Screencast (Part 1 of 4): Master Your Environment with System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Posted By: johnbake | Jul 1st @ 9:21 AM | 3,144 Views | 0 Comments
Part 1: The Administrator Console
 
The first in a series of four screencasts on System Center Configuration Manager.
 
As more clients and servers are added to your environment, the task of managing these resources becomes much more complex. Knowing the range of available hardware and software, while keeping the machines current with the latest applications and patch updates can become onerous.  But don’t despair ­– there’s a solution to this problem. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM 2007) is the ideal way to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update your servers, clients, and…[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: NAP, System Center Configuration Manager, Windows 7

Exchange 2010 Rights Management and Transports

Posted By: Adam Bomb | Jul 1st @ 12:01 AM | 3,339 Views | 0 Comments
Colin shares a couple recent and real examples of email going to the wrong people, or at the wrong time, and talks about some of the new features in Exchange 2010 that can prevent some of those things from happening.
How about moderating emails, so a manager can approve mails sent external to the company?  Or automatically applying Rights Management to emails based on sender, or recipient, or contents?  Also some new features for auditing and archiving mail.
Find out more about Exchange 2010 at the website, and click here for all the Exchange 2010 videos here on Edge.
Tags: exchange 2010, IRM, rights management

Attend TechEd Australia, get a free HP Netbook!

Posted By: Adam Bomb | Jun 30th @ 11:03 AM | 3,745 Views | 0 Comments
Formats:

Found out about this via a Jeff Alexander, a colleague in Australia - all paid attendees of TechEd Australia this year will receive an HP Mini 2140 Netbook running Windows 7!

The full details are on the TechEd website, here.

One of the cool things we'll be doing is using our own deployment tools to get the OS installed and configured on the machines, and given the quick turnaround from when Windows 7 releases, the netbooks are being delivered, and when the conference starts, it's going to be a rapid deployment - keep an eye out here to see if the tools are up to the task (I'm betting that yeah, they will be).
Tags: netbook, TechEd, TechEd Australia

Leveraging Software to Reduce Energy Consumption

Posted By: Microsoft IT Showcase | Jun 30th @ 12:00 AM | 5,943 Views | 0 Comments
Faced with data center capacity limitations, soaring server use and increased energy consumption, Microsoft IT (MS IT) organized for and developed an Environmental Sustainability (ES) plan. Aimed at reducing the environmental impact of Microsoft, the ES plan inlcudes the strategy of using software to reduce the energy consumption of software-driven devices.
Tags: Cost savings, Environmental Sustainability, Green, Green IT, IT, Microsoft IT, Microsoft IT Showcase, Windows Vista 2007

IT Pro Momentum Interview: Windows 7-Projekte von ADT-F

Posted By: Ralf M. Schnell | Jun 29th @ 11:42 PM | 4,255 Views | 2 Comments
Die Firma ADT-F hat im Rahmen des Programms IT Pro Momentum einige erfolgreiche Windows 7-Projekte durchgeführt. Der für die Projekte verantwortliche Consultant Frank Fiebiger hat uns in unserer Kölner Niederlassung besucht und berichtet in einem Interview über die besonderen Herausforderungen und das Ergebnis seiner Projekte.
Tags: German, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - building install media for Windows 7

Posted By: Adam Bomb | Jun 29th @ 12:01 AM | 9,264 Views | 0 Comments
Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 and User State Migration Tool (USMT), it's possible to create a USB drive to install Windows7 that will migrate all the user data from an XP or Vista install - and here's the cool part - can finish it all in less than 30 minutes on pretty typical hardware.  I've demo'd it at conferences, and Jeremy has done screencasts and demos of it here on Edge.
In this video, Jeremy gives us a quick tour of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and shows how to create the install media that makes the magic happen.
The MDT is currently in beta, you can download it from http://connect.microsoft.com
You can see the tool in action here and here.  A screencast of the MDT is here.
Tags: Application Compatibility, Deployment, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Windows 7

TechNet Event Content: Cloud Computing with Software + Services (2 of 3)

Posted By: yung | Jun 26th @ 4:40 PM | 7,190 Views | 0 Comments
In part 1, I talked about what is Cloud Computing, what is Software + Services, and why IT Pros should care. Here in part 2, I focused on Microsoft’s efforts and offerings relevant to Cloud Computing, and introduced Microsoft Online Services with the following demos: Acquiring Microsoft Online Services, Creating users, Managing SharePoint, and Managing Exchange.[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: Cloud Computing, Software+Services, TechNet, TechNet Event

Active Directory Enhancements - Windows Server 2008 R2 Demo Screencast 4 of 4

Posted By: Kevin Remde | Jun 26th @ 9:01 AM | 8,021 Views | 1 Comment
In this fourth screencast I discuss and demonstrate new Active Directory functionality that comes with Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Domain Services.  I demonstrate the configuration of the "Recycle Bin" feature, and how to restore deleted objects that had been mistakenly deleted.  I also take you on a brief tour through the new Active Directory Management Console.[Click to read the full post ]
Tags: Active Directory, Demo, Windows Server 2008 R2

Case Study - Using MDT to deploy 200 clients in 2 days

Posted By: Xi Wang | Jun 26th @ 8:52 AM | 8,709 Views | 0 Comments
Using Microsoft deployment tool, consultant of ZhiQiang information LTD helped their customer deployed 200 clients OS in 2 days.

In this case study video, Microsoft evangelist interviewed Zunhua Chen, architect and consutant of ZhiQiang Information LTD and talked about the details.
Tags: Chinese, Customer Story, MDT

Open Source Software (OSS) on Windows Server 2008

Posted By: Matt Hester | Jun 25th @ 12:01 AM | 11,206 Views | 3 Comments
Are you afraid to run open source software on Windows Server 2008? Fear no more; it's easier than you think. Come discuss running LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) on Windows Server 2008. Not interested in Linux? No problem. You'll also learn how to run open source applications with IIS7, MySQL and PHP. Along the way, we'll compare and contrast the optimum maintenance, operation and monitoring of these diverse systems and applications. This session will include several informative demonstrations and you'll get plenty of time to ask questions.
Tags: Linux, PHP, Windows Server 2008
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