TONYSO : Interop and Migration

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)

Windows Server Virtualization Guide Re-Released

tonyso — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:34 GMT

The Windows Server Virtualization guide 2.0, a.k.a. the IPD guide for Windows Server Virtualization (updated for Windows Server 2008 R2) has been re-released with updates to include Windows Server 2008 R2. “The reader is guided through the nine-step process...(read more)

Hyper-V How To: Shrink a VHD File

tonyso — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:04:00 GMT

Our first guest post ( http://blogs.technet.com/tonyso/archive/2008/10/07/your-hyper-v-blog-post-here.aspx ) comes from Jeremy Hagan . Thanks Jeremy! Background: One problem I have had when trying to do my first round of P2Vs for my Hyper-V implementation...(read more)

Your Hyper-V Blog Post Here

tonyso — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:20:11 GMT

Think of it as a contest. Have a Hyper-V blog post you want to share with the world, but no place to post it? Send it to me, I'll post the best ones here and send the lucky blogger a prize from the vast pool of Microsoft swag we keep in a room on the...(read more)

New MAP Forum

tonyso — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:39:00 GMT

You already know about the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator to help you with virtualization and desktop migration planning, right? (MAP was formerly know as Vista Hardware Assessment) **Ann Coulter End Note: If you like...(read more)

Free Microsoft Database in the Cloud (Beta)

tonyso — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:43:00 GMT

Sign up today for the free (signup required) Beta of SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). SSDS are highly scalable, on-demand data storage and query processing utility services. Built on robust SQL Server database and Windows Server technologies, these services...(read more)

Free Windows Server 2008 Deployment Planning Tool

tonyso — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:00:00 GMT

If you liked the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment , you will love the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator . Free, agent-less deskotp and server assessment, including hardware and device inventory, compatibility analysis, and readiness...(read more)

Who Moved my IAS?

tonyso — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:08:00 GMT

If you used RADIUS servers to provide centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting of your clients connecting to network resources, you know that in Windows Server 2003 this was called Internet Authentication Service (IAS). Look for IAS in...(read more)

The Short (euphemism) Course on Writing Secure Web Apps

tonyso — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:21:00 GMT

The Staysafe blog has some great resources, including my fav: " Why Social Engineering Always Works". If you want to know the Microsoft way to write secure web apps, check out this post with an extensive list of Microsoft resources ....(read more)

Port 25 is Open

tonyso — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:11:00 GMT

The Open Source Community blog Port 25 has relaunched with a facelift and an interesting new post " Participation, Diversity, and Change ." IT Pros interested in interop and the Microsoft Open Source Software Lab should check it out....(read more)

Virtualization Gets 1st Class TechNet Citizenship

tonyso — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Virtualization is all growed up, TechCenter of its own and everthang. Check out the new Virtualization TechCenter at: http://technet.microsoft.com/virtualization ....(read more)

traduttore, traditore!

tonyso — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:17:00 GMT

This phrase is sometimes translated as "translator, traitor!" Too many times in the past, a new version of a product not only does not care about the previous version, to the extent that it considers itself as "innovating", wants new users to put the...(read more)

NAP and Microsoft IT

tonyso — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:47:00 GMT

TechNet edge has a good new video chat with the PM for NAP and the Microsoft IT guy who ran all of Microsoft;s internal deployment (ww) on 2 NAP servers! It's a little over 33 mins long - which is longer than many of the vids. Check it out at: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Network-Access-Protection-with-Microsofts-IT/...(read more)

Terminal Services Free Webcasts

tonyso — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:38:00 GMT

I have just joined the WS08 Terminal Services team, and there are a ton of webcasts I just missed. I'll be checking these out to ramp up, you might find them useful too: TechNet Webcast: The Significance of the Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Release...(read more)

Edgey: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Overview

tonyso — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:55:00 GMT

You already knew that *IT Pros have their own " Channel 9" now, right? It is out on the Edge . Check out Matt's Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Overview . Actually, the Edge is not C9, and it is not Facebook for IT, but it IS the place IT Pros can...(read more)