Archive for March 3rd, 2009
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A snapshot is a way to "freeze" a virtual machine so that you can reverse back to a previous state. As an example, if you want to install a servicepack or a hotfix, it could be a very good idea to do a snapshot before. In case of a big "oops" you can revert back. If
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You may run into problems where some of the Windows Essential Business Server Wizards may fail to function correctly or when some of the binaries may have been accidentally deleted or corrupted on the server. The steps in this article can be used to recover from those scenarios. MMS.msi installs binaries that are common across the
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At CeBIT, Microsoft announced expanded commercial availability of Microsoft Surface to 12 select markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and has broadened its developer partner ecosystem to support those additional markets with local, relevant content. Previously available for purchase by companies in the U.S. and Canada, Microsoft Surface is now also available in Austria, Belgium,
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Microsoft detailed the features that will be included in its Windows 7 Enterprise edition when it is released later this year. This high-end bundle will have all the bells and whistles befitting a corporate client operating system including support for scripted PowerShell commands for easier centralized management, help desk-friendly tricks and desktop virtualization options. Specifically focused
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HP has published 2 white papers describing their NIC teaming support for Hyper-V. First is a 5-page "how to" document specific to HP ProLiant. Second is a 59-page whitepaper that provides a high- and low-level discussion of the technology behind HP ProLiant Network Adapter Teaming for HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has banned iPods and iPhones from his household, “There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household. But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our kids,” Melinda Gates said in a recent interview with Vogue. But the rule has evidently been difficult
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As we stated earlier, Microsoft plans to start internal testing later this week of Kumo, the rebranded version of Live Search. Now we’ve a screenshot to share. Also, a text of an e-mail that Satya Nadella sent to his staff. Keep in mind, even though he talks about checking out
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Yahoo! rolled out some exciting enhancements related to video on Flickr:
First video on Flickr is now available to all members. Free members can upload two videos per month, in addition to the 100MB monthly photo upload limit.
Flickr in HD enables pro members to upload videos in HD, but entire Flickr community will benefit by being able to
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There were two very interesting pieces of news to come out in the last week related to the availability of relational databases in the cloud. First, Justin Santa Barbara of start-up FathomDB announced that the company has released to beta testing a sort of virtual managed hosting service for "standard relational databases" running on Amazon.com's Elatic
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Google rolled out iGoogle chat in English for U.S. users, and will soon release to other iGoogle supported languages and countries. Similar to Gmail chat, people will be able to send instant messages from their iGoogle page. If you're already a Gmail chat user, all your current chat settings will apply to iGoogle. You will also be able to chat with
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At CeBIT 2009 Microsoft announced that the Business Productivity Online Suite, part of Microsoft Online Services, is now available for trial to businesses of all sizes in 19 countries. In addition, Microsoft will release Microsoft Office Communications Online, for instant messaging and presence, and the Business Productivity Online Deskless Worker Suite, an extremely economical e-mail,
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For those of you who’ve enabled the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008. It has been determined that a certificate error can occur resulting in the inability to start or connect to virtual machines running on Windows Server 2008 or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. The Hyper-V virtualization host and the existing virtual machines will continue to
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Microsoft is working to fix a memory consumption issue affecting customers of its Antigen and Forefront security solution, indicating that at fault is the Norman antivirus engine. According to Microsoft, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Forefront Security for Office Communications Server, and the Antigen family of products were all affected by issues
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With the worldwide release of Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), GlaxoSmithKline decided to standardize on Microsoft Online Services for their more-than 100,000 employees worldwide, as their messaging and collaboration platform, replacing Lotus Notes. GSK is estimating that the move will decrease collaborative tool costs by 30%, as well as improve their ability to collaborate with partners reliably.
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Microsoft Evangelists have announced “The Microsoft Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest” for all U.S. based ology professional and enthusiast. All you need, create a screencast in .WMV format at a screen resolution size of 1024 x 768, compatible with Silverlight and in English, showcasing: “Why Windows 7 is the clear choice over Linux and OS X!”
The contest has already debuted as
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Random From The Microsoft’s “Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest” for US IT Pros
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