just back up a big old container stuffed full of servers, attach it to some UPS and cooling gear and be done with it? Mike Manos has published an amazing
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More on Hyper-V and SQL Server
03 December 08 07:45 AM
Last week I posted this video interview with Joe Yong talking about virtualization of SQL Server using Hyper-V. Today I follow that up with a link to a great white paper that details out things such as system resource overhead that is imposed
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