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• Join us for technical dive into Microsoft Virtualisation Management technologies

  For one day only we'll be hosting an event at our Microsoft Campus near Reading titled Microsoft Virtualisation and Management technologies - if you would like to join us and are able to be in Reading for the day then all you have to do is visit the... Posted Jun 11 2008, 11:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Windows Server, Information, Virtualization, How to Articles, Windows Server 2008, System Center & Management in general

• How does Microsoft's System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) work?

  A few moments ago I presented at Microsoft Ltd's Architect Insight Conference near Windsor Castle in England. My session discussed architectural approaches to security management in a virtual World including a discussion explaining how System Center... Posted Apr 28 2008, 10:26 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, How to Articles, System Center & Management in general

• What are the dates and locations for the UK Windows & SQL Server 2008 launch tour?

  Many of you have asked me both by posting comments to my NAP post and also at the main launch event last week in Birmingham If you'd like to register and find out the exact details for the locations then browse to the Launch tour area of the HeroesHappenHere... Posted Mar 28 2008, 04:35 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Events, Windows Server, SQL Server, Longhorn Server, Information, Training, Security Systems, How to Articles, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Business Intelligence, System Center & Management in general

• What is the best security feature of Windows Server 2008?

  There are plenty to choose from including the following: Read Only Domain Controller BitLocker on the server Active Directory Rights Management Active Directory Certificate Services Integrated firewall with IPSec task based interface Architectural improvements... Posted Mar 26 2008, 04:48 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows Vista, Windows Server, Longhorn Server, Information, Security Systems, Information Security, Linux, Integration / LINUX, Windows Server 2008, System Center & Management in general

• Free event in London covering Windows Mobile and System Centre Mobile Device Manager

  There a literally a handful two handfuls (not that that's really a word!) of places left for the Windows Mobile and System Centre Mobile Device Manager TechNet event that's taking place in London in the morning of 26th of February. All you have to do... Posted Jan 28 2008, 01:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Events, Information, Security Systems, Information Security, How to Articles, System Center & Management in general

• How is System Center Data Protection Manager licensed? What is the difference between Standard and Enterprise editions?

  I've been speaking today in Falkirk (Scotland) and have been asked "what's the difference between Standard and Enterprise editions of DPM?" - the answer lies on the Data Protection Manager 2007 Licensing page which goes into great detail regarding the... Posted Nov 27 2007, 12:10 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, How to Articles, System Center & Management in general

• Last chance to sign up for the UK System Center launch event

  Click here to register for the event titled "Manage your core infrastructure from Desktop to Data centre" The event takes place on the 15 January 2008 from 9am until 5pm in London. The details of the event are as follows: A new style of launch event from... Posted Nov 27 2007, 04:53 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Information, Training, System Center & Management in general

• All dates are now confirmed for our TechNet On The Road Q2 tour

  Thank you to those of you who spread the word about places being available on our Q2 TechNet On The Road tour - there are still some places available but we now have enough people to make the shows viable. We really didn't want to disappoint anyone by... Posted Nov 19 2007, 02:22 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Events, SQL Server, Information, Training, SQL Server Business Intelligence, Windows Server 2008, System Center & Management in general

• Would you like with free technical support to help you deploy Windows Server 2008, System Center, SQL 2008, IIS7, Compute Cluster, Forefront & Sharepoint

  As Eileen mentioned IT Pro Momentum is our programme to help you deploy our latest technologies - if you'd like to take advantage of free technical support and gain (online) access to Microsoft experts then feel free to email the appropriate Evangelist... Posted Nov 11 2007, 08:21 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, SharePoint, SQL Server, Longhorn Server, Information, Security Systems, How to Articles, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Business Intelligence, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007, System Center & Management in general

• How to manage mobile devices via group policy - enter System Center Mobile Device Manager

  I've wanted to write about this for ages...Finally we've announced System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) - it's due to be released in the first half of next year. Today the story for managing Windows Mobile devices centered around Exchange Server... Posted Nov 06 2007, 08:11 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Information, Security Systems, System Center & Management in general

• You HAVE TO join the "Improve and Simplify Mobile Device Security Management" webcast - it's covering an amazing new product

  I've been dying to tell you about this exciting new product for months - I couldn't of course as it was company confidential - very frustrating. It's not like me to push a webcast but this one is special as it's a great topic and the presenter is both... Posted Sep 26 2007, 04:09 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcasts, Information, Training, Information Security, System Center & Management in general

• How many Virtual Machines do Microsoft run with SCVMM?

  I was surprised to see that our formal data centre hosts 1224 Virtual Machine instances on only 86 physical hosts - that's a pretty good consolidation story. It's all managed with System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and has been running on beta... Posted Sep 07 2007, 06:44 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, System Center & Management in general

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager is released and there will be an SME edition too

  The Windows Virtualization Team blog includes a detailed post covering the Release To Manufacture of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). You can download a trial of the released version here . SCVMM is cool as it enables you to dynamically... Posted Sep 07 2007, 06:13 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, Virtualization, System Center & Management in general

• System Center Data Protection Manager v2 - can you get excited about storage?

  There are those that do. Perhaps you? For most people topics like “data storage” and “backup/retention” just sound dull. That is until things go horribly wrong. Investing some time and effort ahead of time can save you a great deal of pain. System Center... Posted Aug 31 2007, 06:14 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, System Center & Management in general

• TechNet Conversations Podcast Show with Cliff Hobbs talking Management

  Welcome to the TechNet Conversations show of the 31st August. It's available as a WMA and an MP3 . This week we are joined by Cliff Hobbs - an expert in management technologies. Cliff is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), a leader for the Windows... Posted Aug 31 2007, 04:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, Interviews, User Groups, System Center & Management in general, TechNetConversations Podcasts

• How to add a user role in System Center Operations Manager

  Unlike Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 includes effective role based security. There's a high degree of granularity available allowing the administrator to define exactly which operations are available... Posted Aug 29 2007, 06:31 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, How to Articles, Blogcasts, System Center & Management in general

• Where can I find recordings of key sessions from Microsoft Management Summit(MMS)

  Right here! There are several interesting recordings including discussion of System Center Operations Manager, an update on the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI). Note: click on the name of the speaker to hear/watch the associated session recording: The... Posted Aug 23 2007, 05:50 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Information, System Center & Management in general

• How to centrally manage Vista's BitLocker encryption? System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) has the answer

  Many people (outside Microsoft) have cited concerns over how to manage Windows Vista's Bitlocker encryption feature set for large groups of machines. The native Active Directory functionality works pretty well and covers the automatic publication of the... Posted Aug 21 2007, 03:46 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Information, Security Systems, Information Security, How to Articles, System Center & Management in general

• What will System Center Configuration Manager do for me? What does it give me that SMS didn't?

  John Orefice has written a great paper titled SMS Evolved: A Powerful New Solution to Manage Your Systems for this month's TechNet Magazine . John explains in some detail important advances including "binary delta replication" which solves the problem... Posted Aug 20 2007, 03:19 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, How to Articles, System Center & Management in general

• How to manage machines that live on the internet as advocated by the Jericho Forum

  System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) includes an important new feature termed "Internet-Based Client Management". There is a growing trend for large organisations to have remote workers who hardly ever connect to the corporate network. The Jericho... Posted Aug 18 2007, 07:33 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, How to Articles, System Center & Management in general

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is due to be Released To Manufacture (RTM) at the end of August

  Larry Orecklin ("General Manager at Microsoft focussed on the System Center family of Management products and Virtualisation") has announced that System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is due to be Release(d) To Manufacture (RTM) by the end of... Posted Aug 15 2007, 10:43 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, Virtualization, System Center & Management in general

• System Center Configuration Manager is now Released To Manufacture (RTM) - it's effectively SMS v4

  As Rob Marshall mentions , System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is now in the Release to Manufacture (RTM) state - it's the replacement for Software Management System (SMS) v3. The folks in marketing would probably shoot me for stating that SCCM... Posted Aug 14 2007, 09:20 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, System Center & Management in general

• System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is very cool

  System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) has been my star of the show for our week of intensive technical training (TechReady). I love the way it produces Powershell scripts as you operate the GUI - taking the mystery out of how to script. Building... Posted Jul 30 2007, 04:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Information, Virtualization, System Center & Management in general

• How to Manage a Microsoft Infrastructure Webcasts covering Systems Centre

  There is a wealth of information available via the Managing a Microsoft Infrastructure webcasts area of Microsoft.com . There are webcasts on Microsoft Systems Centre including Operations Manager(SCOM), (SCE) Essentials and Configuration Manager(SCCM... Posted Jul 30 2007, 04:30 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcasts, Information, System Center & Management in general