mcs.ireland.blog/infrastructure

Event: Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Deep Dive

mcsieinf — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:14:41 GMT

At TechDays for IT Pro’s 2009 ( http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/technet/techdays.aspx ) there will be some sessions on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This will include some information and demonstrations on the new version of Hyper-V. However,...(read more)

Cool stuff from Microsoft IT

mcsieinf — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:27:06 GMT

Microsoft IT usually deals with all Microsoft products and Technologies before they get the street. Because we are early adopters we also have the opportunity to develop good administration practices and we like to share those practices with our customers...(read more)

ANNOUNCEMENT: Live Mesh Tech Preview expansion to Ireland (in English)

mcsieinf — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:59:35 GMT

Live Mesh is a very cool new technology that Microsoft is developing and during the Tech Preview we want you guys to experience it (as users and by developing to the platform) and share your thoughts. What’s Live Mesh? Live Mesh, enables you to...(read more)

Two new events from Windows Server 2008 User Group Ireland

mcsieinf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:06:33 GMT

The Windows Server 2008 User Group Ireland ( Aidan Finn ) is organizing two cool events, as usual, please pass on the news to your colleagues and friends. Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 "We will be running an event on Hyper-V and Virtual...(read more)

Windows Vista Compatibility Center

mcsieinf — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:47:22 GMT

This site has gone live recently - great resource to check the Vista compatibility status of hardware or software: Windows Vista Compatibility Center There's a lot (lot) more compatible devices/applications than some people might think.... if you're...(read more)

Creating Mind Maps with Visio

mcsieinf — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:30:28 GMT

I'm a heavy mind map user - in my experience you either don't use them at all, or you use them all the time. If you fall into the latter camp, there are quite a few mind map tools on the market. What a lot of people don't know, myself included...(read more)

Virtualisation - A few notes

mcsieinf — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:14:47 GMT

The last week we had some interesting notes related with the Virtualisation topic that I thought it would be worth sharing. First Microsoft IT Showcase has published its Guide to select loads candidates for virtualisation Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased...(read more)

ILM "2" Beta 3 is now available for download

mcsieinf — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:41:26 GMT

ILM "2" Beta 3 has recently been posted for download on the connect website. This beta release is a major milestone in the release roadmap for the product and contains most of the features of the product that a lot of people have been waiting...(read more)

Configuration Manager 2007 - 32-bit or 64-bit OS?

mcsieinf — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:33:00 GMT

As I'm sure most of you are already aware, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 is a 32-bit application. Installing SCCM SP1 on 64-bit Windows 2003 and 64-bit Windows Server 2008, is of course fully supported. However, given that SCCM is still...(read more)

PXE Boot Problems with Configuration Manager 2007

mcsieinf — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:19:22 GMT

One of the most impressive features of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 is Operating System Deployment (OSD) which began life as a feature pack for SMS 2003. An integral component of OSD is a new site role in SCCM called the PXE service...(read more)

OCS 2007 Enterprise Edition - Certificate & DNS Requirements

mcsieinf — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:36:49 GMT

Having just deployed Office Communication Server (OCS) 2007 into a customer site, I thought I would share some of my experiences, specifically around DNS and Certificate requirements. OCS Features Installed Audio & video conferencing Web conferencing...(read more)

Today’s the day for the second Springboard Live! virtual roundtable: The topic? Windows Vista Security

mcsieinf — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:59:33 GMT

Let’s talk Windows Vista security begins 17:00 GMT. Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will again be hosting a live, interactive Springboard Series virtual roundtable—this time on the topic of Windows Vista security....(read more)

Windows Vista Deployment - Part 4 - End User Experience

mcsieinf — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:29:17 GMT

One of the most important things of a Windows Vista deployment is managing change. The end users will at the end of the day have a new operating system with a massive amount of new features they will have to discover in order to take full advantage of...(read more)

Using Key Management Services (KMS) Across Domains

mcsieinf — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:27:33 GMT

In some environments it may be necessary to implement Key Management Services (KMS) activation across domains. An example of this can be illustrated by the requirements of a recent project that I was working on. The customer in question is in the process...(read more)

Using Key Management Services (KMS) for Vista Activation

mcsieinf — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:11:41 GMT

I have been working recently on a large Vista deployment project for an Enterprise customer. An integral component of the project required the installation and configuration of Key Management Services (KMS) to activate all newly deployed Vista computers....(read more)