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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)

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)

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)

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)

Hyper-V How To: Free Tools for Hyper-V Management

tonyso — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:19:24 GMT

Free-as-in-beer Codeplex help for Hyper-V admins. PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V A project to provide a PowerShell management library for Hyper-V Hyper-V Web Manager Hyper-V Web Manager (HVWM) is a web-based management utility for Microsoft...(read more)

Free-as-in-beer IT Pro Scripts

tonyso — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:15:00 GMT

There wasn’t a lot of hoopla last month about the launch of Technet Script Center Gallery , but there should have been. 150+ scripts (just in the first month), free-as-in-beer, tagged and sorted and searchable… They even hand you an evergreen top ten...(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)

Follow vs Post: What’s the Payback for Time Spent on Twitter?

tonyso — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:20:36 GMT

According to my teenager, “twitter is creepy, its just stalking. I mean the button you push says follow”! Duh!.” Yet, some in the business press in the US say Microsoft should buy Twitter . Hrmm… Microsoft advertises job listings there , Bing integrates...(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)