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from Masters blog: New SQL 2008 MCM from Microsoft Consulting Services Published 18 January 10 02:56 PM | josephsa New week brings a new SQL 2008 MCM to announce... Margarita Naumova, Senior Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services. Margarita Naumova has more than 15 years of experience in SQL Server, including project management of big scale projects and SQL trainings. She has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1999. She is focused on Microsoft SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization, High Availability and Disaster Recovery, and BI. Margarita has a number of projects and trainings delivered for Enterprise Customers in UK, Finland, Germany and Bulgaria. She joined Microsoft four years ago as Senior Consultant in MCS. Magi is recognized as the best expert in SQL Server and BI Technologies in Bulgaria. She is founder and leader of Bulgarian SQL & BI User Group “Let’s SQL Together!” (http://bgsqlgroup.com) and is a preferred presenter of the largest IT events in Bulgaria, her presentations usually have highest rating in the events. Margarita Naumova is a member of Microsoft Worldwide Services Technical Leadership Team – a community that aspires to bring together the best technical leaders in Microsoft Services across the World. She likes skiing, painting and decorating. Честито, Маги!
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140 страници и много картинки :-) The Windows 7 Product Guide provides a detailed look at the many new and improved features in Windows 7. The guide is designed as an acurrate source of information that can help you to understand how Windows 7 Simplifies Everyday Tasks, Works the Way You Want, and Makes New Things Possible. The guide is also designed to provide IT Professionals with information about how to Make People Productive Anywhere, Manage Risk Through Enhanced Security and Control, and Reduce Costs by Streamlining PC Management. This is not a help and how to guide. Rather, it provides an overview of the many exciting features in Windows 7 and pointers to more information. The Windows 7 Product Guide is available inboth XPS and PDF formats. Моля Ви, помислете последствията за природата, преди да отпечатите този документ!
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Шапки долу, Марк и Брайс (Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell) го направиха: Introduction Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted). The Disk2vhd user interface lists the volumes present on the system:
It will create one VHD for each disk on which selected volumes reside. It preserves the partitioning information of the disk, but only copies the data contents for volumes on the disk that are selected. This enables you to capture just system volumes and exclude data volumes, for example. Note: Virtual PC supports a maximum virtual disk size of 127GB. If you create a VHD from a larger disk it will not be accessible from a Virtual PC VM. To use VHDs produced by Disk2vhd, create a VM with the desired characteristics and add the VHDs to the VM’s configuration as IDE disks. On first boot, a VM booting a captured copy of Windows will detect the VM’s hardware and automatically install drivers, if present in the image. If the required drivers are not present, install them via the Virtual PC or Hyper-V integration components. You can also attach to VHDs using the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Disk Management or Diskpart utilities. Note: do not attach to VHDs on the same system on which you created them if you plan on booting from them. If you do so, Windows will assign the VHD a new disk signature to avoid a collision with the signature of the VHD’s source disk. Windows references disks in the boot configuration database (BCD) by disk signature, so when that happens Windows booted in a VM will fail to locate the boot disk. Disk2vhd runs Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and higher, including x64 systems. Here’s a screenshot of a copy of a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V system running in a virtual machine on top of the system it was made from: .png) (click image to zoom)
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 Миналото лято новината, че Интел няма да използва Windows Vista за 80 000-те си потребители вдигна сериозен шум и наля вода в в мелницата на критиците на Виста. Тази седмица Интел обяви, че след три месечен Technical Adopter Program (TAP) пилот са решили да деплойнат Windows 7 на всичките си компютри, продължавайки пилота за “еarly adopters” и започвайки пълна миграция в началото на календарната 2010: Following participation in Microsoft's Technical Adopter Program (TAP), Intel IT found that Windows 7 running on PCs with Intel vPro technology delivers the best productivity for our employees & the best managed solution for IT. After three months of trial with over 300 users, 97 percent of our test users would recommend the new OS to peers and Intel IT sees the potential to save $11M over the next three years. Because of improved employee productivity, reduced costs, ease of deployment and enhanced security, Intel IT is rolling out Windows 7 to early adopters this year and enterprise deployments starting early 2010. Authored by John Gonzalez (OS Product Line Manager, Intel IT), this paper describes these benefits and results of Intel's participation in the Windows 7 TAP. In addition to the 97 percent statistic, Intel listed four other key results: •Performance: More responsive for key tasks such as booting and launching productivity applications. •Stability: Fewer users experienced blue screens. •Application Readiness: No remediation required during evaluation; application readiness does not appear to be a roadblock to adoption. •Total Cost of Ownership: Initial estimate of potential USD 11 million net present value.
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 Ако някой не е разбрал (срам;-)), излезе финалната версия на напълно безплатната програма за защита от вируси, зловреден и шпионски софтуер на Майкрософт, Security Essentials. По-долу е официалното съобщение:  Майкрософт пуска нова антивирусна защита безплатно за всички потребители Microsoft Security Essentials може вече да бъде изтеглена на http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials София, 29 септември, 2009 г. —Нова и напълно безплатна система за защита от вируси, зловреден и шпионски софтуер пуска Майкрософт днес. Тя е разработена и се предлага в резултат на ангажимента на Майкрософт към Trustworthy Computing, чиято основна цел е потребителите да са защитени и свободни при работата си с компютър. Microsoft Security Essentials е сертифицирана независимо и от West Coast Labs и е подсигурена от световния екип на Майкрософт за сигурност. В основата на системата са решенията за сигурност, насочени към бизнеса. Няма нужда от регистрация, пробни версии или подновяване на абонамент – на разположение е за директно изтегляне от Майкрософт на адрес http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials. Microsoft Security Essentials е налична за Windows XP SP2 или SP3, Windows Vista или Windows 7, включително за режима Windows XP mode за 32 битови и 64 битови операционни системи. Microsoft Security Essentials засега е на 8 езика и в 19 страни - Австралия, Австрия, Белгия, Бразилия, Канада, Франция, Германия, Ирландия, Израел, Италия, Япония, Мексико, Холандия, Нова Зеландия, Сингапур, Испания, Швейцария, Великобритания и САЩ. До края на 2009 или 2010 г. ще може да бъде свалена и на български език. Според анализатора Джон Кроти от IDC: „Майкрософт се фокусира върху трудностите, които изпитват потребителите да имат винаги адекватна антивирусна програма налице, особено в бързо развиващите се пазари, където има огромна заплаха от зловреден софтуер. С Microsoft Security Essentials, Майкрософт помага да се намалят бариерите пред потребителите да ползват активна антивирусна защита.” Ейми Бардзукас, генерален мениджър за потребителска защита в Майкрософт допълва: „Направихме проучване сред потребителите и се оказа, че част от тях нямат възможност или пък не желаят да ползват платени решения за защита и така всъщност не използват никакви продукти. С Microsoft Security Essentials получават лесен за получаване и лесен за употреба продукт, достъпен за абсолютно всички потребители.”
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Тук: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441285.aspx  - Virtual Machine Manager Deployment Guide
This guide provides information essential for the successful deployment of VMM 2008 and VMM 2008 R2. The topics in this guide provide detailed information about system requirements, installing VMM, upgrading or migrating from a previous version, and additional deployment and configuration information. September 11, 2009 Download Read online - Virtual Machine Manager Guide to Operations Manager Integration
This guide provides information essential for the successful integration of System Center Operations Manager 2007 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Operations Manager 2007 R2 with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 or VMM 2008 R2. The topics in this guide provide system and security requirements, detailed procedures for performing a successful integration, and troubleshooting for integration issues, whether you are a new VMM customer or you previously integrated Operations Manager with VMM 2008 or VMM 2008 R2 Beta. Procedures also are provided for enabling Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) and configuring reporting in VMM. A successful Operations Manager integration is a prerequisite for both the PRO and reporting configurations. September 11, 2009 Download Read online - Virtual Machine Manager Security Guide
This guide provides the information needed to successfully configure security for VMM 2008 and VMM 2008 R2. Topics include security basics (role-based security, ports and protocols used by VMM, and account requirements for administrative tasks); instructions for hardening the VMM server, database server, virtual machine hosts, library servers, and self-service Web servers against unauthorized access; domain and account requirements for integrating System Center Operations Manager 2007 with VMM; and security requirements for managing a VMware environment by using VMM. September 11, 2009 Download Read online - Virtual Machine Manager Operations Guide
This guide provides information essential for the successful configuration of VMM 2008 and VMM 2008 R2. For new customers, this guide explains how to configure the required and optional features of VMM after setup. The guide also provides information about creating, managing, and migrating virtual machines; performing maintenance on virtual machines, their hosts, and the VMM server; and managing a VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) environment by using VMM. September 11, 2009 Download Read online - Virtual Machine Manager Scripting Guide
This guide provides an overview of the Windows PowerShell – Virtual Machine Manager command shell and sample scripts that explain how to use Windows PowerShell scripting to manage your virtual system infrastructure. September 11, 2009 Download Read online - Virtual Machine Manager Cmdlet Reference
As an alternative to using the VMM Administrator Console to administer your Virtual Machine Manager environment, you can use the cmdlets in the Windows PowerShell - Virtual Machine Manager command shell, which is an administrator-focused command-line shell. This guide provides the Help topics for the VMM 2008 and VMM 2008 R2 cmdlets. September 11, 2009 Download - Building PRO-Enabled Management Packs
This document gives an overview of creating PRO-enabled management packs and walks you through the steps required to create a simple PRO-enabled management pack. September 11, 2009 Download
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..e посветен почти изцяло на Windows 7 и свързаните технологии като AppLocker и т.н. Особено радващо за мен е завръщането на Стив Райли като автор, след като се присъедини към Amazon Cloud Services. Всички статии са свободни за четене онлайн, или можете да изтеглите целия брой в chm (html help) формат оттук
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Windows Server 2008 с Hyper-V роля е сертифициран на Common Criteria level EAL4 плюс ALC_FLR.3 (известен като EAL4+). Документът е тук - BSI-DSZ-CC-0194-2002 (pdf), а в приложенията е обяснена доста неутрално същността и целите на CC EAL сертификацията (често надценени, особенно от авторите на обществени поръчки). Макар да не се съмнявам в бързината на работа на немската агенция (ESX се сертифицира в Канада), новината идва няколко дни след RTM на Windows Server R2, което води до някои логични въпроси за смисъла на това скъпо удоволствие..
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