OEM-, ROK- and FPP Licenses

Windows Server 2008 OEM-, ROK- and FPP Products are supplied with 2 license keys, one Product Key and a Virtual Key.

Importantly, you must use the Product Key for the Physical System (Parent Partition) and the Virtual Key for the Guests (Child Partitions).

If a Product Key is used in a Child Partition, then you may need to activate the Child Partition again if you move the VM to another physical server.

As to how many Child Partitions that can be activated with a Virtual Key depends on the Windows Server Edition and the definitive resource is http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/949748

Volume Licenses

Volume License Keys do not differentiate between Parent and Child Partitions and only 1 key is supplied. It is recommended that a KMS Server is used to manage Volume Licenses which will re-activate the system automatically if needed. How to setup a KMS server is documented here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx

The popular free Windows PowerShell v 1.0 Manual, written by Frank Koch is available on the following links:

English:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/1/47104ec6-410d-4492-890b-2a34900c9df2/Workshops-EN.zip

German:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/1/47104ec6-410d-4492-890b-2a34900c9df2/Workshops-DE.zip

There are a number of links on the Internet that are pointing to locations that are no longer valid.

Update for DNS Devolution - Microsoft Security Advisory – 971888 has been published.

What is the article about?
A malicious user could host a system with a single-label name outside of an organization's boundary and due to DNS devolution may successfully get a Windows DNS client to connect to it as though it were internal to the organizational boundary.

Please ensure that you fully understand, and have tested the effects of this update before deploying it in your organization as the behavior of DNS resolution that you currently rely on may be affected.

After the update is installed, the DNS resolver will only perform devolution to a level based on the domain settings of the Windows client, potentially breaking any applications or configurations that rely on this behavior

The DNS update will not be published on Windows Update, and will only be available on the Download Center.

You may want to Evaluate SharePoint Online (USA Site) (Swiss Site), but don’t know where to start.

Well, the new IPD (Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide) for SharePoint Online is exactly the right thing for you. The document you are looking for on the web page is the “SharePoint Online - Evaluating Software-plus-Services.zip”

All the important facets are explained step-by-step, including a Tally Sheet Job Aid to help you determine the impact and benefits for your users.

Subject:    Virtualization - What's New (VMware / Microsoft)

Language:  German
When:       Tuesday 7 July 2009, 17:45 - 21:00
                (Small Apéro 17:45 - 18:15)
   
Where:      Digicomp Academy AG  (Zürich)
                Limmatstrasse 50
                CH-8005 Zürich

Registration here

Session #1: Hyper-V v2.0 - Was ist Neu?

Der Hyper-V V 2.0 in Windows Server 2008 R2 beinhaltet viele Neuerungen für die Virtualisierung. Mittels Live Migration, also dem Verschieben von Virtuellen Maschinen auf andere Hosts im laufenden Betrieb und ohne Unterbrechung, wird der Hyper-V nun in der Lage sein weitere neue Data Center Szenarien zu unterstützen.

Session #2: Update VMware vSphere 4

Manage Virtualized Services (Cloud): Wie überwache ich die Performance und Verfügbarkeit von Applikationen in der virtuellen Infrastruktur und wie flexibel kann ch auf sich ändernde Bedürfnisse reagieren?