Upgrading your network operating system requires minimal network configuration and typically has a low impact on user operations. The upgrade process is straightforward, efficient, and allows your organization to take advantage of the improved security that is offered by the Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems. This guide is intended for use by system administrators and system engineers. It provides detailed guidance for upgrading Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003

[mise à jour du 19 novembre 2008] Depuis plusieurs mois, nous préparons et enregistrons avec Fabrice Meillon, de nombreuses vidéos de type tutoriel dans une série baptisée “Premiers pas avec Windows Server 2008 R2 et Windows 7”. L’objectif est de vous permettre de découvrir et reproduire sur une plateforme de test les nouveautés fonctionnelles de Windows 7 et Windows 2008 R2 . Aujourd’hui, cela représente une trentaines de vidéos (d’autres sont planifiées) et c’est

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Voilà un message que l’on pense ne jamais écrire mais tout a une fin ! Il se trouve qu’après avoir suivi et participé aux tribulations de Vista - Windows Server 2008 puis Windows 7 et Windows Server 2008 R2 chez Microsoft et participé à ce blog (et d’autres) depuis près de 5 ans, je vais quitter Microsoft dans les prochains jours. Vous ne me retrouverez donc plus sur ce site mais pour ceux qui souhaite ne pas perdre la trace, vous pourrez me retrouver via les multiples réseaux sociaux, notamment

Hi , I had an interesting issue with a customer recently. After a recent promotion of a couple of Domain Controllers , it came to light some time later that users were able to set their passwords to 0 e.g. minimum password length = 0. On investigation what was discovered was the following. When the Domain controller was promoted a secedit script was run. This had been part of a server build process for sometime. It was normally run on completion of the normal member server build was run. What was

well this is a rather neat addition to our methods of learning. If you really want to just dip your toe into a subject and have a “snack” then please see the following range of  “Learning Snacks” For other Windows Server 2008 Learning Snacks, please visit: Windows Server 2008   Introducing Branch Office Server in Windows Server 2008 (4 minutes) This Snack describes the benefits that Windows Server 2008 provides for installing and maintaining a branch office network. It demonstrates the

A couple weeks back, we had a great Windows Firestarter event up on the Redmond Campus. We had some fantastic speakers on hand to talk about new features and technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. I know there are lots of people who live out side of the Redmond, WA area that would have loved to have attended in person but weren’t able to so we made sure to record the sessions as they were happening. Below you will find links to those sessions which you can view on demand at your leisure.

La 2ème édition des Microsoft Days – Rencontres Techniques , remplaçant le « MSDN et TechNet Tour » commence le 6 octobre à Paris et passera par 7 villes (Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Strasbourg, Nantes et Lyon). C’est une bonne occasion pour venir découvrir nos derniers produits et technologies (Forefront TMG, DirectAccess, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2….) A noter la présence de Steve Ballmer à Paris le 6 octobre ! J’animerai pour ma part les sessions

  Hi Everyone, I had a great evening last night at Cardinal Place Microsoft in London. I was presenting at the ADUG ( Active Directory Users Group ) meeting as run by Mark Parris . My session was on AGPM V.30 plus also highlighting some of the key new features that are going to be available in AGPM V4.0 via MDOP 2009 r2 which as blogged about by Justin Zarb yesterday is to be released in October 2009. If you wish to obtain the slide deck from my presentation I will be making that available via

Hello Everyone, I am now back after my summer holidays and various excursions abroad. So I intend to get back to some regular blogging. The Group Policy team have been busy and have now updated collated and made it easier to download the Group Policy Settings spreadsheets into one location. Also the Group Policy Settings Spreadsheet is now available for download from here http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=131389 . Great Job this makes life alot easier.