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Will my server run Hyper-V? How do I tell?
The Windows Server Catalog shows an up to date list of all successfully Hyper-V tested systems. For...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/25/2008
Hyper-V Security Best Practice: Use Bitlocker
Small businesses, branch offices, and home offices usually have less stringent physical security...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/25/2008
Getting Started with Hyper-V, June 2008 Edition
This is a lowperv (low perversion)/high information blog post. That’s a joke people. The Social...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/20/2008
Microsoft It in the Forefront
IT Showcase (my old group) documents how Microsoft IT runs Microsoft using Microsoft products....
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/20/2008
Hyper-V Security Getting Started Guide
First have a listen to this 8 minute podcast with Senior Hyper-V Dev Lead Brandon baker on...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/11/2008
Score 1 For the Customer
As reported on the Microsoft Education US Specialist Team Blog, user demand has resurrected...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/10/2008
Windows Server 2008 Resources
Here are some resources for IT Pros on Windows Server 2008, compiled using the Social Bookmarking...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/05/2008
TechNet/MSDN Facelift
I recently had a chance to chat with the manager of the design/edit team for TN/MSDN/Expression -...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/05/2008
A (FREE) New Way to Find IT Pro Content
The UA team over at Operations Manager have just published a FREE System Center Content Search...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/05/2008
FREE Hyper-V Deployment Planning Help
One of the first steps you’ll need to handle is surveying yoru current environment for good/bad...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 06/05/2008
Virtualization Security Best Practices – How to Lockdown a Hyper-V Host
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Brandon Baker, Senior Dev Lead on the Hyper-V team to...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/28/2008
How Microsoft Does Security
The IT Showcase group inside Microsoft IT writes up how we do things at Microsoft. Their latest...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/28/2008
Updated Hyper-V Management Tools for Vista SP1
The updated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 management tools for the Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 are...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/27/2008
Hyper-V Clustering Guide is Live
Yesterday the Hyper-V Clustering Guide went live in the download center. The Step-by-Step Guide for...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/09/2008
A Day in the Life of a Technical Writer
Well, this technical writer at Microsoft I mean. This post started with a colleague’s request: We...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/07/2008
Virtualization Security Primer: Patch up your VMs
In this podcast with Hyper-V Senior dev lead Brandon Baker he discussed security best practices,...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/07/2008
Free System Center Content Search Gadget for IT Pros
Chris Scoville has release a Vista gadget that searches System Center TechNet and MSDN conten for...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/06/2008
Six Sigma for Content: Bugs in Writing
One of my favorite weekend pastimes is sailing. Garage sale-ing that is. (Note to self: that pun...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 05/05/2008
Brandon Baker on Virtualization Security
With heavy server consolidation through virtualization comes some new things to thing about from the...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/30/2008
Beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Available
The beta of the next version of VMM (SCVMM 2008), which includes support for Hyper-V, and requires...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/29/2008
How to Write Better
One of the key performance indicators (KPI) for good technical writing is conciseness. This is one...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/25/2008
N Heads are Better Than One
If I were part of the response team for a Day 0 or other IT security response team, or doing...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/25/2008
Error in TS Gateway ISA Server Setup
FYI we are fixing an error on page 60 of the Windows Server 2008 TS Gateway Server Step-By-Step...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/25/2008
How to Plan Your Hyper-V Deployment
You already knew about the free, agent-less Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool, right? Today the...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/24/2008
Virtual Server Deployment Cookbooks
Running Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and DPM 2007? Got backup? Offsite/Onsite/Or both? Two deployment...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/24/2008
Why Google Can’t Win
Last week Glenn Derene declared in How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It “the...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/23/2008
Free Keyword Analysis Tool: adCenter Add-in Beta for Excel 2007
TechNet/MSDN Search PM Rob Veliz recorded a short podcast with me giving tips on Search Engine...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/17/2008
How To Configure Hyper-V with Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2008 Core
Jose Barreto has posted a detailed blog post with many screenshots walking you through his demo...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/16/2008
Reducing My Carbon Footprint
Yesterday Microsoft opened 150 “touch down” work spaces for temporary use by Microsoft...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/15/2008
Scripted Install for IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista
How do you find scripts? For example, I ran across this script today in the Windows Server 2008...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/14/2008
The Secret of the LinkID
Craig let the cat out of the bag and reveals a handy tip on navigating TechNet and MSDN in his blog...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/10/2008
Tweeting Habits of the IT Pro
Following on the earlier post asking you all what you thought about Twitter, I find this interesting...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/10/2008
How to Turn Off UAC for App Testing
The new Windows User Account Control Step-by-Step Guide provides guidance on handling UAC behavior...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/10/2008
How Hard is to Catch and IT Pro Tweeting?
Scott Hanselman's blog post on the the Usefulness of Micro-blogging stirs a couple thoughts. Aside...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/09/2008
Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server Best Practices from Microsoft IT
Microsoft IT recently published a paper detailing their early-adopter experience with TS in Windows...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/09/2008
Migrating Virtual Machine Configurations and VHDs from Beta to RC
Detailed steps for migrating your Hyper-V beta VMs to RC are included in the How to Install Windows...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/09/2008
He's Dead Dave
It has been a few weeks, but I wanted to mark the passing of an inspirational writer - Sir Arthur...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
New Forefront Forums Launched
The new TechNet forums are up, with a new tenant "Forefront codename...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
PowerShell Learning Resources
Ramping up? Here is what I have found - please share what you have found. To start you off there is...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/04/2008
Attack of the Superflow
Listen to the short (7.5 min) podcast about an innovative new way to deliver content to IT Pros: the...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/02/2008
Windows Server 2008 - A New Way to Troubleshoot
There is new troubleshooting-fu in WS2K8. Listen to the podcast with Microsoft author Dan Brown...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/02/2008
Green the Data Center? Green Your Mind
Don’t throw away those old technology manuals and books once you take them out from under your...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/29/2008