March 2008 - Posts
The Virtualization team has announced the MMC snap-in to manage Hyper-V from Vista SP1 is now available for download. This is a nice compliment to the recent release of RSAT! Vista x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=450931F5-EBEC-4C0B-95BD-E3BA19D296B1&displaylang=en
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Thanks to Paul for following up to the comments thread . The Volume Activation Management Tool 1.1 is now available for download from Microsoft downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12044dd8-1b2c-4da4-a530-80f26f0f9a99&DisplayLang=en
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In order to make installation and distribution a simpler process, the Server 2008 DVD available for download contains all four versions (Web, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter) with both full and core installations available. Over the last two weeks I have received the same question from several Universities - is there any way to provide media that only contains Standard Edition? There are many educational institutions where a single entity on campus maintains licenses for many or all departments across campus and in order to prevent installation of the wrong version they would like to separate the installation media.
To resolve this issue, I'll demonstrate how to create a DVD that only contains Standard Edition.
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Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista for x86-based Systems http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ff6e897-23ce-4a36-b7fc-d52065de9960&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows
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Last week a windows admin asked if I knew what the permissions should be for the root level share of home directories or redirected folders. It has been a few years since I looked this up and I wanted to be certain I had all necessary ACLs, so I
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I've been holding back all morning to post anything until the download links actually became available. It looks like the new pages are being published and have started replicating out to the globe. This updates the Windows Hypervisor technology
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Vista SP1 is now available from MVLS, the download center, and from Windows Update. As a trusted IT admin in Education what should you communicate to your constituents? Here is some fodder.
What changes in Vista SP1?
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I just signed up for this webcast. Looks interesting so I thought I would share. Reserve your place today
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As posted by Robert McMurray - http://blogs.msdn.com/robert_mcmurray/archive/2008/03/12/webdav-extension-for-windows-server-2008-rtm-is-released.aspx
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Linking to a post I just spotted, you can order a bracelet with 2GB of storage pumped with info about how Novell and Microsoft are working together to provide value to customers. There are also a couple of whitepapers for those interested. http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/2008/03/05/novell-and-microsoft-offer-interop-resources-for-windows-linux.asp
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Yesterday I promised the stand alone update would be coming soon. I just checked and the 32-bit version is now available on the Microsoft Volume License Services website (MVLS). I am expecting the 64-bit version to follow soon. I'll
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The new version of KMS for Server 2003 is now available for download. As stated on the site, KMS version 1.1 for Windows Server 2003 provides: A single KMS host which supports volume license editions of both Windows Vista RTM/SP1 and Windows Server
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Popular question this week - I would like to install Vista Enterprise SP1 but I am unable to find it on the volume license website for download. Can you assist? There is a trick to locating it, just remember that Vista Enterprise is only available
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Reducing overhead goes beyond just infrastructure tools, there are also ways to reduce the amount of time you put in to things like managing meetings and documentation. I've found this to be a best practice that others might be able to use.
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