Year: 2010
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Management and Security on Tap – Changes To Technology Focus Area For New Fiscal Year
A New Way Of Doing Business 🙂 I am an IT Pro Evangelist in the US East Region (Developer and Platform Evangelism [DPE]). Starting FY11 (July 2010) we are changing our way of doing business so ITE’s (that’s me) are going to be focusing on specific product areas and I am chartered with obtaining…
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Lenovo W510 Laptop Demo Machine – Portable Server Initial Review
I have been using a Lenovo T61P for a couple years now and I absolutely LOVE IT! It has been a rock solid and fast machine. It does have it’s limitations and the system requirements for SharePoint 2010 are pretty high. In order to be able to show these great new technologies, I got a…
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Hyper-V Security 101 – Virtualization Administration Delegation of Hyper-V and SCVMM
When running Hyper-V you do not need to be at the console to manage your virtualization platform. In fact, it is strongly recommended that you delegate these rights. If you let someone login to a server with administrative permissions they basically have the “keys to the kingdom”. We do not usually want to do this. …
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Microsoft Desktop Player Is A One-Stop Search Tool For Technical Resources And Connections On Your Desktop
Very Cool: A one-stop search tool for technical resources and connections On your desktop! Microsoft Desktop player allows IT Pros and Developers to access technical content ( videos, webcasts, podcasts, white papers etc.) and links to resources ( IT Evangelist or Developer Evangelist, local training opportunities local user groups etc.) in your area.…
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Allow Remote Desktop Services and Ping Through Firewall on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
This post in in response to questions on how to turn maintain remote connectivity to a server running Hyper-V with the firewall enabled. The first thing to consider is what inbound traffic you want to enable on the server. If it is a Hyper-V server you should consider if you are just going to use…
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With XP Mode Update Hardware Virtualization Is No Longer Required Plus Dynamic Memory In Hyper-V and RemoteFX
Today Microsoft made made some virtualization-related announcements — including changes to XP Mode that will allow XP Mode in Windows 7 to run without virtualization enabled hardware. Today, Microsoft is announcing Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Detailed information regarding SP1 will be released over the next several months;…
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Free E-Books of Windows 7 Deployment, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
This is a nice compilation of pertinent information of deploying Windows 7. For those who are focusing on Windows 7 deployment in an enterprise environment, the following are in my view essential readings as well. · Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor · Building a Standard Image of Windows 7 Step-by-Step Guide · Automated Installation of Windows…