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IT Pro Momentum y Evidencias

Jorge Aristizábal — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:15:00 GMT

TechNet te invita a participar en sus dos nuevos programas:

IT Pro Momentum y Evidencias

Conoce un poco más acerca de ellos Aquí!

IT Pro Momentum es un programa que busca apoyar al IT Pro y a las empresas en el logro de sus objetivos, adoptando las nuevas tecnologías de Microsoft que permitirán disminuir los tiempos y costos de operación de IT.

Evidencias es una página dedicada a incentivar a los usuarios a compartir sus testimonios acerca de la aplicación e implementación de productos y tecnologías de Microsoft.

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Thrive Live! A Technical Framework for Data Governance

Evren Toktas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT

Organizations struggle every day with the tradeoffs resulting from the need to maximize benefits derived from IT, while preserving the confidentiality of customer and company data. Using a technical framework for data governance can help you deal with privacy and security issues and develop a road map for the implementation and execution of governance, risk, and compliance efforts. Attend this webcast to find out how you can employ your knowledge of your own organization's data flows and data privacy and security policies to identify threats to data resources, manage risk, and select technical controls to improve the privacy and security of your sensitive information.

Visit Microsoft Thrive site and find out how you Thrive - www.microsoft.com/thrive

Windows Day: System Center Management Suite Enterprise aplicada al desktop

Diego Gaona — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:16:00 GMT

Con SMSE la administración de sistemas se integra definitivamente, aun en entornos virtualizados.¡Tome el control sobre sus estaciones de trabajo! La premisa: productividad y facilidad de uso.

Oradores: Martín Berra - Alberto Ortega

Install and Configure Hosted BranchCache for Web Services - SRV311 Part 4 of 5

Kevin Remde — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

This is part 4 of a 5 part series of demos from the TechNet Webcast: How Windows Server 2008 R2 Affects Your IT Infrastructure.

BranchCache is a new capability available as a part of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. BranchCache helps increase the network responsiveness of applications, giving users in remote offices an experience more like working in the head office. When accessing content stored on Windows Server 2008 R2, users in a branch office don't need to wait as long to download files from headquarters. When IT enables BranchCache, a copy of data accessed from an intranet website or a file server is cached locally within the branch office. When another user on the same network requests the file, the user gets access to the content almost immediately as it is downloaded from the local cache rather than over a limited bandwidth connection back to headquarters.

In this demonstration I configure and demonstrate the "Hosted Cache" option, and use it to cache content coming from a web server.

You'll find a complete list of and links to all of the demos, plus links to the webcast and related resources here:
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/09/04/check-out-my-5-new-windows-server-2008-r2-screencasts.aspx

Administering Server Core - SRV311 Part 3 of 5

Kevin Remde — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT

This is part 3 of a 5 part series of demos from the TechNet Webcast: How Windows Server 2008 R2 Affects Your IT Infrastructure.

This demo explores the Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008 R2 and some useful, new options for configuring and administering an core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2.

You'll find a complete list of and links to all of the demos, plus links to the webcast and related resources here:
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/09/04/check-out-my-5-new-windows-server-2008-r2-screencasts.aspx

Configuring Granular Password Settings - SRV311 Part 2 of 5

Kevin Remde — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:34:00 GMT

This is part 2 of a 5 part series of demos from the TechNet Webcast: How Windows Server 2008 R2 Affects Your IT Infrastructure.

In this demo we explore and demonstrate a new ability that came with Windows Server 2008 and is improved in Windows Server 2008 R2; the ability to set password policy settings at a more granular level than just one set of policies at the domain level.

You'll find a complete list of and links to all of the demos, plus links to the webcast and related resources here:
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/09/04/check-out-my-5-new-windows-server-2008-r2-screencasts.aspx

Install and Configure Distributed BranchCache for File Services - SRV311 Part 5 of 5

Kevin Remde — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:37:00 GMT

This is part 5 of a 5 part series of demos from the TechNet Webcast: How Windows Server 2008 R2 Affects Your IT Infrastructure.

In this demonstration I configure and demonstrate the "Distributed Cache" option, and use it to cache content coming from a file server.

You'll find a complete list of and links to all of the demos, plus links to the webcast and related resources here:
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/09/04/check-out-my-5-new-windows-server-2008-r2-screencasts.aspx

Exploring the Active Directory Administrative Center - SRV311 Part 1 of 5

Kevin Remde — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:49:00 GMT

This is part 1 of a 5 part series of demos from the TechNet Webcast: How Windows Server 2008 R2 Affects Your IT Infrastructure.

In this demo, we look at the new Active Directory Administrative Center tool.

You'll find a complete list of and links to all of the demos, plus links to the webcast and related resources here:
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/09/04/check-out-my-5-new-windows-server-2008-r2-screencasts.aspx

Case Study - Interview with Liu Xinyi, the IT Mgr of Hexagon Metrology

Frank Yu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:51:00 GMT

In this video interview, the IT Mgr of Hexagon Metrology, Mr. Liu Xinyi tell us the story of their deployment of Hyper-V.

Case Study - Interview with Shen Hao, the IT Mgr of WuXi Biz News

Frank Yu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:22:00 GMT

In this video interview, the IT Mgr of WuXi Biz News, Mr. Shen Hao, shared his experience in deploying Windows Server and SCCM in their business environment. Hao also indicated that in using Windows Server and SCCM, they improved asset manageability and increased efficiency in IT operations.

AITP Association of IT Professionals, what's it all about?

jweston0 — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:54:00 GMT

In this video Deborah Lovell, President of Association of IT Professionals talks about why join a professional association and what AITP is all about.

Steve Ballmer - meeting with polish IT community

Mariusz Kędziora — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:12:00 GMT

April 23rd - it was the day when Steve Ballmer (Microsoft Corporation CEO) has came to Poland and met with polish IT community. It was a special meeting with the most active people (in different portals, user groups, etc.)

In the first part of meeting SteveB was talking about financial situation in IT industry. But second part (much longer then first) was only with questions and answers with SteveB.

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W dniu 23 kwietnia 2009 Steve Ballmer (prezes Microsoft Corporation) odwiedził Polskę i miał okazję spotkać się z polską społecznością IT. Na spotkaniu pojawili się najbardziej aktywni ludzie z tej społeczności.

Zobacz relację z tego spotkania. W jej pierwszej części Steve Ballmer przedstawił swoją krótką prezentację, a w drugiej już tylko odpowiadał na pytania publiczności.

Przeczytaj również Relację ze spotkania na portalu WSS.pl

Planning your Career - 3 quick tips from Brian Prince

Adam Bomb — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:09:00 GMT

Last month I noticed a great blog post from Brian Prince about somethings he does to manage his career.
Given the state of the economy, and changes in the IT industry, I think a lot of folks are thinking hard about their jobs. I asked Brian to come in and chat with me briefly about some of the things he does that would benefit any of us.
You can follow Brian's blog at http://www.brianhprince.com/

Identifying Opportunities to Reduce TCO with Cost Savings Analysis and Optimization Self-Assessment Tools

yung — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:39:00 GMT

Current economic downturn confronts us with a tremendous impact and unfavorable trend on worldwide IT budget and spending as shown on the chart and discussed in Simple Savvy Savings - 9 ideas to make anyone a Cost Cutting Hero by Tom Pisello, CEO, Alinean, Inc. More than ever companies are now looking for every opportunity to further cut costs and maintain competitiveness during these times of global economic instability. Nevertheless, the adversity also presents a very opportunity for us to accelerate and transform IT into a more mature, better managed, and highly optimized settings. Optimization is more than just delivering more with less. It is about managing complexities. It's about capabilities, responsiveness, and enablement. Defined optimization models and recommendations, and findings of average annual IT labor costs per PC, per year substantiate the claim of transforming IT from a cost-center burden into a strategic asset. (Reference: pages 8, 11, and 17 of this report, Taking the Lead: Gaining a Competitive Advantage Through Infrastructure and Platform Optimization) And in addition to the methodology and case studies, there are tools are to help us get started the transformation.

This cost savings analysis tool examines IT infrastructure and platform to identify cost savings opportunities focusing on:

Virtualization
Database Consolidation
Systems Management
Desktop Management /Standardization
Unified Communications
Collaboration

The tool generates a report with specific project recommendations that can be implemented to generate high-impact costs savings with minimal investment.The results can be refined to match specific details of the IT environment and local currency. The calculation is based on research by IDC, Forrester, WiPro and Alinean and the results include recommendations to projects which can be implemented to generate high-impact cost savings with minimal investment.

The Optimization Self-Assessment Tool on the other hand derives optimization score, peer comparison, and value assessment for your organization on core infrastructure, business productivity infrastructure, and application platform. The tool generates a comprehensive report that can serve as an actionable roadmap and incentive for optimizing your IT infrastructure and platform.

The passage is clear. Identify your goal, find out where you stand, make an informed decision, and thrive on the challenges. Above all, the time to start the process is now.

Active Directory Group Policy Object (GPO) Delegation and Approval Workflow With AGPM 3.0 in MDOP 2008 R2

yung — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT

In the TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Solutions for Windows Vista Management (Level 300), I will demo a number of capabilities includnig Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) 3.0 for managing Vista desktops and Windows environment in general. AGPM 3.0 is one of the 5 components in Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance (MDOP) 2008 R2. AGPM enables the change-approval workflow of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and is something I thought worth a special introduction here. Meanwhile I am also developing a screencast and will publish it here soon.

AGPM is to help customers better manage GPOs, particularly those with complex information technology (IT) environments. A robust delegation model, role-based administration, and change-request approval provide granular administrative control as described in the overview whitepaper and shown below.

For example, you can delegate Reviewer, Editor, and Approver roles to other administrators — even administrators who do not have access to production GPOs. The Editor role can edit GPOs but not deploy them; the Approver role can deploy GPO changes. AGPM also helps reduce the risk of widespread failures. You can use AGPM to edit GPOs offline, outside of the production environment, and then audit changes and easily find differences between GPO versions. In addition, AGPM supports effective change control by providing version tracking, history capture, and quick rollback of deployed GPO changes. It also supports a management workflow by allowing you to create GPO template libraries and send GPO change e-mail notifications. Step-by-Step and Operations Guides of AGM 3.0 are also readily available.

For those who are interested in finding more, MDOP 2008 R2 was RTM in September of 2008. Here are demos, more demos, and FAQ. Subscribers can download MDOP 2008 R2 from the TechNet and MSDN subscription sites. The availability of the components is as follows through Microsoft Volume Licensing Service (MVLS):

The official MDOP blog is the channel to get the latest.

Bob Muglia's home network

Adam Bomb — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:02:00 GMT

Way back in January, I sat down with Senior VP Bob Muglia to talk about his experience as an IT Pro in running his home network. You can relive that interview here.
Our colleagues over at On10.net actually got a chance to go inside Bob's house and get a tour of his home server room - complete with raised floor and everything.
Check it out here!

Server Manager Command Line in Windows Server 2008

Joey Snow — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:59:00 GMT

On the heels of yesterdays Windows Server 2008 RTM announcement is a closer look at a new command line based management tool in Windows Server 2008: Server Manager Command. This tool allows, among other things, for unattended installation, configuration, and removal of roles and features in Windows Server 2008.

Who’s it for? IT Professionals who install and manage server roles and features.

What does it do?

· Installs and removes server roles and features via a command line.

· Displays roles and features installed on a server

· Allows for viewing the output of the tool in XML

· Query what dependencies will be installed with any given role or feature.

But why is that interesting?

Pretend for a moment you are an IT Pro at a large company. You have been assigned the task of setting up a role such as print services on a server that someone else configured. Prior to Windows Server 2008, we’d need to connect to the server and manually check to see if the service is installed and running or come up with a WMI query/script to check it for us. Today with Windows Server 2008 and Server Manager Command line it’s much easier.

To check to see what roles/features are installed we simply need to open a command prompt on the server (you need to make sure it’s running as Administrator) and type the following command: servermanagercmd.exe –query

· Printed to the console are all of the roles and features available on the server. Printed first are the roles in the exact hierarchy as displayed in the GUI version of Server Manager.

· Features are then listed after the roles.

· Look for the roles or features with the checkbox and you can easily determine what is installed.

Okay that was easy but what if I wanted to dump out the results of the query to an .xml file? Well we’ve got that covered as well. Just type servermanagercmd.exe-query query.xml (where query.xml is the path and filename of the export file) and you now have a nice .xml file with the servers and roles listed.

Another really good idea is to check and see what changes are going to be made when we install the role. This is made very easy by using the “what if” switch in Server Manager Command. Simply type (remember we are using an elevated command prompt) servermanagercmd.exe –whatif –install print-server. The –whatif switch gives me a list of all software installed as a result of the command, including any dependant roles, services, and features.

We now know what is installed and what is going to be installed, now let’s install that role. Again in that elevated command prompt window type servermanagercmd.exe –install print-server. When the installation is completed you get a message stating: Success: Installation succeded. At this point we have completed the installation of the role.

Removal of a role is just as simple. In that elevated command prompt window type: servermanagercmd.exe –remove print-services. That will completely remove the role, role services, and features that it installed in the previous step.

Now a quick recap:

· Prior versions of Windows provided few if any dependency checks when users had to add/remove server roles or other software. A simple command now can provide server administrators with a listing of the components that will be added or removed.

· Server manager command also provides a mechanism for performing unattended installation of server roles and features. You can choose to install a single role or feature or combine installation of multiple roles/features via an XML answer file.

· You can now easily gather information on the installed roles and/or features of any given server and export those results to XML for documentation.

· You can also determine what server components will be affected by the installation or removal of a server role or feature.

Get started:

Server Manager Command Line Syntax

Windows Server TechCenter

Bob Muglia - Senior VP by day, IT Pro by night

Adam Bomb — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:59:00 GMT

Bob Muglia is the Senior Vice President of our Server and Tools division - that makes him 'kind of a big deal' around here. A little while ago, I got to attend a meeting with Bob and one of the product teams he looks after, and he mentioned in passing some of the, let's say, 'challenges' he'd had getting certain things configured on his home network. A VP that does his own network administration? I was interested enough that I asked Bob if we could talk about that, and he found time in his busy schedule for us to meet.
In addition to the 9 server infrastructure that runs Bob's house, we talk about the various roles he's had in his 20 years at Microsoft, why he's excited about Server 2008, and how his team went about creating Windows Home Server - the solution for those who would rather leave their IT Pro activities at work.