TONYSO : R2

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Hyper-V How To: Do a VM Config-only Export in Hyper-V R2

tonyso — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:41 GMT

Ben’s blog post lays out all the background and details on import/export of VMs in Windows Server 2008 R2 . Soumya’s blog post gives a couple of scripts showing how to do a config-only export,a nd a script for importing it....(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)

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)

Hyper-V How To: Upgrade Hyper-V to Hyper-V R2

tonyso — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:45:02 GMT

KB957256 describes the options that are available for upgrading or migrating from a Windows Server 2008 installation with the Hyper-V role enabled to Windows Server 2008 R2. For Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters that are running virtual machines,...(read more)

Free-as-in-beer PowerShellPack

tonyso — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:20:00 GMT

10 modules to help supercharge your Windows PowerShell scripting. The PowerShellPack lets you write user interfaces in PowerShell script, manage RSS feeds, schedule operating system tasks, and much more. Here’s what you get: WPK Create rich user interfaces...(read more)

Jim DuBois on Virtualization

tonyso — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:06:06 GMT

Microsoft IT General Manager Jim Dubois shares info about virtualization inside Microsoft in this short (4 minute) video....(read more)

“Xmas Came Early!”: Free Risk Tracker 1.0 Tool from Microsoft

tonyso — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:28 GMT

The customer-focused information security team have released the free-as-in-beer Risk Tracker 1.0 on Codeplex. This sample app (did I mention it was free?) helps the Microsoft Information Security Team track information security risk across the company....(read more)