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Is your Hyper-V configuration running according to “Best Practices”? Now you’ll know!
Just the other day, the Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer was quietly released as an update for Windows Server 2008 R2. Like the other BPAs that are built-in to Server 2008 R2, this one is available from within the Server Manager. It allows you to launch and review an analysis of how you have Hyper-V configured, so … Continue reading Is your Hyper-V configuration running according to “Best Practices”? Now you’ll know!
Breaking News: RTM! SQL Server 2008 R2 is Released!
Today, April 21, 2010, at 9:30am CDT, Microsoft announces the release-to-manufacturing of SQL Server 2008 R2. Watch the SQL Server Virtual Press Room for the official announcement.“What are the big benefits, Kevin?”Your end users and consumers of “the right information, right now” will love the big improvements in “self-service” BI; taking advantage of tools they … Continue reading Breaking News: RTM! SQL Server 2008 R2 is Released!
More RTMs: System Center Essentials 2010 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2010!
(RTM = Released to Manufacturing) Holy cow.. what an incredible few days it’s been. Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 hit RTM just three days ago, and today we have two more products “shipped”: System Center Essentials 2010 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2010. For SCE 2010 and SCDPM 2010 details, check out the Nexus … Continue reading More RTMs: System Center Essentials 2010 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2010!
BIG News: Microsoft Office 2010 + SharePoint 2010 RTM!
(RTM = Released to Manufacturing) It’s a big day for Microsoft, and for the world of people who work with information and documents on their computers. Or on a SharePoint page using a browser. Or on their phone. Today marks the “ship” day for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. It’s done. It’s ready. Kick it … Continue reading BIG News: Microsoft Office 2010 + SharePoint 2010 RTM!
Breaking News: Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) is released
“FIM 2010? Is that a new product?”In name, yes. But “FIM has evolved from Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007, which was previously Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003, which originated from Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS).” “Wait.. Who are you quoting there?”I’m quoting Alan Le Marquand and his very informative blog post about the release. … Continue reading Breaking News: Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) is released
RTW: Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer and the Exchange Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0
A couple of new tools are available for those of you either in the planning stages of an Exchange 2010 deployment, or looking to verify the configuration of your Exchange organization’s configuration:Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer - Brief DescriptionThe Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer performs an overall topology readiness scan of your environment and provides you with a list … Continue reading RTW: Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer and the Exchange Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0
Breaking News: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) Release Candidate – Now Available!
Jason Buffington announced on his blog that DPM 2010 RC is available for download. Get it HERE. “What is Data Protection Manager?” It’s one of the Microsoft System Center set of tools for Enterprise-class IT Management. Basically DPM is Microsoft’s solution for data protection (backup, recovery, and archiving). It works natively with our biggest products (Exchange, … Continue reading Breaking News: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) Release Candidate – Now Available!
BREAKING NEWS: Critical Out-of-Band Security Update Today
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspxThis is an important one folks.“Who or what software does this impact"?”You can see the full list HERE under the “Affected Software” section. But in a nutshell it’s every OS from Windows 2000 and later on running Windows Internet Explorer 6 and later. Yes, it includes Internet Explorer 8.“What’s the exploit?”A maliciously crafted website could … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Critical Out-of-Band Security Update Today
Breaking News: You want PowerShell 2 on XP? Server 2003? You got it!
I fired up my tweetdeck just a minute ago and saw this tweet from Jeffrey Snover (the architect of PowerShell): “What does it mean?It means that the new version of PowerShell (version 2.0) is now RTW (Released to Web). And not only PowerShell 2.0, but also WinRM 2.0 and BITS 4.0. It’s called the “Windows … Continue reading Breaking News: You want PowerShell 2 on XP? Server 2003? You got it!
Absolutely Full of I.T. 