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Hyper-V How To: Configure Windows Server 2008 R2 Core

tonyso — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:17:29 GMT

The newly released (and free-as-in-beer) Core Configurator 2.0 , helps with config tasks including: Product Licensing Networking Features DCPromo Tool ISCSI Settings Server Roles and Features User and Group Permissions Share Creation and Deletion Dynamic...(read more)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)