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Application Virtualization 4.5 Documentation
There has been a host of documentation and announcements around Application Virtualisation recently. I would suggest that you read the App-V team blog here . Of note though are several whitepapers that have been produced to help you evaluate, and deploy Read More...
Do you want a demo of Virtual Machine Manager?
Virtual Machine Manager is a member of the System Center family of Management tools and is responsible for managing Virtualised Server environments, such as Hyper-V, Virtual Server and now VMWare... Watch a demo here... Read More...
Concerned by Sinowal?
Like me you may have read on the BBC's web site today about a ' Trojan virus steals banking info ' ....now I normally pass these articles by knowing the truth BUT I'm aware that to some they will take this as 'read' and worry. So here's the background. Read More...
New Infrastructure Planning & Design guides issued
SOLUTION ACCELERATORS - Act faster . Go further .   Infrastructure Planning & Design Release Announcement www.microsoft.com/IPD   I repeatedly forget to mention these in my talks - and that's bad because these documents are excellent.   Read More...
Save money - Decommission your RAS architecture!
Ok, so I'm exaggerating but I have been using a Microsoft implementation of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services a *lot* recently. It's effectively meant that I don't need to remote into the Microsoft Corporate network when working away from the office Read More...
Out of Band Security Bulletin released
Folks, just in case you've not picked this up elsewhere you should know that we have released an out of band security update . As you know this isn't usual and therefore you should carefully review the information here . It's worth noting that for Windows Read More...
Watch This: Windows Vista Performance…under the hood
Vista performance is something that I often discuss with customers that I meet. Therefore, let me recommend good use of one hour and suggest that you watch this webcast from the Springboard series of Vista Resources. Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Read More...
Technet Magazine for November is published online
As reported HERE Novembers Technet magazine is available. And as you can see below there’s quit a few interesting articles to read. FEATURE ARTICLES                                                                  Read More...
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 RTW – Download Now
As Keith writes - Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 is a stand-alone product that provides a simplified, reliable, cost-effective and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. It allows organizations Read More...
WebCast: Securing Branch Office User Accounts
I came across this webcast recently and thought that it might be useful to you. The Webcast is basically a 12 minute demonstration of technologies such as Read only domain controller, BitLocker and fine Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2008. Read More...
Core Infrastructure Optimisation – Introduction and Overview
[Supporting materials for this post can be found here ]   In the spirit of writing in this blog about subjects that I often get asked about, an overview of Core IO is well overdue! Infrastructure Optimisation is a maturity model based upon some work Read More...
Technet Webcast – Protect SQL Server 2008 with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
I’ve spoken to many of you about Data Protection Manager (DPM) but normally at a high level. This technet webcast will give you a detailed look at protecting SQL Server specifically. The webcast happened live last week but if you follow the ‘registration’ Read More...
Free Gartner reports on Vista and MDOP
The reports will be here until 12th March 2009 Quantifying the Value of Microsoft's Desktop Optimization Pack http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/vol4/article6/article6.html How to Quantify the Value of Software Assurance for Windows Client Read More...
Internet at 120mph!
I’m on the train to London this morning for a customer meeting. I got onto the train at 06.20 in Warrington, Cheshire and by 08.40 (and it’s rarely late) I’ll be in London Euston. Nothing special there – but what’s great is that when I got onto the train Read More...
Technet Magazine – Getting Started with Microsoft Application Virtualisation
As you’ll know if you read my blog – I love Application Virtualisation. It solves so many problems with the packaging, deployment, and management of desktop and server based applications. Technet magazine has published a great introduction to Application Read More...
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