NYMetro Core Infrastructure Specialist Team

Best Practices for Win7 Migrations event – Monday 10/26

2009-10-25T15:36:57Z

I know its short notice, but just heard about this web event on Monday, Oct 26th and wanted to share the details. If you are looking at speeding up your Windows 7 and application deployments, you should check it out. Best Practices for Windows 7 Migrations Using Microsoft Application Virtualization Oct 26, 2009 12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific Duration: 60 Minutes You need to increase the manageability of your IT infrastructure and boost employee productivity, all while reducing help...(read more)

Busy time in the System Center world!

2009-10-05T00:50:52Z

If you follow the System Center solution set, you’ve seen that over the past few weeks there has been quite a bit of activity. Beta versions of Service Manager , Data Protection Manager , and Essentials were released. Plus, early in September, Jeff announced the plans for Configuration Manager R3 and there will be more information on that coming soon. ...(read more)

Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 has RTM’d!

2009-08-25T16:39:48Z

That’s right, just yesterday the latest update to System Center Virtual Machine Manager was released to manufacturing – and the evaluation version is available for download now! VMM 2008 R2 Features VMM 2008 R2 now manages many of the great new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Hyper-V including: Live Migration -- for moving virtual machines between hosts with no downtime Additional enhanced migration support for SAN migration in and out of clusters Multiple virtual machines per LUN using...(read more)

Springboard Series

2009-08-22T19:47:50Z

Hello New York Metro! After a brief summer hiatus, we are back to publishing and will again bring you weekly informative updates on a variety of Core Infrastructure topics. Now that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have RTM’d, the transition planning has become a main area of interest. To help you get the information you need, we are happy to share with you this invite to the upcoming Springboard Series roundtable covering app compat and virtualization technologies. Don’t forget...(read more)

RTM for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V Server R2 !!!

2009-07-23T00:36:00Z

Yes, all three, Client OS, Server OS and free Hypervisor with Live Migration & High Availability have been released to manufacturer today. For more info on each of the products, take a look at the individual team blogs Really good blog from the Virtualization Team detailing all the Hypervisor improvements as well as regularly updating and answering questions/statements about Microsoft Virtualization, good read here Windows Server Team announcement here Windows 7 Team announcement here...(read more)

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 released!

2009-05-29T19:15:08Z

By now you may have seen the announcements that System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 released late last week. This version brings some exciting enhancements such as: · Enhanced application performance and availability across heterogeneous platforms · Delivers monitoring across Windows, Linux and UNIX servers–all through a single console. · Extends...(read more)

Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 5/1/09 - 5/15/09 that might be of interest:

2009-05-13T21:16:00Z

KB969497 (Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List): XP x86 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5b91a72f-0c01-4f16-a005-dc936d4403f4#tm XP x64 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9bfb2eef-dbe7-4de3-879a-25313a213a38#tm Vista x86 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8e2e5608-1df2-4fb3-854d-3035a3096df0#tm Vista x64 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c480f1e8-5b20-4e27-a9c1-a8a2dd5dca1b#tm...(read more)

Hyper-V Server R2 RC available!

2009-05-06T18:29:00Z

Just in case you missed it with all the announcements around the public availability of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Client Release Candidates in the last week. Microsoft has also made the Hyper-V Server R2 RC available for download here Hyper-V Server is a standalone free product, details here .The highlight features for the R2 release will be the inclusion of High Availability and Live Migration features (while still remaining a free product)....(read more)

Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 4/17/09 - 4/30/09 that might be of interest:

2009-04-30T18:10:00Z

Windows Virtual PC Evaluation Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=62cd2e63-52f8-4cf5-a7d5-7abaab270451#tm Windows Virtual PC Beta Release Notes: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=51e93833-4b55-41e4-ab6a-c1ba9f8a3c2e#tm KB947821 System Update Readiness Tool ( This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates,...(read more)

Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 4/11/09 - 4/16/09 that might be of interest:

2009-04-17T15:06:00Z

KB963027 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer): IE5.01 SP4 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=7799fd05-5b26-449f-8a14-50227c9164d1#tm IE6, XP (x86) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=052c29fc-e8df-402c-9ab1-1079bc738e1b#tm IE6, XP (x64) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=84c62211-2e82-4ccc-9f9b-26462b026d86#tm IE6 SP1, Windows 2000 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=87f0c380-5c31-4099-a6a9-c12f9d69b03b&displaylang=en...(read more)

Patch Tuesday

2009-04-15T00:30:00Z

Today is patch Tuesday and there were 8 security bulletins released, please find links to details and live webcast customers can participate in tomorrow, below. Microsoft will host a Webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins: Title: Information about Microsoft April Security Bulletins (Level 200) Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time (U.S. and Canada) URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032395126 Summaries for...(read more)

Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 4/2/09 - 4/10/09 that might be of interest:

2009-04-11T06:19:00Z

KB969058 (Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bc0fed19-fe8c-41f6-aa6b-713ccc1d9885#tm KB967760 ( Install this update to resolve an issue in which the Microsoft Amalga Image Delivery server may stop delivering images): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cdb75e16-a977-49d9-8f46-91517829f909#tm Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 6 (July...(read more)

Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 3/21/09 - 4/1/09 that might be of interest:

2009-04-02T16:44:00Z

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Enhancements for Enterprises: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=38fd1d96-3c6e-43ca-b083-3334ddd1ef86#tm Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Networking Enhancements Executive Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=804f4909-3bbf-40a2-80fa-7fa369713b79#tm Report a Webpage Problem Internet Explorer 8 Add-On: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8e4cf8f2-84db-4df3-b2ec-c64ccf58e4bb#tm...(read more)

Virtualization Event Recap

2009-03-26T20:52:19Z

Yesterday we held a virtualization event at our Microsoft office in NYC. To those who attended, THANK YOU for joining and for the great questions. For those who might have missed it, we are holding a similar event at our NJ office on April 2 – click to register . During this half-day event Todd did a great demo of Hyper-V R2 Live Migration, and we talked extensively about how System Center manages the dynamic datacenter. I showed a shortened video of System Center in action – here’s...(read more)

Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 3/13/09 - 3/20/09 that might be of interest:

2009-03-21T19:13:00Z

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization v1.0 Beta Demo Kit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f6051f66-1f47-4461-9189-4034495a5ee6 Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=27028822-b172-4cec-91a3-26b610a4da79 Windows 7 Walkthrough: DirectAccess: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bfcb0925-04b2-4cad-99c3-348852d47073 Windows 7 Walkthrough:...(read more)