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

tonyso — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:09 GMT

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

tonyso — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:14:57 GMT

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...(read more)

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

tonyso — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:05 GMT

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...(read more)

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

tonyso — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:24 GMT

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: ...(read more)

What Makes a Good IT Pro Video?

tonyso — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:16:30 GMT

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...(read more)

Hats Off to Bing

tonyso — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:02:58 GMT

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

tonyso — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:30:57 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Server Content Joins the ‘Sphere

tonyso — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:52:10 GMT

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...(read more)

Where is the Arrow?

tonyso — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:13:46 GMT

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...(read more)

Free-as-in-beer VHD Test Drive Updates

tonyso — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:44:35 GMT

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...(read more)

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

tonyso — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:00 GMT

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...(read more)

How to: Set Bing Images as Your Desktop Wallpaper

tonyso — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:23:24 GMT

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

tonyso — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:56:59 GMT

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...(read more)

Script Center Gallery Hits

tonyso — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:19:34 GMT

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...(read more)

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

tonyso — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:36:36 GMT

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...(read more)