• WoW64 (32-bit execution) is optional in Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core 2 hrs ago
  • Microsoft scores big with early Windows 7 sales 1 day ago
  • IT Jobs Market Sees Tiny Upturn 1 day ago
  • Report: Browser makers contest Microsoft browser ballot deal This is a never ending story. 1 day ago

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Thu 5 Nov 2009

Windows 7 sales – Remote Desktop Services Script Center – IT jobs market – Ballot screen news

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  • Microsoft announces the launch of the Remote Desktop Services Script Center
  • IT Jobs Market Sees Tiny Upturn
  • Microsoft scores big with early Windows 7 sales
  • Report: Browser makers contest Microsoft browser ballot deal This is a never ending story.
Wed 4 Nov 2009

Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2 – Windows 7 licensing secrets – Sysinternals updates – VM migration test tool – SC Essentials guide – DirectAcess guide

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  • Update for Exchange 2007 will bring full support for Windows Server 2008 R2
  • What Microsoft won’t tell you about Windows 7 licensing
  • Sysinternals updates: Disk2vhd v1.3, Sigcheck v1.61, Process Monitor v2.8, LiveKd v3.12, NewSID retirement
  • Microsoft Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard (free) Tests processor compatibility on virtualization servers
  • Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide (Beta)
  • DirectAccess Early Adopter’s Guide
Tue 3 Nov 2009

GFI WebMonitor 2009 – More about the Windows 7 upgrade “hack” – RDP 7 and VDI – Free Win7 book chapters – SQL Server 2008 R2 prices raised – Microsoft cloud prices slashed

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  • GFI WebMonitor 2009 launches as stand-alone version
  • Identity of the Windows 7 Upgrade “Hack” Revealed and more! Interesting discussion between MS and some journalists
  • Windows 7 with RDP7: Best OS for VDI
  • Download ten free Windows 7 Microsoft Press book chapters
  • Microsoft to raise prices, add more high-end editions with SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Slashes Prices for Business Cloud Services, Countering Google
Mon 2 Nov 2009

Windows 7 SP1 release date – Security Essentials best free antivirus product – Worms resurge – Security Baselines for Win7 and IE8

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  • Windows 7: First Service Pack Details Emerge First beta already in January?
  • Microsoft Security Essentials rated best free antivirus software and is on a par with the paid-for products
  • Computer worms resurge, Microsoft security report says
  • Security Baselines for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
  • Scientists use brain scans to read minds They can predict what people would do next. A Win7 taskbar alternative? ;-)
Fri 30 Oct 2009

Windows 7 as a Wi-Fi hotspot – IEAK8 in 19 additional languages – IT spending returns

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  • Unfinished Windows 7 feature turns laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots
  • Now Available: IEAK8 can create custom Internet Explorer 8 packages in 19 additional languages
  • High-tech hardware spending returns, no help for IT jobs
Thu 29 Oct 2009

Windows 7 install trick legal – Server 2008 R2 Core Install VHD – DirectAccess guide – 40 years Internet

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  • Microsoft confirms Windows 7 install trick is legal
  • Download Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x64 (Core Install) VHD
  • Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab
  • First Internet (ARPANET) message was sent exactly 40 years ago. It was “Lo”, then one of the hosts crashed.
Wed 28 Oct 2009

Download PowerShell 2.0 – RDP 7.0 is available – Group Policy software deployment using WMI – Troubleshooting Windows Virtual PC – Disk2vhd v1.21 – MS Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit 1.0.2 – Wireshark 1.2.3 – Android 2.0

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  • PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0 (Windows Management Framework) are available for download
  • Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 (RDP) for Windows XP and Vista
  • Group Policy Software Deployment: Targeting the right computers with WMI filters
  • Understanding (and troubleshooting) Auto-Publishing in Windows Virtual PC
  • Update: Sysinternals Disk2vhd v1.21 (changed target volume size calculation)
  • Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit 1.0.2 (free) – Harden Windows applications
  • Wireshark 1.2.3, 1.0.10, and 1.3.1 Released
  • Google announces Android 2.0 Bad times to come for iPhone and Windows Phone
Tue 27 Oct 2009

Free eBook Windows 7 troubleshooting – VMware Workstation 7 is out – MySQL in the cloud – Public Office Web Apps test

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  • Free Microsoft Press eBook by Mitch Tulloch: Windows 7 troubleshooting tips
  • VMware Workstation 7.0 is available New features: Full Win7 support (including Aero and XP mode)
  • Amazon introduces MySQL for the cloud (Amazon RDS) and reduces EC2 prices by 15%
  • Microsoft’s Office Web Apps Shows Off Cloud, with Issues Just played a little with it. Nice, but not breathtaking.
Mon 26 Oct 2009

Windows 8 – Microsoft HAV tool – Mark Russinovich on Win7 insides – Windows vulnerability compared – Win7 European edition

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  • 8 things you need to know about Windows 8
  • Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool Checks if the Computer supports AMD-V, Intel VT or VIA VT
  • Detailed video interview (53 min) with Mark Russinovich about the insides of Windows 7 (WinMIn, NUMA …)
  • Security Essentials data shows that XP (52%) is far more vulnerable than Vista (32%) and Windows 7 (16%)
  • European edition of Windows 7 does not have a ballot screen yet
  • On Friday I mentioned that Windows 7 N is with the ballot screen. That is wrong. It is just without Media Player.
Fri 23 Oct 2009

Torvalds likes Windows 7 – 60% of businesses will deploy it -7 deployment tools – USB installer – Windows 7 N – and more

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  • Linux creator Linus Torvalds gives Windows 7 a thumbs up
  • Survey: 60% of businesses plan to deploy Windows 7
  • 7 Deployment Tools for Windows 7
  • Microsoft launches Windows 7 USB installer for netbooks
  • Windows 7 N (European edition with the ballot screen without media player) (see comments)  is now on Technet and MSDN
  • Microsoft deal discounts Windows 7 upgrades by 58%
  • Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1 (for IT Professionals)
  • Windows 7 Product Guide (140 pages)
  • Microsoft Application Diagnostics (helps you validate the assumptions an application makes about the environment)
  • Microsoft starts selling PCs online
  • Steve Ballmer: Windows 7 Launch, Video, Transcript Slide deck
Thu 22 Oct 2009

Download XP Mode – XP Mode guide for SMBs – Sysinternals updates – TrueCrypt 6.3 – Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 evaluation

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  • Public download of Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode
  • Guidance for Deploying Windows XP Mode in Small and Midsize Businesses (21 pages plus scripts)
  • Sysinternals updates: Disk2vhd v1.1, ZoomIt v4.1, Coreinfo v2.0, VMMap v2.4
  • TrueCrypt 6.3 released Full support for Windows 7 and OS X 10.6, new feature: system favorite volumes, bug fixes
  • Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Evaluation
Wed 21 Oct 2009

Free Windows Server 2008 R2 ebook – Free Hyper-V tools – New WAIK documentation – SCCMAutoDoc Beta 1 – Windows 7 and Harry Potter

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  • Free Microsoft Press eBook on Windows Server 2008 R2 (182 pages)
  • Free Tools for Hyper-V Management
  • Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 documentation (October 2009 Update)
  • SCCMAutoDoc Beta 1 (command-line utility that documents a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site)
  • Brits prefer Windows 7 to Harry Potter I would even prefer Snow Leopard to Harry Potter ;-)
Tue 20 Oct 2009

MDOP 2009 R2 available – Most PCs run Win7 – KMS support for Win7 – Gartner about Win7 – AVG Free 9.0 released

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  • Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2009 R2 is available today
  • Study: 88% of corporate PCs sport minimum Windows 7 hardware
  • Updating KMS on Windows Server 2003 to support Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows 7: Don’t Wait for Service Pack to Test, Gartner Says Of course not, Windows 7 is a service pack ;-)
  • AVG Free 9.0 released
  • BitLocker To Go Reader for Vista and Windows XP
  • Steve Ballmer Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 keynote: video – transcript – PowerPoint presentation
  • Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technologies 2010: Cloud Computing, Advanced Analytics, Client Computing, IT for Green …
  • Gartner: Server virtualization now at 18% of server workload – VMware market share now: 89% – 2012: 65%
Mon 19 Oct 2009

Windows 7 tweaking tools – App-V for Terminal Services – MS File Server Capacity Tool – Office 2010 beta – RDS-V

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  • 15 Free Windows 7 Tweaking Tools
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization for Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services
  • Microsoft DFSR Monitoring Management Pack for System Center 2007 Released
  • Microsoft File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) 1.0 (free)
  • Microsoft Office 2010 beta to arrive in November, RTM first half of next year
  • Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services Virtualization (RDS-V)
  • Windows 7 Window XP Mode IT Pro Deployment Video 1 GB, 30 min, quite detailed
Fri 16 Oct 2009

Free eBook deploying Win7 – Resource Kit PowerShell Pack – Remote Desktop Broker – VHD boot for XP – and more

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  • Free Microsoft eBook: Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine
  • Windows 7 Resource Kit PowerShell Pack – 800 scripts in 10 different modules – free download
  • The official Microsoft customer service Twitter page: @MicrosoftHelps
  • Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Connection Broker Part 1: Part 2:
  • Native boot from VHD on a Windows XP computer
  • Detect keyloggers using Anti-Keylogger Tester
  • Application Warm-Up for IIS 7.5 (improve the responsiveness of Web sites) x64: x86:
  • Gartner to businesses: ‘Don’t skip Windows 7′

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