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Windows Server 2008 Scenario Voting and Server Core Guides

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:48 PM by mattmcspirit
Are you evaluating or testing Windows Server 2008? If so, we'd love your feedback. The Windows Server 2008 Scenario voting website gives you the perfect opportunity to develop a comprehensive test plan of your own, and at the same time, ensure that Windows Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 - Documentation Survival Guide

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:42 AM by mattmcspirit
Kudos to George and the TechNet team for this month's newsletter, ( which you can subscribe to here ) as it contains links to some great information on Windows Server 2008. Some of this content includes: Internet Protocol Security Enforcement in the Network Read More...
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The Microsoft FY08 Roadmap and searching my teams' blogs!

Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:11 PM by mattmcspirit
Kudos to Steve (via Long ) for this first snippet of information. Like Steve says, it's not always easy getting hold of a Microsoft product roadmap, so when one does come along, it's worth taking note. Now, although this doesn't give you specific dates Read More...
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The one about XP, Vista and the 4GB RAM...

Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:11 PM by mattmcspirit
This discussion has been around the web for ages, and no doubt, if you're as geeky as me, you'll already know about it, however, today, of all days, it's become more relevant for me, as finally, I have a laptop with 4GB RAM. Woo Hoo! Admittedly, it isn't Read More...
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Infrastructure Optimisation: Resources and Courses

Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 2:08 PM by mattmcspirit
If you aren't aware of what Infrastructure Optimisation is, or what it's all about, chances are, you could be missing a trick - a trick that really could boost sales for your business. At a high level, it's about ensuring a business is moving from a very Read More...
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Migrating a user's profile to Windows Small Business Server 2003

Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 1:11 PM by mattmcspirit
Simon contacted me earlier this week with regards to a problem he encountered with migrating user profiles over to a Small Business Server 2003 Domain. The particular problem was around joining a Vista Business PC to an SBS domain - sounds straightforward Read More...
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Windows Vista: After Hours - Update

Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 11:46 AM by mattmcspirit
Just a quick update, tickets are going fast for the Vista: After Hours events, but you still have a chance to get hold of them! We had some brilliant feedback to our last After Hours events , back in May, and these promise to be even cooler, with even Read More...
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Chefs hat's at the ready: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 cookbooks' going live!

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 5:23 PM by mattmcspirit
I couldn't resist :-) Thanks to Tony for sending this through . In Tony's own words "These are the first of several cookbooks to help SI partner consultants get up to speed to deploy virtualisation solutions in record time. These are step-by-step, one-stop Read More...
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The blogging bug...

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 11:15 AM by mattmcspirit
It was quite a strange day yesterday - not strange in a bad way, not at all. It started with an email from David, at TranquilPC. He'd found, via my blog, that James and I were putting on another set of Vista: After Hours events at the end of September. Read More...
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Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1

Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:03 PM by mattmcspirit
I first blogged about this tool back in February , when it had just been released into the wild, hot on the heels of the Vista launch, but, as with most things Microsoft, it's evolved, and a new release, with some cool new features, has recently been Read More...
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The Microsoft Digital Lifestyle - Part 1

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:55 PM by mattmcspirit
I blogged about this yesterday , and admittedly, this video doesn't look half as cool and funky as the official Microsoft Digital Lifestyle website , but it does go some way to show some of the technologies in a Digital Home.  The first part of this Read More...
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SoftGrid Application Virtualisation - Guided Demo

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:56 AM by mattmcspirit
Found this via the Microsoft Virtualisation website I just blogged about . I thought it deserved a post all to itself :-) You can play with the demo here, although I'm a bit restricted by space, so you may want to visit the full site to see it a little Read More...
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New Microsoft virtualisation website! About time!

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:33 AM by mattmcspirit
It's been a while coming, but now that it's here, add this to your favourites!; This is your new one-stop shop for all things Microsoft virtualisation , whether it's how you manage it, with System Center , to the virtualisation platform itself, its all Read More...
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Don't adjust your sets...Licensing gets that little bit easier...

Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 3:14 PM by mattmcspirit
I'm going to start with a statement that will probably resonate with a lot of you out there; Licensing is confusing sometimes.  I say sometimes, because it isn't always confusing - not when there are cool tools to help, such as the Virtualisation Read More...
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The coolest Microsoft website I've seen in a long time.

Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 3:09 PM by mattmcspirit
I have not seen a website make me go 'Whoa!' in quite a while (Not even my own blog!) but this one sure did.  The Microsoft Digital Lifestyle is something that's really close to my heart, being a keen Xbox 360 gamer (gamertag - mattmcspirit), a lover Read More...
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New TechNet Events - Register Now!

Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 12:02 PM by mattmcspirit
TechNet is pleased to announce a brand new series of technical events... TechNet on the Road In this new series, we will be stepping away from PPT and concentrating on a demo-packed full day. We will be visiting 5 locations (Reading, London, Manchester, Read More...
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For your viewing pleasure...virtualisation videos

Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 9:21 AM by mattmcspirit
That's right, a couple of excellent videos that have just recently been made public. I'd definitely recommend all of them, but if you only have time to watch one, make sure it's the first one, as not only does it outline our virtualisation roadmap, but Read More...
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IIS7: We're live. Are you?

Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 2:28 PM by mattmcspirit
Following up on the last post , where I mentioned briefly that internally, Microsoft has around 1400 virtual machines, running in production, on Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, I thought I'd inform you (if you didn't already know) that Microsoft.com is running Read More...
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Desktop Deployment Planning Services Readiness (BDD v3) Workshop for Microsoft UK Partners

Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 1:06 PM by mattmcspirit
Are you a Microsoft Partner? Deploying Vista and Office 2007? These classes could be very useful to you indeed. I'd also say it's pretty important if you are thinking of migrating over to Windows Server 2008 too, as essentially, it shares the same deployment Read More...
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Running Virtual Server on Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 / June CTP and other Virtual Server Resources

Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 11:45 AM by mattmcspirit
It's a shame, I know, that we don't have access to the Windows Server Virtualisation bits just yet, however, fear not, you can still start working with Virtualisation on Windows Server 2008, using Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Rather than recreate the wheel, Read More...
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New Virtualisation (or 'zation ;-)) Resources!

Posted Friday, August 03, 2007 10:59 AM by mattmcspirit
I've had the pleasure of watching Jeff Woolsey present a few times now, most recently at our internal technical conference, over in Seattle, where Jeff delivered numerous sessions around Virtualisation. Trust me, when it comes to virtualisation, if Jeff Read More...
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New Small Business Resources - Check em' out!

Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:00 PM by mattmcspirit
Let me start with an apology. Susanne reminded me that I haven't posted anything in a while, but I do have my excuses, namely holidays and conferences! Anyway, I'm back, and I've got some great stuff to tell you about - I just need to find the time to Read More...
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