Interesting article on virtualization.info regarding MSDN and Technet being hosted on Hyper-V virtual servers. The SQL backend however is still being hosted on physical servers. Technet received about 1 million hits per day, and MSDN about 3 million so obviously MS think that Hyper-V can handle the load 🙂 More info can be found …
Category: Windows Server 2008
Operations Manager Management Packs updated
WSS 2.0 (2003) Management Pack. Release date: /27/2008. http://tinyurl.com/6ftfmy Terminal Services 2000/2003 MP for OpsMgr 2007. Release date: 5/27/2008. http://tinyurl.com/33ltyj SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MP for OpsMgr 2007. Release date: 5/27/2008. http://tinyurl.com/6cjysm Windows 2000/2003 IIS Management Pack for OpsMgr 2007. Release date: 5/27/2008. http://tinyurl.com/6rno62 Microsoft Information Worker Management Pack. Release date: 5/27/2008. http://tinyurl.com/67jum4 Window Client …
Where can I find all the latest Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 management packs?
You can download all the latest management packs from here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr07.aspx Find the software you need to extend the management capabilities of System Center Operations Manager 2007 to the management of the applications, systems and IT services that exist across your management infrastructure, and to share alerts across your various management solutions and System Center …
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
System Center Configuration Manager SP1 has been released to download. You can grab it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5AAE62E8-4B7F-4AF7-BE01-AEFAA4BF059A&displaylang=en Overview Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 now offers full support for management with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates customer feedback, feature Integration with Intel vPro Technology and enhances Asset Intelligent features. Full Windows Vista SP1 and Windows …
Data Protection 2007 hotfix rollup 3 released
Issues Resolved – Recovery of SSL Sites does not work – Consistency Check on compressed volume results in full Initial Replication – Deleting old Recovery Points is not freeing space on Recovery Point Volume – Consistency check does not complete in reasonable time – User intent for Max Duration of Consistency Check job is not …
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1 released
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer has been released. New features include: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 compatibility New revised user interface 64-bit support Improved Windows Embedded support Compatibility with Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services 2.0 and 3.0, the SMS Inventory Tool for Microsoft Update (ITMU), and SCCM 2007. Download here: Microsoft Baseline Security …
30% off Technet plus subscription
If you enter the discount code of UKITPRO1 you can get a 30% discount code off Technet plus subscription. Normal price is £274.95 but I just paid £192.46 with the discount code. Definetly worth a look! Benefits are: Get Full-Version Evaluation Software Without Time Limits Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft SQL Server …
Installing Active Directory Domain Services Server Core
Today I am going to show you how to install a Active Directory Server Core. Server Core is a really cool technology built into Windows Server 2008. It is basically the absolute minimum that is required to add an operating system. This provides multiple benefits with the main 2 being a greatly decreased attack surface …
Active Directory Limits
Ever wondered what the limits of Active Directory are? Each domain controller in an Active Directory forest can create a little bit less than 2.15 billion objects during its lifetime. There is a limit of approximately 1 billion security identifiers (SIDs) over the life of a domain. Security principals (that is, user, group, and computer …
Installing Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2008
Hello, for this post we are going to go install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008. First step is to run DCPROMO from the command line which will launch the Active Directory Domain Services installation screen. Next you are prompted by a screen which warns you that Windows NT4 clients may not …