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Day in the Life of an IT Pro/Dev Writer/Editor

2009-11-20T19:31:09Z

IO XKCD 1K words…cause his pictures say it all… BTW, among the ultra-coolness of XKCD: Re-use policy: http://xkcd.com/license.html Searchable! Try searching on organic fuel...(read more)

TechNet Community Machine Translation Pilot

2009-11-18T00:14:57Z

Localization is a hugely important activity those of working on IT Pro content development. So is this whole “community/Web 2.0” thing. For example, we’ve just started a WinSrv Twitter account where we “tweet” links to new and updated Windows Server IT Pro and Dev content. There is a new effort in this area we need your help and feedback on. Check out this page http://technet.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/dd979531(WS.10).aspx What’s going on here is that we publish a page of technical content in English,...(read more)

Hyper-V How To: Fix Hyper-V Top Issue - Unknown Devices

2009-11-18T00:01:05Z

Update 11_20_09: Not everyone will need to reinstall the Guest OS, if you are confident the OS in your VM is supported (probably most of you) , skip to install integration services . Also, because we have more than 1 releases version of Hyper-V now, it is possible for the integration services on the VM to be out of sync with the Hyper-V version. This article on TechNet discusses the various combinations and outlines what the support story is for each. OP: Some customers seem to be having trouble...(read more)

Hyper-V TV: Import/Export in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

2009-11-16T16:47:24Z

We’ve published a new video on import/export in Hyper-V R2 on MSN Showcase (which has changed it’s URL and redirect, so, kinda hard to find if you go to the old URL video.msn.com). There’s much more detail in the blog posts series Soumya wrote: Hyper-V R2 Import/Export – Part 1 – The Case for New Import/Export Functionality This is the first blog entry of a multi-part series of blogs that addresses Import/Export in Windows Server 2008 R2. This blog talks about the scenarios enabled by the...(read more)

What Makes a Good IT Pro Video?

2009-11-13T18:16:30Z

My team is investigating the use of video as a content type for IT Pros. We are compiling best practices and tips/tricks for creating this kind of content, but we need your feedback. Thoughts/comments? DO Have some lighting. It should be good enough to distinguish what’s important (for example, a person’s face if they are talking), but no more. Help the viewer understand whether or not the content is for them. Start with an intro, some text around the video, or both, that helps the user decide if...(read more)

Hats Off to Bing

2009-11-11T19:02:58Z

Like I said in Magnificent Desolation , I would not want the job of selecting the Bing homepage image each day, because it the decision is fraught . Whoever you are, keep up the good work! Here’s how to set the Bing image as your desktop wallpaper ....(read more)

Using ConfigMgr to install software updates in an offline (disconnected/isolated) environment

2009-11-11T18:30:57Z

Aaron Czechowski’s blog: ConfigMgr Software Updates on an Isolated Network Jeff Gilbert’s blog: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2008/10/19/synchronizing-non-internet-connected-software-update-points.aspx http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2008/10/28/getting-required-updates-on-non-internet-connected-sups-part-1.aspx http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2008/10/29/getting-required-updates-on-non-internet-connected-sups-part-2.aspx...(read more)

Windows Server Content Joins the ‘Sphere

2009-11-10T21:52:10Z

Twitter. IT Pros. Seems like vinegar and oil? Perhaps not. We’ve started a twitter feed to notify you when new stuff publishes into the IT Pro Library on TechNet for Windows Server . Come check it out at http://twitter.com/WinSrv Tell them Professor Windows sent you. “Friend” us or “Follow” us or subscribe to the RSS feed – whatever the “social” thing to do is. Let us know by leaving comments here how we can make it most useful to you....(read more)

Where is the Arrow?

2009-11-10T21:13:46Z

Did you know there is an arrow in the FedEx logo? Now that it has been pointed out, will you ever NOT see it? This is an example used in Ric Merrifield’s Rethink: A Business Manifesto for Cutting Costs and Boosting Innovation to illustrate how changing your viewpoint is a necessary, but not sufficient, step to innovation. His bottom-line advice, once you have figured out your Hedgehog ; start with the small, safe projects. Tackling the part of the diagram that drives your profit is high-risk, if...(read more)

Free-as-in-beer VHD Test Drive Updates

2009-11-05T22:44:35Z

The Appliance Test Drive — VHD Test Drive Program page has some updates: Including a link to the free Microsoft Windows 7 90-Day Eval VHD and the Run IT on a Virtual Hard Disk – Test Drive Program , where you can download Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise This download lets you evaluate Windows 7. Windows 7 has many new features and file management enhancements -- like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews -- all to help speed you through everyday tasks. Windows 7 is designed for faster and more...(read more)

I Want My, I Want My, I Want My Hyper-V TV

2009-11-05T20:39:00Z

We’ve published a new topic in the TN Library that lists new Hyper-V videos in LIFO order. Check it out at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee731912(WS.10).aspx If you are interested in sorting these by number of views as of today: Hyper-V Architecture Demonstration Video Getting to Know Hyper-V with Felipe Ayora Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Bare Metal to Live Migration in about an hour! Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Installation Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard Hypervisor...(read more)

How to: Set Bing Images as Your Desktop Wallpaper

2009-10-30T17:23:24Z

CodePlex has a nifty free-as-in-beer app that sets your desktop wallpaper with the Bing daily image. Salty goodness. And Free-as-in-beer....(read more)

PowerShell PowerBoots

2009-10-29T16:56:59Z

The good folks at Codeplex, the folks who bring you the free-as-in-beer Hyper-V PowerShell SnapIn also bring you the PowerShell PowerBoots . “ PowerBoots makes it easier for scripters to create graphical user interfaces in PowerShell, exposing much of the power of WPF to PowerShell in a simple syntax which supports events, threading, and much, much, more. PowerBoots is written as a script module which dynamically generates functions into static script files for each WPF control, combined with a compiled...(read more)

Script Center Gallery Hits

2009-10-29T16:19:34Z

The new TechNet Script Center Gallery has a useful RSS feed of most active submitted scripts . This help me find two useful ones: Login monitoring : Connects to a security log and retrieves successful login events and returns time, user, and type of login List all groups in the domain and all members of the groups : Output to a text file in tab separated value format "group name, group type, member name, member type" with all domain groups and all their members. There’s also a bunch I’ve...(read more)

Free-as-in-beer Security Baselines for Win7, BL and IE8

2009-10-29T15:36:36Z

The Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series provides organizations with an end-to-end solution to help them plan, deploy, and monitor security baselines of Windows operating systems and 2007 Microsoft Office applications. Recent updates include new security baselines for Windows® 7, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and Windows Internet Explorer 8. Did I mention, free-as-in-beer? Includes: Windows 7 Security Compliance Management Toolkit . Windows Vista Security Compliance Management Toolkit . Windows...(read more)