• Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar version 3.0 is now available. http://snurl.com/2rnjv
• Version 2.1.1 of Active Directory Reports is available now. I discussed version 1 a while back.
• VMware ThinApp pricing: $6050 + $47.19 per client. Quite expensive for my taste. http://snurl.com/2rnfs
• VMware ThinApp 4.0 RC available. The final is slated for July 10. http://snurl.com/2o6xc #
• Harris Survey: Microsoft’s reputation far outweighs Apple’s. http://snurl.com/2o6zm Not that I believe in such surveys. #
• The Windows roadmap I discussed in my article about Windows 7 is available now.  #
• Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 for Windows XP SP2. RDC 6.1 is included in SP3. There is an update for XP SP2 now : http://snurl.com/2osvh #

Some days ago, I linked to a new KB article about the changes in RDP 6.1 in a tweet. While the information there is quite useful, it does not explain what happened to the console switch. It seems to me that there is still much confusion about this issue. I just read in the German magazine “Windows Server Praxis” that the console parameter of the RDP client has been renamed to “admin”. However, this is not entirely true because the admin switch has new functions too.

RDP 6.1 is only supported by Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.1 which is included in Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008. There is no separate download of RDC 6.1, but the system administrator blog has a description about how to get it running on Windows XP SP2. I suppose there is a similar solution for Vista RTM.

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• PacketTrap pt360 pro now supports Cisco NetFlow. This feature helps optimize networks for peak performance.
• Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 brings better support for Windows Server 2008: http://support.microsoft.co…
• Microsoft Network Monitor 3.2 Beta is available at Microsoft Connect. Description of the new features: http://snurl.com/2jahr
• Abbreviation for Microsoft Application Virtualization alas Softgrid is now App-V http://snurl.com/2jafr
• Comprehensive guide to Server Core. Recommended!  #
• I added MojoPac and Application Jukebox to my list of application virtualization solutions. http://snurl.com/2gdwi #
• VMM 2008 supports Hyper-V RC1 now. You can download it at Microsoft Connect. #
• VMware renamed Thinstall to ThinApp and released version 4.0. http://snurl.com/2ge5c #

• How to enable Remote Desktop on remote computers through remote registry. http://snurl.com/2c2w0 #
• VMware Workstation 6.0.4 officially supports Vista SP1. I am using 6.0 and never experienced problems with Vista SP1. http://snurl.com/2c2vg #
• My DSL modem is broken and so I was forced to use my Windows Mobile toy as modem for my laptop. Setup costed me less than a minute. Cool! #
• Lukas Beeler blogs about his first impressions of Windows Small Business Server 2008 RC0. http://snurl.com/2br3d #

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