|
Categories
|
Slipstreaming Internet Explorer 8 into Windows Vista
   
 State of Indiana Saves $14 Million, Boosts IT Reliability, Offers New Services for Residents In 2005, the state of Indiana embarked on an optimization of its core IT infrastructure to dramatically improve service levels while reducing cost. The state replaced a highly decentralized series of e mail solutions running on 100 server computers with Microsoft® Exchange Server software running on two 4-computer clusters. Hundreds of desktop applications—including many older applications that were causing conflicts with current software—were virtualized using Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. And software deployments, security updates, asset inventory, and remote help-desk support were enabled by a move from Altiris Notification Server to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. The state has saved U.S.$14 million by optimizing its infrastructure, while boosting IT availability and enabling a range of new services to improve the lives of people throughout the state. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/03 Views : 38 Tags : ConfigMgr 2007 App-V Softgrid Rated :  0 Votes   BASF Streamlines Desktop Deployment with Software Virtualization Microsoft® SoftGrid® Application Virtualization accelerates the certification process and reduces overhead considerably by delivering applications to customer PCs dynamically. Virtualization is invisible to users, who receive their new applications and updates sooner than before and can remain confident that the new software is compatible with their existing applications. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/03 Views : 37 Tags : Softgrid App-V Rated : 0 Votes  Slipstreaming Internet Explorer 8 into Windows Vista Lately, I have been doing a lot fun work with the IE 8 team. Look for a TechNet radio interview shortly I did with Jane Maliouta who is a IE Deployment Program Manager. In talking with Jane she told that she had written a post on how to slipstream IE 8 into an Windows Vista image. After checking out the post I decided to make a screencast to show how easy this is to do. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/03 Views : 25 Tags : Internet Explorer 8 IE8 Rated : 0 Votes  Using Powershell to managed Hyper-V Today wraps up our Hyper-V launch coverage with this interview I did at TechEd with John Kelbley and Alex Lash. These guys show us a heap of great tricks for managing your Hyper-V machines using Powershell, and introduce us to a bunch of shortcuts that allow even a non-coder to put together some impressive scripts. In fact, all the demos they do in this interview they put together in about 15 minutes before we started recording. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/02 Views : 56 Tags : Hyper-V Rated : 0 Votes  TechNet Radio - Deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 from a Customer Perspective In this episode of TechNet Radio, we learn about the deployment of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS). Kevin Remde talks with Jacob Thornberry of Brooks Stevens about his recent rollout of Office Communications Server 2007. July 1st, 2008 Posted By : Added : 2008/07/01 Views : 54 Tags : Microsoft Office Communications Server Rated : 0 Votes  Streaming, Presented by Netflix Netflix has made some titles available for streaming on PC for several months. Now, pony up $100 for a Roku Netflix Player and see them on TV. The drawback: A poorly designed Web site. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/01 Views : 56 Tags : Netflix Rated : 0 Votes  HP Tries Software Innovation Computer makers other than Apple mostly withdrew from software 25 years ago and watched Microsoft turn their products into commodities. HP hopes to use its software chops to differentiate itself - its latest effort is a much improved TouchSmart family PC. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/01 Views : 59 Tags : HP TouchSmart Rated : 0 Votes  How Microsoft IT does server Virtualization and Hyper-V In this interview we met up with Devin Murray (Group Manager) and David Lef (Technology Architect) who are in charge of implementing virtualization within Microsoft. They've been running Hyper-V since it was in Beta in 2007 and have been running Hyper-V in production since January 2008. Posted By : Added : 2008/07/01 Views : 68 Tags : Hyper-V Rated :  1 Votes  Audit Collection Services (ACS) Planning, Configuration and Tuning Tips Ryan from the System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #1. Posted By : Added : 2008/06/30 Views : 40 Tags : ACS OpsMgr 2007 Rated : 0 Votes  Powershell in Operations Manager 2007 Marco from the System Center Virtual User Group Meeting #1. Posted By : Added : 2008/06/30 Views : 55 Tags : PowerShell OpsMgr 2007 Rated : 0 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion – Chapter 22 This chapter focuses on some specific tasks and terms, beginning with the SQL Server components used by the Configuration Manager database. Then it looks at the management tools available in SQL Server and discusses how to maintain the Configuration Manager database using SQL Server 2005. Last, you explore how to modify SQL Server parameters and how to solve the problems that might occur with your SQL Server system. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/04/10 Views : 812 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 0 Votes   Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion – Chapter 21 Disaster recovery! No one wants to experience it, right? But all systems administrators need to be prepared for the possibility. By the end of this chapter, you’ll learn what you need to know about maintaining, backing up, and recovering your Systems Center Configuration Manager site. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/04/09 Views : 789 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 0 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion – Chapter 20 Network management is the janitor of the network operations world. No matter how top secret your company is, you still need to give someone the master keys to come in and empty the wastebaskets. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/04/08 Views : 767 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 0 Votes  Microsoft SuperFlow Podcast Doug Eby is interviewed in this 8 Minute Podcast about the new Microsoft SuperFlow documentation system. Doug explains the SuperFlow concept and where Microsoft wants to go with it. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/04/01 Views : 883 Tags : SuperFlow, ConfigMgr Rated :  2 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion – Chapter 19 As you know, the premise behind any database query is the return of information based on a set of criteria. In other words, you define what information you’re trying to obtain in the form of a query statement. The query engine then searches the database for entries that match your criteria. The query result then displays the data that matches your criteria. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/02/25 Views : 985 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated :  1 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion - Chapter 18 In this chapter, you explore the software metering feature of Configuration Manager 2007 and the components that are involved in the software metering process. You look at how to configure the software metering client agent and at software metering rules. And you explore how to view reports based on metered data and identify some maintenance tasks. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/02/22 Views : 934 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 0 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion – Chapter 17 Remote control has long been a key feature of Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) and has been enhanced in Configuration Manager. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/02/21 Views : 875 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 0 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion Chapter 16 This is Carol Bailey, discussing the chapter on Internet-based client management – another new feature in Configuration Manager that many people are interested in learning more about and how to implement it. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/02/20 Views : 925 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 4 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion Chapter 14 Hello, my name is Rob Stack and I wrote Chapter 14 of the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion. This chapter introduces you to one of the most exciting new features in Configuration Manager 2007, desired configuration management. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/02/14 Views : 758 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 0 Votes  Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrators Companion – Chapter 13 This chapter explains how you can use the software updates feature in Configuration Manager 2007 along with the Microsoft-recommended software updates management process to provide an effective system for updating software in your environment. Posted By : admin Added : 2008/02/05 Views : 843 Tags : CM07AdminCompanion Rated : 1 Votes   myITforum.com Interview with Nick Cavalancia from ScriptLogic Interview Date: December 19, 2007. During this phone interview, learn about ScriptLogic's new products and how they fit into the overall scheme of systems management. Running time: 32 minutes. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/12/20 Views : 4337 Tags : ScriptLogic myITInterview Rated : 11 Votes  Lite Touch Client REFRESH COMPUTER Source: Richard Smith's Web blog http://blogs.technet.com/richardsmith/ Posted By : admin Added : 2007/09/12 Views : 3032 Tags : BDD Business Desktop Deployment Rated : 1 Votes  Bill Anderson on SCCM 2007 Watch the interview about SCCM 2007 with Bill Anderson at TechEd IT Forum. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/09/06 Views : 2917 Tags : SCCM 2007 System Center Configuration Manager Rated :  10 Votes  Interview with Michael Tiemann - VP of Open Source - RedHat In this video interview at OSCON 2007 we talked to Michael Tiemann - VP of Open Source for RedHat and President of the OSI. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/09/20 Views : 2665 Tags : RedHat Rated :  2 Votes  System Center Technology Announcements from ITForum 2007 Brad Anderson, General Manager, Management & Solutions Divisions, discusses the key announcements that are being made during the keynote today at TechEd IT Forum regarding System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, and System Center Data Protection Manager. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/11/13 Views : 2362 Tags : System Center ITForum2007 Rated : 1 Votes  Lite Touch Client NEW COMPUTER Source: Richard Smith's Web blog http://blogs.technet.com/richardsmith/ Posted By : admin Added : 2007/09/12 Views : 2243 Tags : BDD Business Desktop Deployment Rated : 7 Votes  Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO) I edited this video together using hilarious clips of people stressing out at work and completely freaking out. The music that I chose to use for this video montage of office meltdowns is quite fitting..."Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. This is by far, one of my favorite videos that I have edited together to date. Posted By : Added : 2007/12/13 Views : 2135 Tags : Fun Office Rated : 29 Votes  Two SMS Solutions: “Managing Your AntiVirus Environment” and “Personalizing the SMS Dashboard” From MMS 2003. Ed Aldrich & April Cook. This joint session presents two discrete topics: How CVS/pharmacy uses SMS to monitor and manage the state and configuration of their Symantec AntiVirus implementation to ensure clients are properly managed and protected; and How Getronics redesigned the appearance of their SMS Web Reports Dashboard" to conform to corporate standards, improving the visibility and acceptance of the dashboard by senior managers. 1 hour 11 minutes 51 seconds Posted By : admin Added : 2007/09/11 Views : 1898 Tags : Microsoft SMS Systems Management Server MMS Rated : 4 Votes  What is SoftGrid? An early Softricity marketing video. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/09/08 Views : 1895 Tags : SoftGrid Softricity Rated : 7 Votes  TechNet Webcast Audio: Deploying Operating Systems with System Center Configuration Manager (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300) This is the first installment of our two-part series on operating system deployment with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the successor to Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. In this session, we start with a look at how System Center Configuration Manager provides control over the operating system for the enterprise. With an architecture that enables granular control over deployment, System Center Configuration Manager can help you to get the right desktop image, applications, and configuration to the right hardware. Next, we describe how to manage the deployment server, discuss the details of how to use the System Center Configuration Manager Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to set up a deployment task sequence. This is also be an opportune time to talk about securing System Center Configuration Manager. Then, we create a task sequence and deploy an operating system in a bare-metal installation. Original Posted By : Added : 2007/12/27 Views : 270 Tags : Deploying Operating Systems Rated : 0 Votes  Partner TV: Newsgator Jeremy Palmer, PTS for Enterprise Project Management and SharePoint took the time to record an interview with the main man from Newsgator, the guys behind FeedDemon and other RSS products. They're also very involved in creating social computing on top of the SharePoint platform and they have created "Facebook for the enterprise" to take advantage of the need for businesses to harness the power of Web 2.0 and multitude of data sources out there Posted By : Added : 2008/06/03 Views : 161 Tags : Newsgator Rated : 0 Votes  TechNet Webcast: Deploying and Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300) In this first installment of our two-part series, we discuss how to deploy Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, specifically in an environment where Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 is already installed. We begin by answering the question: How does System Center Configuration Manager help me stay on top of my environment, and get, or stay, secure? We highlight changes in site deployment and site system roles. We also look at performance and security improvements. After determining that an upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager can benefit your organization, the next question is: What do you need to do to plan to upgrade your environment? In this session, we answer this question, including upgrade requirements and interoperability issues between System Center Configuration Manager and Systems Management Server 2003. Upgrading your existing deployment includes planning the upgrade, addressing possible issues, and ensuring that prerequisites are in place. We look Posted By : admin Added : 2007/12/04 Views : 1045 Tags : ConfigMgr 2007 Upgrade Rated : 2 Votes  MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Using LINQ to SharePoint with Bart De Smet (Level 200) MSDN geekSpeak is a new kind of webcast series, hosted by Glen Gordon and Lynn Langit (from the MSDN Events team). Dispensing with slide decks and scripted demos, geekSpeak webcasts bring you industry experts in a sort of "talk-radio" format. These experts share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology. Learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. During the webcasts you can have your questions answered, hear lively discussion and debate, and add your comments to the fray. Who knows, you might even see a whiteboard sketch or an off-the-cuff demo. In this installment of geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Bart De Smet introduces us to the Microsoft .NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) to SharePoint project, and he is available to take your questions. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/11/01 Views : 587 Tags : SharePoint 2007 Rated : 0 Votes  I'm an MVP -- and I feel great! I Feel Great! - MVP. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/10/07 Views : 763 Tags : Microsoft MVP Rated : 6 Votes  PodCast: TechNet Radio - What’s in Microsoft’s next web server and what it took to build it Microsoft has made some huge investments in its web platform starting with Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7). Bill Staples has been the driving force behind the remarkable changes in IIS7. We’ll listen in to what it takes to redesign a world class web server. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/10/02 Views : 767 Tags : Web Server IIS Rated : 0 Votes   PowerShell+ Tour of Debug PowerShell+ is a true PowerShell console embedded in a rich and intuitive user interface. Posted By : Added : 2008/02/04 Views : 683 Tags : Windows PowerShell Rated : 0 Votes  Terrell Cox: Evolution of User Experience (UX) at Microsoft User Experience is becoming more and more important at Microsoft, and Terrell tells us how her team leads the charge on making sure the customer is always represented and that the programmer doesn’t forget the original design of the product. Posted By : Added : 2008/02/15 Views : 391 Tags : Windows User Experience Rated : 0 Votes  TechNet Webcast: Offline Files and Folder Redirection in Windows Vista (Level 300) In this webcast, we take a look at the new and exciting Folder Redirection and Offline Files features in the Windows Vista operating system. We start with a brief introduction to Folder Redirection and Offline Files, and then we touch on how these features function and why they are useful. Next, we take a closer look at some of the feature improvements Windows Vista has introduced to Offline Files. We examine topics such as transparent state transitions and how Windows Vista provides a uniform namespace for users. We describe the Offline Files security and management features that have been added and improved in Windows Vista. We also discuss cache level encryption, which can help improve the security of Offline Files, and we explore the Sync Center and other management tools. Posted By : admin Added : 2007/10/18 Views : 463 Tags : Windows Vista Offline Files Folder Redirection Rated : 0 Votes |
