What's in Store at MMS 2010

Posted By: Dave Morehouse | Mar 16th @ 9:30 AM | 2,895 Views | 0 Comments
Brad and Jeff get together once again, this time to talk about the upcoming Microsoft Management Summit 2010 (April 19-23, 2010). They talk about the program, including the major themes and topics this year, including the releases of Data Protection Manager 2010, System Center Essentials 2010, Service Manager 2010, as well as the future of Operations Manager, Configuration Manager, and Virtual Machine Manager.

Check out the MMS 2010 website for further information; register online and meet the team in Las Vegas this spring.[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: Management, MMS, MMS 2010, System Center, Virtualization

Creating a Firewall Rule to Allow ICMPv4 Echo Requests

Posted By: johnbake | Mar 16th @ 9:20 AM | 12,878 Views | 3 Comments
You're trying to do some basic troubleshooting on your network and you ping a machine but it doesn't respond. You know it's there. Why isn't it responding? It's probably the firewall on the machine that's causing the problem. In this screencast you'll see how to create a firewall rule that will allow the machine to respond to a PING, (ICMPv4 Echo Request).

Length: (13:13)[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: Firewall, Networking, Windows 7
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The Self-Service Identity Management Door is Now Open

Posted By: Alan Le Marquand | Mar 15th @ 10:16 AM | 3,542 Views | 0 Comments
In the previous post we started our look at how Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM), a component of Microsoft’s Identity & Access Management solution, enables IT Administrators to centrally manage identity and access. In this post we will look at another side of FIM, self-service management. We will look at two main areas, password reset and group management.[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: FIM, forefront, forefront solution

Technical Talks with Tim Vander Kooi: Instrument the Business

Posted By: Annie Mao | Mar 15th @ 12:01 AM | 4,023 Views | 1 Comment
Data can be your most valuable asset and you need to find ways to both use it, and enable your workers to make better decision with it. Join Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Tim Vander Kooi and his guests for this discussion about Microsoft BI and enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. (44 minutes)

[ 1:47 ] Emerge Stronger with Business Intelligence (BI)
[ 6:51 ] Microsoft's BI Solutions
[ 9:47] SQL Server 2008: The Foundation of BI

Visit the Microsoft Thrive site.[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: Business Intelligence, ECM, mvp, thrive, Tim Vander Kooi

TechNet Radio: Large Scale Planning of SQL Server & Optimization for SharePoint

Posted By: Chris Caldwell | Mar 12th @ 5:40 PM | 5,530 Views | 2 Comments

In this episode of TechNet Radio, our host John Baker interviews Joel Oleson, Sr. Product Manager and SharePoint Evangelist at Quest Software. Listen in as they discuss what considerations you should make around large scale SQL Server deployments with SharePoint. They also take an in-depth look at SQL Server Enterprise edition, database sizing, backup methodology and SharePoint recovery.

Click here to try out SQL Server 2008 for free

Total Duration: 0:18:32
[ 1:30 ] Does Enterprise edition really matter when doing large scale deployment?  
[ 5:20 ] Database sizing, what works?
[ 11:03 ] What is the best method for backing up data in SharePoint?

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Tags: data protection manager, John Baker, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007, Sharepoint, SharePoint 2010, SQL 2008, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, System Center Data Protection Manager, TechNet, TechNet Radio

Real World Azure: The IT Professional’s Role and Windows Azure

Posted By: Heidi Crawford | Mar 12th @ 8:55 AM | 5,742 Views | 0 Comments

IT Pro Technical Evangelist Joey Snow and Senior Architect Evangelist Brian Prince are back at it again! This time Brian gives the white board a workout as he describes the Windows Azure architecture and answers questions about the IT Pro’s role. With Windows Azure, IT Pros have to deploy applications and manage their health, predict and manage demand for applications, and make sure data is backed up and secure. Brian describes the Windows Azure Platform Application Fabric and touches on SQL Azure, storage elements, blobs, queues and tables.

Length: 38 minutes

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Tags: Azure, career, Cloud Computing, IT Pro, Windows Azure

The Terminator Script

Posted By: Giovanni Marchetti | Mar 11th @ 9:15 AM | 8,325 Views | 6 Comments
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME
This screencast shows why it is not a good idea to have a completely and exclusively virtualized infrastructure.
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME
Tags: Hyper-v 2008 R2, powershell, system center virtual machine manager

Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy - March 2010

Posted By: Rick Claus | Mar 11th @ 9:10 AM | 6,555 Views | 0 Comments
Over pints Pierre Roman, Bruce Cowper and Rick Claus decided they would put together a concise and timely podcast each “Update Tuesday”. The object is to keep it simple by letting you know in plain, non-technical language what the updates are, what they resolve and why you should care.[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: ALT Security Bulletin, Regular IT Guy
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10 Minutes with Virtual Machine Manager

Posted By: Giovanni Marchetti | Mar 10th @ 8:30 AM | 8,601 Views | 1 Comment
This screencast highlights key features of Virtual Machine Manager: the self-service portal, automatic placement and Powershell integration. For more details, check out: The VMM site; Scripting for VMM on Technet; Automatic Placement on Technet.
Tags: Hyper-V, virtual machine manager, Virtualization

Provisioning a Dynamic Datacenter

Posted By: Ranjana Jain | Mar 10th @ 8:30 AM | 8,299 Views | 0 Comments
Watch this video to understand the layered approach in building a Dynamic Datacenter, and learn how the System Center Suite of products from Microsoft can help you take that approach.

Learn more about how to enable Dynamic IT.

www.ranjanajain.com
Tags: datacenter, Dynamic IT, India, jain, ranjana, System Center
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