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Microsoft has some important news that we need to get out in every way possible. I received an e-mail with a good “script” that describes the situation pretty well. Here it is ( highlighting is my own): “Today, Microsoft released security...
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(RTW = Released to Web) For those of you who may not be aware of these, the IPD Guides ( Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides ) are a series of guides that can help you with your planning. And your design. “Of your Infrastructure?” You...
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“Hey Kevin.. the TechNet Events site has been pretty bare lately. Aren’t you guys doing any live events?” Yeah.. unfortunately this is the time of year at Microsoft where budgets are being finalized and plans put in place accordingly. And...
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I learned about this a couple weeks ago – and now it’s live. And in my opinion, it’s super cool, and WAY OVERDUE. http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ I personally LOVE THIS. But what do you think? Share this post: Read More...
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Whenever I present a live TechNet Event , I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber . Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm...
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"Who me?" Yeah, I'm talking to you! You're a bozo ** if you don't already have a TechNet Subscription . But here's your chance to fix that... May 31st, 2008 is fast approaching, and that's the end of our current...
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A friend and board member of a local user group pointed me to a recent article in BetaNews , talking about some cool new capabilities in the next version of Windows PowerShell . According to the CTP 2 download page (yes, you can download a Community...
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(RTW = Released to Web) Yessir! VIrtual PC 2007 has an upgrade available. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for that product was released and made available today. For more information, see the Release Notes . And also the Virtual PC Web Site . Share...
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A couple of big switches were flipped at Microsoft today. And the status of two big updates changed as a result: Windows Vista SP1 - Now available via automatic update. Windows XP SP3 - RTM (Released to Manufacturing) "Hey Kevin.. wasn't...
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Anyone and their mother-in-law can now upgrade their Windows Vista installation to SP1. Check out the announcement here. "So, will it just start coming down as part of the auto-update?" No. Auto-Updates won't happen until Mid-April...
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Happy Valentine's Day! The product team decided to give you TechNet and MSDN subscribers a little Valentine's Day gift by making SP1 available for download. Go to the http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/default.aspx page. Notice the "Top...
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"Can I slipstream Windows Vista SP1 into an existing install image?" Nope. Well, not directly, anyway. "Um.. but when I get SP1, I want to upgrade my deployable .WIM images with the new bits. I can't do that in an offline way...
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Wow.. it's shaping up to be quite a day! I just got word that SP1 for Windows Vista is also ready to be made available to the entire world. Soon... Right on the heals of the announcement (though not related) that Windows Server 2008 is RTM...
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Whenever I present a live TechNet Event , I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber . Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm a little shocked...
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Wow! Seems like just the other day I was talking here about the release candidate for this, and now here it is, RELEASED ! Very cool. Here is the Microsoft Deployment download . And you may want to check out the Microsoft Deployment Team Blog ,...
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"Huh?" For a couple years now I've been singing the praise of "these three little letters that, if you remember nothing else from my presentation, I want you to remember: BDD!" Business Desktop Deployment. BDD is one of...
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"$100? One-hundred dollars? Really?" Yes, you read me right. From now through May 2008 you can save $100 on any TechNet subscription. ANY TechNet subscription. All you need to do is use this special promotion code...
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Today the company released details on what the upcoming first Service Pack for Windows Vista will include. You can check out these details here at the Windows Vista TechCenter , and specifically here Share this post: Read More...
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Two days ago I posted here about there not being an Admin Pack that will run on Windows Vista for administering Windows Server 2008 servers. I did this after learning this from another blog, and during e-mail discussion threads. The recommendation was...
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Yes! It's finally official! BillG announced it at WinHEC today. Now we all have to train ourselves to stop saying "Windows Server Codename: Longhorn" and just say "Windows Server 2008". "Kevin! I thought it was going to ship by the end of this year? Does...
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(Are we selling our products at the local State Fair now?) Apparently that's what Microsoft and SanDisk are planning on doing. I love it! Check out this article: SanDisk, Microsoft in USB flash drive, memory deal Imagine this... you don't need your own...
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An e-mail thread I've been a following at Microsoft has had me excited to talk about this, and now that it's been blogged by others I feel I can let the "cat out of the bag" and post about it as well. Stanislas Quastana's blog confirms the rumor of a...
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This was just released a day or two ago. It's called the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment . Here is the description from the tool's web page: Secure and Agentless Inventory The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment solution accelerator provides secure, agentless...
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I got an e-mail this morning from a Technical Account Manager here at Microsoft concerning some additional learning resources for IT Pros around this whole "Y2K7" DST change problem. We're holding several webcasts just so you can learn more about the...
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It's a virtual reality - It's the new version of Virtual PC - Virtual PC 2007 . I've been using the beta for awhile now, with very happy results. Some examples I've seen: Virtual guest installations of Windows Vista work much better Virtual PC itself...
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