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Microsoft has released Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008, which is the company’s hypervisor virtualization platform. With it, you get multi-OS, highly-configurable and performance virtualized hardware capabilities on the Windows platform.
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the next-generation hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, allows you to make the best use of your server hardware investments by consolidating multiple server […]

A year after his first show (number 10!) Isaac Roybal comes back to talk about the state of IIS7 and the new modules being released by Microsoft. Recorded on the main floor of Tech Ed 2008 IT Pro in Orlando, Florida. And check out the new modules here.
Isaac Roybal is a Product Manager in Windows […]

Gnomie Zombie Ryushu writes:
I had a friend come over to my house the other day and, for the life of me, he couldn’t negotiate with my DHCP server. He was running Vista. I did some searching and found out that Vista, by default, has some bizarre flag turned on that breaks DHCP for a lot […]

Over at Lifehacker, Adam Pash has written an article describing in some very useful detail how to use a couple freeware apps to trim down a Windows XP installation so you can create a lighter-weight install disc for whatever purpose you may have.
I’m interested in this because I plan (at least at this point) to […]

When the Windows Home Server data corruption bug surfaced a couple months ago (updated information is available here), the Home Server team at Microsoft focused their efforts on squashing it. As a result, the Home Server Power Pack 1 release was delayed as a lower priority (and understandably so at the time).
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Microsoft and Apple have announced that they are working together to make Exchange Server and the iPhone mobile phone work well together. Apple will license Exchange ActiveSync for use on the iPhone, which will in Turn help assure the Exchange Server dominance in the marketplace stays they way it is. It’s really as simple […]

Change control and distributed security are two issues that affect not only large organizations but also small ones. In some respects, they can be even more important in a small organization than in a larger one. If you allow a key employee to change settings at will, the result could be a toasted system when […]

I wrote before about my new HP MediaSmart Home Server, as well as the fact that there is no 64-bit client support available yet. In the end, it seems the Microsoft Vista team had to make a change to the OS to fix an unrelated issue, and the cascading effect of that change was that […]

Whether we like it or not, Microsoft is going to continue to be just fine. No thanks to Vista, mind you; rather because of what I call the ‘New Coke Syndrome.’ When it comes to offering a new version of your OS — offer one that is so beta, so poorly thought through — that […]

As many of you alert Gnomies have heard, HP is taking pre-orders for their Windows Home Server based MediaSmart Server EX470 (500GB, MSRP $599) and EX475 (1TB, MSRP $749). I’m pretty excited as I really think it’s a great product, having tinkered around with a WHS pre-release this past summer.
While the HP boxes have gotten […]

Windows Home Server, a way-cool implementation of the operating system that lets you easily create a flexible and remotely-accessible storage point, is now available for purchase on newegg.com. The price (as of the time of this posting) is $189.99, and it’s worth every penny.
What is Windows Home Server? In a few short words… backups, share […]

If we are to get serious about Windows 7, we need to accept that Vista is basically a better looking Windows Me release. Like Windows Me, Vista has a lion’s share of improvements, but at the same time, it is a step backwards as vendors apparently were not ready with their hardware during the OS […]

And I don’t mean that in a good way. I am so very fortunate that I have choices and that I’m not stuck with it as my primary OS. My philosophy on operating systems can be summed up in this statement: “an OS should enable you to do your work, go about your business, and […]

I think we’ve all worn ourselves out with talking about Vista. You might think that it’s now time for all of us to take break from talking about Windows and focus on items of higher and more relevant importance, but sure enough, just as one thing wears out, another takes its place. Whether good or […]

I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Palm PDA user. I was working in a corporate IT department back in the 1990s when US Robotics introduced the first PalmPilot, the Palm 1000. I climbed the Palm upgrade ladder as new models came out (The Palm Vx was my favorite, a genuine home run in design and […]

Everywhere I turn these days, I continue to hear how “Novell” sold Linux users down the river. And while I partially agree with this perspective, I do differ with those who say Xandros did the same thing. Xandros is simply looking to make sure that fluidity between the Linux desktop and Windows desktop is as […]

Learn how Microsoft Forefront helps organizations to provide secure access anytime, anywhere, while protecting information assets against unauthorized users and attacks.
The Microsoft Forefront family of business security products helps provide greater protection and control over the security of an organization’s network infrastructure. Forefront’s products easily integrate with each other, with the organization’s IT infrastructure, and […]

Learn how Microsoft Forefront helps organizations to provide secure access anytime, anywhere, while protecting information assets against unauthorized users and attacks.
The Microsoft Forefront family of business security products helps provide greater protection and control over the security of an organization’s network infrastructure. Forefront’s products easily integrate with each other, with the organization’s IT infrastructure, and […]

I’ve been reading early reports about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Home Server with more than a passing interest. I won’t bore you with all the speeds and feeds, which you can get yourself from Microsoft’s WHS Web site. I think it’s a brilliant idea that will finally address the issue of the ever-growing amount of digital […]