Mike OnTAP : longhorn

Updated Server Logo Cert Spec version 1.02

mikelan — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:03:00 GMT

Previously, I had been pointing ISVs to the old link on partner.microsoft.com but it looks like a newer version of the document was posted to http://www.innovateonwindowsserver.com on April 16^th. There’s a new testing tool that also available that’s supposed to be the cat’s meow.

Woohoo!! A new logo spec to read! <grin>

What do you mean it won't install? !!1!?

mikelan — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:40:00 GMT

With Longhorn being downloaded faster than a lightsaber wielding cat that dances on an old lady being scared by a kid surfing on the roof of his truck video, don’t forget to check out the “Oh Crap, My App Doesn’t Work Rescue Manual”. It's lovingly called the App Compat Cookbook (quietly released to the web last month) . This is typically the most requested doc from ISVs when they start QAing their apps.

Coolest end user feature of Longhorn Beta 3

mikelan — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:38:00 GMT

Server is boring… right? You won’t catch a user stowed away in your datacenter just to play with Server Manager’s new role interface.. I’ve never seen people lined up outside a Best Buy trying to get their hands on the latest and greatest Group Policy changes. There are some cool features for us end users, the real consumers of the product that we never see unless it’s through the snazzy secure-looking glass windows on the “meet our IT guys” tour.

RemoteApp is something I found that makes Longhorn “cool” for the guys/gals on the receiving end of an upgrade.

2 years ago, my dodge ball team CRUSHED the TS team at the local gym and, as this has nothing to do with TS, it just needed to be said. From the TS docs - RemoteApp programs are programs that are accessed remotely through Terminal Services and appear as if they are running on the end user's local computer. Users can run RemoteApp programs side by side with their local programs. A user can minimize, maximize, and resize the program window, and can easily start multiple programs at the same time. That’s cool.

Drop a comment if you think you have a cooler end user feature for Longhorn.

Is Longhorn Beta 3 for Real?

mikelan — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:07:00 GMT

We seem to have our act together on this release. Here’s some signs that make me think we are closer to understanding customer requirements.

1. We have solid documentation online, before RTM.

2. We opened the floodgates with a highly visible public beta.

3. We have solid support from the ISV community providing public betas of their own Longhorn apps.