Month: January 2009

So I thought I’d give downloading the ISO from Connect another try and I’m pleased to say that this time Hyper-V likes it and the install has got a LOT further (although not finished as I type this)…(read more)

Feed: Virtual PC Guy's WebLog There is a new whitepaper that details how live migration in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 works: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdd083c6-3fc7-470b-8569-7e6a19fb0fdf&DisplayLang…(read more)

In case you missed them, the following posts were published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog for the time period January 21 st – January 29 th , 2009: TechEd 2009: Configuration Manager 2007 Pre-Conference Seminar MMS 2009 – Session…(read more)

Well I’ve been posting the info from the   but in case you missed it here’s a timely reminder from J.C. not only about this but also to update your Feed Readers for the ConfigMgr and OpsMgr blogs: If you've been following the SMSandMOM blog…(read more)

Watching the News last night it was sad to see the scenes of the riots in the streets of Paris and hearing about the Greek farmers blockading the principle motorway for a week but I understand these people’s frustrations and I can sympathise with them…(read more)

So as I’m in the process of building my lab server I thought I’d build a Windows 7 machine to have a “play with”. So I downloaded the ISO and tried to create a new VM in Hyper-V. VM starts and I click “Install Now”. Then I get the following message back…(read more)

Feed: Virtual PC Guy's WebLog I recently was setting up a Home Server on top of Hyper-V (Note: this is not a supported configuration, so if you wish to do the same – be it on your head) and had to decide between using physical disks directly attached…(read more)

Just a quick heads up that the Session catalogue (including breakouts), for this year’s MMS is now available at: http://www.mms-2009.com/public/sessions.aspx NOTE: Of course this is subject to change but should give you a good starting point to start…(read more)

Summary The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details. * MS08-074 – Critical Bulletin Information: * MS08-074 – Critical – http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08…(read more)

[Today's post comes from Carol Bailey ] Many companies do not currently have their own public key infrastructure (PKI) with an issuing Certification Authority (CA) but still want to benefit from native mode and Internet-based client management – which…(read more)