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Hyper-V How To: Plan Performance

tonyso — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:25:32 GMT

Customers often ask “Given a hardware load-out X, how many Ys can I get/run/host?” The frustrating answer always starts with “…it depends…”. We caveat this way not because we want to frustrate, but because it is true. Many teams will go on to say “We...(read more)

Love Me, Love My OS

tonyso — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:06:58 GMT

There is an interesting IT Pro content development over in KBs. When I go to a KB that does not apply to my current OS, I get this: This is frequent scenario for IT Pros because security best practice is to NOT browse the web from your server. So,...(read more)

Duck, Duck, Goose: Can Non_Humans Participate in Community?

tonyso — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:09:04 GMT

There’s an interesting experiment in community just started over at TechNet/MSDN called the Community Machine Translation Pilot . The first member of the community is the machine translation (MT) service (thanks Microsoft research!). The MT service (not...(read more)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Hyper-V How To: Test Hosts for Proc Compatibility for VM Migration

tonyso — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:02:55 GMT

In Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V R2, when a running or a saved state virtual machine is migrated to another virtualization server (also called “host”), the destination server may have a processor with a different set of features. An operating system...(read more)

How To: Deploy Windows XP Mode

tonyso — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:26:40 GMT

There’s a new video showing How to Deploy Windows XP Mode . Requisite see alsos: Others who downloaded Window XP Mode IT Pro Deployment Video also downloaded: Deploying Windows XP Mode white paper and scripts Windows XP Mode IT Professional Deployment...(read more)

This Is Your Brain on Drugs

tonyso — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:37:06 GMT

Scientists in Switzerland map the human brain on hallucinogens. Measured this way, all tripper’s brains look the same, yet internally, each drug-takers experience is different and personal… Warning : clicking the link subjects you to a short commercial...(read more)

DIY Zune Speakers – the IT Pro Way

tonyso — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:04:25 GMT

John shares how to hack your 12V drill to power you Zune speakers . He also tells How to Detect The Virtualization Layer From Within A Guest ....(read more)

Not the Windows 7 Launch Post You Were Expecting

tonyso — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:59:03 GMT

Yesterday I blogged about the awesome new bing search for twitter . You don’t need to follow the tweetstorm to know by now that Windows 7 was released today. I’m with James on this one: today is A uniquely good day to be at Microsoft . Plus, last night...(read more)

Download Windows XP Mode

tonyso — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:51:34 GMT

Windows XP Mode is ready for download. Read about Windows XP Mode modes of operation over on the VPC blog: http://blogs.technet.com/windows_vpc/archive/2009/08/27/three-modes-of-windows-xp-mode.aspx...(read more)