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Cloud Computing with Software + Services (2 of 3)

yungc — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:35:00 GMT

In part 1 , I talked about what is Cloud Computing, what is Software + Services, and why IT Pros should care. Here in part 2, I focused on Microsoft’s efforts and offerings relevant to Cloud Computing, and introduced Microsoft Online Services with the...(read more)

Cloud Computing with Software + Services (1 of 3)

yungc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:36:00 GMT

Recently there have been active discussions on cloud computing and Microsoft also has brought in a new IT service delivery model called Software + Services. This session based on the content delivered in Microsoft TechNet Events in early 2009 takes a...(read more)

Web Page Translator

yungc — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:54:00 GMT

To place a translator on your web page, add the following code <script type="text/javascript" src=" http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/TranslatePageLink.aspx?pl=en "></script> You can set it to English to Chinese, Chinese to English, or...(read more)

Silverlight 2.0

yungc — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:02:00 GMT

Silverlight 2.0 has been just been released. Here's a teleconference playback . Silverlight 2 delivers a wide range of new features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while creating more accessible, more discoverable...(read more)

24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 Webcast Series

yungc — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:19:00 GMT

Our team has been delivering Windows Server 2008 content and the following is a list of April’s webcasts. I recommend your reviewing of them as part of a daily or weekly training routine to bring your understanding of the features and capabilities offered by the product to a 300 level in a short and predictable period of time.

24 Hours of Windows Server 2008

Live Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 10 of 24): IIS 7.0 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting (Level 300)

Friday, April 4, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 11 of 24): IIS 7.0 Web and Applications Support (Level 300)

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 12 of 24): Migrating and Upgrading to IIS 7.0 (Level 300)

Friday, April 11, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 13 of 24): Server and Print Management (Level 300)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 14 of 24): Windows PowerShell (Level 300)

Friday, April 18, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 15 of 24): Windows Deployment Services and Microsoft Deployment (Level 300)

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 16 of 24): Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Features (Level 300)

Friday, April 25, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 17 of 24): Migrating to Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 01 of 24): Overview (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 02 of 24): Server Virtualization with Hyper-V Features and Architecture (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 03 of 24): Managing Hyper-V (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 04 of 24): Presentation Virtualization with Terminal Services RemoteApp (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 05 of 24): Terminal Services Gateway and Terminal Services Web Access (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 06 of 24): Deploying and Migrating to Terminal Server (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 07 of 24): IIS 7.0 Overview and Architecture (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 08 of 24): IIS 7.0 Advanced Management (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 09 of 24): IIS 7.0 Centralized Configuration (Level 300)

Group Policy On-Demand Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 01 of 14): Introduction to Group Policy (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 02 of 14): Applying Group Policy (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 03 of 14): Creating and Editing Group Policy Objects (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 04 of 14): Managing Group Policy with GPMC (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 05 of 14): Managing Group Policy Operations with the GPMC (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 06 of 14): Group Policy Processing Behavior-Initial Processing of GPOs (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 07 of 14): Group Policy Processing Behavior-Using Objects to Affect GP (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 08 of 14): Group Policy Administrative Templates (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 09 of 14): From Basic to Advanced: Security (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 10 of 14): From Basic to Advanced: Security Templates and IPSEC (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 11 of 14): Designing and Planning Group Policy (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 12 of 14): Managing Your Group Policy Environment with GPMC (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 13 of 14): Troubleshooting Group Policy (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Fundamentals (Part 14 of 14): Group Policy Best Practices (Level 200)

Active Directory

On-Demand Webcasts

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 01 of 11)—Active Directory Logical Concepts—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 02 of 11)—Active Directory Physical Concepts—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 03 of 11)—Active Directory Replication and the Operations Masters Role—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 04 of 11)—Installing and Managing DNS—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 05 of 11)—DNS Features and Configuration—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 06 of 11)—Interoperability and Migration from Novell Directory Services—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 07 of 11)—Migrating File Resources from NetWare to Active Directory 2003—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 08 of 11)—Deployment and Interoperability with NT 4.0 and Windows 2000—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 09 of 11)—Administration Features—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 10 of 11)—Replication Features and Forest to Forest Trusts—Level 200

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Inside Out (Part 11 of 11)—Group Policy Management Console and Software Restriction—Level 200

Media Content Deliveries Using Windows Server 2008

yungc — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:04:00 GMT

There are two ways, streaming and progressive download, for delivering media content in Internet today.

· To stream media is to simply open a pipe between a client and a server and push down data. This method allows a user viewing or listening to the received media content before the media file itself is completely downloaded. Streaming is suitable for viewing large media files without the need to download the entire file. One important advantage of this approach is the actual media source is hidden.

The streaming solution for Windows Server 2008 is Windows Media Services (WMS) 2008 with new features and it is a free download. There is a new built-in cache/proxy plug-in to configure a Windows Media server either as a cache/proxy server or a reverse-proxy server. The Windows Media Services is also a supported installation option for Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008. The article, 934518, details how to install Windows media services in Windows Server 2008.

· Progressive download on the other hand is to push an amount of content down to a client for processing. The drawback of this method is a client may be viewing only part of the entire download content as to waste the bandwidth for downloading that was not viewed.

Windows Server 2008 has IIS7 to deliver progressive download solution. Actually IIS7 HTTP progressive download includes features similar to those in media streaming. IIS7 Media Pack Bit Rate Throttling module 64-bit and 32-bit versions are available for download. IIS7 Bit Rate Throttling implements a dynamic per-file throttling capability to automatically detect encoded the bit rate of each file, sending the first few seconds at the highest data rate possible, and then throttling the rest of the file download based on the encoded bit rate. This saves network bandwidth while preserving the fast start-up experience for the end user.

In addition to TechNet IIS, an excellent resource to find out more about the media delivery solutions and IIS7 in general is the official Microsoft IIS site. The Microsoft IIS team is very actively sharing experiences and forming a community. Both are must-have bookmarks.

Test Drive Windows Server 2008

yungc — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:10:00 GMT

There are a number of significant workloads including server management and reliability, web, virtualization, and security that Windows Server 2008 delivers. You now have an opportunity to test drive and experience the product here on functionalities as highlighted below.

· Application Anywhere presents a combined solution with Application Virtualization (i.e. terminal services solution) and IIS 7.0. The TS Gateway, and TS RemoteApp in Windows Server 2008 offers a seamless integration experience for remote users accessing remote desktop and hosted applications.

· The process to set up failover clustering for high availability in Windows Server 2008 is much improved and straightforward. Both novice and experienced system administrator will appreciate from the streamlined operations and friendly UI.

· PowerShell is the next generation command prompt providing the ability to script with object-oriented functionality. System administrator can now operate on object instances directly from a PowerShell command prompt.

· Network Access Protection (NAP) is a main delivery in Windows server 2008 security. The ability to restrict remote access based on specified policy makes the state of a client connecting to a managed network predictable. The predictability is

· Not all virtualization solutions are created equal and there are four types of virtualization in Microsoft’s view. Server Virtualization (or Server Consolidation) is to rum multiple virtual machines within a single OS instance. Presentation Virtualization is a terminal service solution by presenting a remotely run application as a local one. The above mentioned two are included in Windows Server 2008. Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization employ additional component including SoftGrid and Virtual PC/Server, respectively.

Why is IIS 7.0 better architected and fundamentally more secure?

yungc — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Web is one of the main areas of technological innovation in Windows Server 2008. IIS 7.0 set up is with a modular design to include more than 40 installable features. IIS 7.0 setup allows installing only those needed feature modules as to deploy a thin, task specific server with minimized footprint and attack surface.

In Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0 is installed and secure with only static files are served by default. ISAPI extensions and CGI components are disabled to begin with and not functional until explicitly enabled, as opposed to IIS 5.0 (of Windows 2000) in which all features were installed and enabled by default. Nonetheless, the CGI feature, for instance, of IIS 6.0 is always installed regardless. The implication is if a software update for CGI becomes available, an IIS 6.0 server will need to apply this update, despite CGI is not enabled. Architecturally this suggests that IIS 6.0 installation remains monolithic since disabled feature are still installed, loaded into memory, consuming CPU, and requiring patching and updates. IIS 7.0, on the other hand, is fully modularized with only selected features are installed. Those disabled components are not installed, require no patching, and need no updates.