John Howard - Senior Program Manager in the Hyper-V team at Microsoft
Senior Program Manager, Hyper-V team, Windows Core Operating System Division.
microsoft.com continues to amaze me
I'm simply staggered at the size of the microsoft.com site, so it's not surprising when you find a...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
Access Based Enumeration Update + Blogcast
Following todays webcast on Windows Server 2003 SP1, here's the blogcast on Access Based Enueration...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
Automated Deployment Services (ADS) 1.0 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 Gotcha
This seemed a timely reminder with my webcast on Windows Server 2003 SP1 this afternoon. A small...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.0
MBSA 2.0 is the next version of the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, which utilizes the Windows...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative)
Some of you may have heard of DSI - the Dynamic Systems Initiative. Understanding DSI can be...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
Windows Server 2003 R2 Customer Preview Program (CPP)
At the end of last week, the long awaited R2 Site on microsoft.com was launched where you can now...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/09/2005
Join me for a webcast on Windows Server 2003 SP1 tomorrow
Just a reminder that I'll be presenting a webcast about the changes to Windows Server 2003 with...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/09/2005
European MIIS User Group Meeting - Reading, 17th June
There are two events in one on 17th June at the Microsoft offices in Thames Valley Park, Reading...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/09/2005
Virtual Server Migration Toolkit (VSMT) Guidelines
If you're interested in using VSMT (Virtual Server Migration Toolkit) for migrating a physical...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/06/2005
Outlook Date Confusion
Here's some wierdness for the day. My collegue Eileen blogged about the Outlook calendar ending on...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/05/2005
VMRC connection limits under Virtual Server
Here's an interesting tidbit which came up a few days ago internally at Microsoft which I've never...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/04/2005
VSPlus - Virtual Server 2005 Management Utility
Another example of a really useful utility is VSPlus written by Jin Mao. VSPlus is essentially a...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Group Policy Circumvention by Local Administrators
The reasonably well known about danger of users running as local administrators being able to...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Common problems - Virtual PC Additions
I work with Virtual PC and Virtual Server all the time, but am continually astonished by some of the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Hyperthreading and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 SP1
Back in January, I blogged about remembering to turn off Hyperthreading if you're running Virtual...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Virtual Server 2005 SCSI Shunt Driver
It's rare you see something in a beta release which makes such a dramatic difference to performance....
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Timezones on your desktop
Another one of these really useful utilities which I could have done with it when I was posting...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
How Microsoft manages Group Policies internally
If you want to find out how, take an hour out online on Tuesday 17th May at 4PM UK time. Learn how...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/02/2005
Remote Desktop Assistant 1.0
Sometimes the most blindingly obvious and simple utility become a weapon of choice in your toolbox...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/27/2005
VM and the VM Community: Past, Present, and Future
Just to show that I'm not completely biased towards Microsoft Technology (although I do passionately...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/27/2005
Virtual Server 2005 comparison with Virtual PC 2004
I am currently updating my slidedeck for the webcast I'm doing this Friday on Virtual Server...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/27/2005
MSDTC Event ID 4143 and 53258 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controller
I got hit by a problem on a freshly installed virtual machine using a slipstreamed SP1 installation...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/26/2005
Watch those group policy settings carefully
Many people get caught out with group policy - I stand up and tell people all about some of the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/26/2005
Virtual Server - cautionary tale about configuration files.
Do you ever have one of those evening where you dig yourself a deeper and deeper hole, and end up...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/25/2005
Would you change your PC for $125,000? I would.
If you want to make a difference, now is your chance. Just launched at the WinHEC (Windows Hardware...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/25/2005
Minimising VHD size for WS2003 Enterprise SP1 in Virtual Server
I was playing this weekend trying to get the VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) size down to the barest...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/24/2005
Add notepad to your send-to options
I was setting up a new virtual machine (for playing with Windows Server 2003 R2 as it happens, but...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/22/2005
Listen to what Steve Ballmer had to say about Virtualisation first hand
Following the HUGE Virtual Server announcements made by Steve Ballmer a couple of days ago at the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/21/2005
Small Business Server (SBS2003) Webcasts and User Group
Small Business Server (SBS2003) is a really great product for (unsurprisingly) small and medium...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/21/2005
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit - UK Promotion Offer....
The Windows Server 2003 resource kit will be hitting the streets next month. This is a fabulous...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/20/2005
How to sign up for the Virtual Server 2005 SP1 Beta
To participate in the beta program, you need to: Go to https://beta.microsoft.com. (Note: You need a...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/20/2005
Virtual Server MMS Announcement (2 of 2) - Vision and Strategy of Virtual Computing Environments
The second of my blog entries about the MMS announcements made only minutes ago by Steve Ballmer...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/20/2005
Virtual Server MMS Announcement (1 of 2) - VS2005 SP1. Linux is OK :-)
I've just been listening to Steve Ballmer give his keynote session at the MMS (Microsoft Management...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/20/2005
Resolving Event ID 40961 LSASRV - DNS/prisoner.iana.org
This was an interesting problem I was discussing with a customer today. The customer had a...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/20/2005
Virtual Server 2005 eLearning Course is now available
A new self-paced on-line course (also available offline) is now available entitled "Using Microsoft...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/20/2005
Access Based Directory Enumeration - Download now on microsoft.com
Following my blogcast in February and subsequently posting the markShareforABDE tool for download a...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
How-to install windows to an external USB drive
Part of the ongoing saga with my backup solution (see earlier posts today) was a seemingly fantasic...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
Do you use blogging software?
Something which cropped up internally over the past couple of days has been a discussion about how...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
WS-RM (WS-ReliableMessaging) specification has been submitted to OASIS
A significant press release was made this morning regarding WS-ReliableMessaging or WS-RM moving one...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
Virtual Server 2005 Solution Accelerator - a 'must read'
So what else good has come out of my "downtime" (yes, the restore is still running - 13% and...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
My reason for not backing up
Somewhat of a cynical post, but there's always a bright side to even the darkest of corners. So...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
Changing default number of machines users can add to a domain
Most of you know the limit of 10 times authenticated users can join machines to a domain. Upping the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/18/2005
Microsoft Knowledgebase is now available as an RSS feed
It had to happen - RSS everywhere, and this is another great example. The Help and Support site...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/15/2005
Virtual Server Deployment Manager
Virtual Server Deployment Manager (VSDM) provides a streamlined way to manage and deploy Virtual...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/14/2005
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Announcements
Yesterday was significant for two reasons. Two related announcements were made on microsoft.com...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/13/2005
Managing Virtual Server 2005 just got easier
As I mentioned at the Technical Roadshow yesterday in the Virtual Server session, the VSMP or...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/12/2005
Backing out overdone Software Restriction Policies
One of the things about playing with Software Restriction Policies is that you can go too far and...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/06/2005
Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA)
Version 1.1 of the WSSRA was released to the web for download this morning. The WSSRA deliver...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/04/2005
Tablet PC Experience Pack Download and Release Information
For those of you using Tablet PCs, The "Experience Pack" has just been released to the web for free...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 04/04/2005
Windows Server TechNet major update
So many announcements in one day. To coincide with the launch of Windows Server 2003 SP1, the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 03/31/2005