Entries tagged with windows server - TechNet Edge

Windows PowerShell : Variables, Types, and Operators

Phil Pennington — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:10:00 GMT

Join James Brundage, PowerShell Test Team member, as he introduces Variables, Types, and Operators.

Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed for ease-of-use not only by system administrators but also for application and system developers. The shell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination. PowerShell V2 is available by default with both R2 and Windows 7 and, via an optional update, previous versions of Windows.

Unlike most scripting shells, which accept and return text, Windows PowerShell is integrated with the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework, and thus deals in .NET objects instead of just text strings. This fundamental change in the environment brings entirely new tools and methods to the management and configuration of Windows. Application Developers may extend their solutions with custom PowerShell based object models that integrate seamlessly with platform management solutions.

Like many shells, Windows PowerShell gives you access to the file system on the computer. In addition, Windows PowerShell providers enable you to access other data stores, such as the registry and the digital signature certificate stores, as easily as you access the file system.

Version 2 of Windows Powershell introduces an array of new features including remote sessions, an integrated script environment, debugging tools, and much more.

Continue your video tour of PowerShell V2 via TechNET Edge. Don't miss the reusable scripts and techniques at the PowerShell Script-Center website. Subscribe to the PowerShell Team Blog RSS Feed for the latest info.

PSv2 Modules : An Introduction with Bruce Payette

Phil Pennington — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

This is the first in a three part series with the Principal Software Design Engineer, Bruce Payette. Join Windows PowerShell Program Manager, Osama Sajid, in an interview discussing the new Windows PowerShell Modules feature.

Episode one introduces Modules and discusses comparisons with CmdLets.

Episode two demonstrates how to use Modules.

Episode three illustrates how to develop script and binary Modules.

Continue your video tour of Windows PowerShell V2 capabilities via TechNet Edge and MSDN Channel9. Don't miss the reusable scripts and techniques at the PowerShell Script-Center website.

Subscribe to the RSS feed at the Team Blog for the very latest information.

Live Migration: Uma Demo partindo do Zero! (Parte 2)

Luciano Palma — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:01:00 GMT

[Portuguese Language] Neste capítulo mostramos os recursos necessários para a montagem da demo apresentada no capítulo anterior.
Acompanhe a primeira etapa da instalação de um Cluster de servidores que hospedarão diversas máquinas virtuais e que realizarão o processo de Live Migration nos próximos capítulos.

Live Migration: Uma Demo partindo do Zero! (Parte 1)

Luciano Palma — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:52:00 GMT

[Portuguese Language] No TechEd 2009 falamos sobre Hyper-V R2 e demonstramos o tão aguardado recurso de Live Migration.
Muita gente ficou interessada na demo, então Fábio Hara e Luciano Palma decidiram gravar toda a história da demo apresentada, desde a montagem do ambiente até a execução do Live Migration ao vivo! Não deixe de assistir todos os "capítulos" dessa novela...

Using Windows PowerShell 2.0 - Windows 7 Demo Screencast 3 of 5

Kevin Remde — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:00:00 GMT

This screencast is part 3 of a series of 5 screencasts representing the 5 demos from the "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview".

In this third demo we discuss and demonstrate PowerShell 2.0, and show how to enable and perform remote administration in Windows 7.

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/2009/06/07/CLI200Screencasts.aspx

I hope you find these useful!

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 a MS Update Catalog (CZ)

Karel Florian (KFL) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:59:00 GMT

Pokračování krátkého seriálu na téma WSUS, tentokrát o implementaci Microsoft Update Catalogu.

Autorem screencastu je Jan Pilař.

Jason Linn on his Windows Server 2008 and Terminal Services Project

Kevin Remde — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:10:00 GMT

Jason Linn is a big fan of Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008. He was kind enough to give me some of his time and to share some details around a recent roll-out of Windows Server 2008 and Terminal Services on behalf of one of his customers.

Troubleshooting Packs - Windows 7 Demo Screencast 5 of 5

Kevin Remde — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT

This screencast is part 5 of a series of 5 screencasts representing the 5 demos from the "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview".

In this fifth and final demo we discuss and demonstrate the new self-Troubleshooting features in Windows 7.

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/2009/06/07/CLI200Screencasts.aspx

I hope you find these useful!

Configuring AppLocker - Windows 7 Demo Screencast 4 of 5

Kevin Remde — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT

This screencast is part 4 of a series of 5 screencasts representing the 5 demos from the "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview".

In this fourth demo we discuss and demonstrate the new AppLocker feature; showing how we can create a white-list of allowed applications, new rule options, creating exceptions, and choosing which applications, installations, or scripts will be allowed to run.

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/2009/06/07/CLI200Screencasts.aspx

I hope you find these useful!

Using Search Federation - Windows 7 Demo Screencast 2 of 5

Kevin Remde — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT

This screencast is part 2 of a series of 5 screencasts representing the 5 demos from the "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview".

In this second demo we discuss and demonstrate the new Search Federation feature in Windows 7.

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/2009/06/07/CLI200Screencasts.aspx

I hope you find these useful!

DirectAccess Configuration - Windows 7 Demo Screencast 1 of 5

Kevin Remde — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:32:00 GMT

It's magic!

This screencast is part 1 of a series of 5 screencasts representing the 5 demos from the "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview".

In this first demo we discuss and configure DirectAccess, and actually show it working (unlike the tempermental demo that happened during the live webcast. (sigh) ). We show that not only can you connect to resources on the LAN, but you can also remotely administer the DirectAccess-connected machine.

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/2009/06/07/CLI200Screencasts.aspx

I hope you find these useful!

Finding Cost Savings in the Cloud

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:31:00 GMT

Jon Schmitz explains to Isaac Roybal how his organization, the Commercial Technical Support Labs in Microsoft Support, has put together seven "private cloud" sites around the world to realize a host of resource use efficiencies, resulting in substantial cost savings. Jon details what Microsoft virtualization solutions are involved and how they helped reduce the number of desktops support engineers had to maintain, reduce the organization's carbon footprint, and improve response efficiency, among other benefits.

See the Microsoft Virtualization site for more information about Microsoft's solutions that are fast making cloud computing a reality.

Tony Gordon shares his Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Learnings

Kevin Remde — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:47:00 GMT

I recently spoke with Tony Gordon about the process he went through to evaluate Windows Server 2008 for his organization. Tony is an Active Directory engineer, and the person responsible for evaluating and recommending AD and Windows directions for the large company he works for.

In this brief podcast, Tony describes some of the evaluation process he went through, as well as some of the benefits he's seeing now with Windows Server 2008.

Interview: Under the Hood of the WORLDS FASTEST SERVER

Matt Hester — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:22:00 GMT

Earl gives us an brief up close tour of the worlds fastest server. Take a look at the first interview here to learn more about the bike: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Interview-The-WORLDS-FASTEST-SERVER/

Interview: The WORLDS FASTEST SERVER!

Matt Hester — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Can your server do 121mph?

Well the server from the folks at hostmysite.com can!

Wendy and I were walking around the floor of SXSW, we saw a drag race motorcycle on the floor. Upon some investigation, we found the bike was actually a server, and 100% electrical. They are also having a great contest for the server, check it our here: The "World's Fastest Server" Application Challenge. Learn more about the server here: http://www.theworldsfastestserver.com/

Check out his fun interview and I was also to take an up close look at the bike. Enjoy and let me know what you think! They

Chatting with Darby, Earl and Brian from hostmysite.com

Screencast: How-To Configure the Central ADMX Store

johnbake — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduce a new format for displaying registry-based policy settings. Registry-based policy settings (located under the Administrative Templates category in the Group Policy Object Editor) are defined using a standards-based, XML file format known as ADMX files. These new files replace legacy ADM files, which used their own proprietary markup language.

The Group Policy tools —Group Policy Object Editor and Group Policy Management Console—remain largely unchanged. In the majority of situations, you will not notice the presence of ADMX files during your day-to-day Group Policy administration tasks. Something to note however, the Group Policy tools will recognize ADMX files ONLY if you are using a Windows Vista–based or Windows Server 2008–based computer.

Unlike ADM files, ADMX files are not stored in individual GPOs. By default the ADMX files are stored locally in %systemroot%\policyDefinitions. For domain-based enterprises, administrators can create a central store location of ADMX files that is accessible by anyone with permission to create or edit GPOs.

This video demonstrates how to create the ADMX central store.

Announcing Windows Server 2008 R2

Joey Snow — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:53:00 GMT

Over the last week and a half, there has been some buzz around the next release of Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 R2, will build on the features and capabilities of the current Windows Server 2008 release version. This version of the server operating system is a minor release, however there are some key features that can be broken down into 5 areas which are outlined below. This post is just the start of our coverage on R2. Plenty more details to come!

Improving the Web Application Platform

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes many improvements that make this release the best Windows Server application platform yet, but by far the most important contributors to this capability are the updates to Internet Information Services 7 (IIS 7). The new Web server includes features to help applications run faster while using fewer system resources. Here are some of the key features :-

1. Reduced Administrative Effort

2. Enhanced Web Application Security

3. Improved File-Transfer Services

4. Improved Availability and Performance for Web-based Applications and Services

Enabling Virtualization and Consolidation

Virtualization is a major part of today’s data centers. The operating efficiencies offered by virtualization allow organizations to dramatically reduce operational effort and power consumption. Some of the key features are :-

1. Improved Computer Virtualization with Hyper-V™ 2.0

2. Increased Availability for Virtual Data centers

3. Hyper-V™ Live Migration Support through Cluster Shared Volumes

4. Improved Cluster Node Connectivity Fault Tolerance

5. Enhanced Cluster Validation Tool

6. Improved Migration of Cluster Workloads

7. Improved Management of Virtual Data Centers

8. Simplified Method for Physical and Virtual Computer Deployments

9. Terminal Services Becomes Remote Desktop Services for Improved Presentation Virtualization

10. Integration between Remote Desktop Services and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Streamlining Management

The ongoing management of servers in the data center is one of the most time-consuming tasks facing IT professionals today. Any management strategy you deploy must support the management of both your physical and virtual environments.

To help with this problem, Windows Server 2008 R2 has new features to reduce the ongoing management of Windows Server 2008 R2 and to reduce the administrative effort for common day-to-day operational tasks. And these administrative tasks can be performed on the server or remotely. Some of the key features are :-

1. Improved Data center Power Consumption Management

2. Reduced Multi-core Processor Power Consumption

3. Reduced Processor Power Consumption

4. Reduced Storage Power Consumption

5. Improved Remote Administration

6. Reduced Administrative Effort for Interactive Administrative Tasks

7. Enhanced Command-line and Automated Management

8. Improved Identity Management

9. Improvements for All Active Directory Server Roles

10. Improvements in Active Directory Domain Services

11. Improvements in Active Directory Federated Services

12. Improved Compliance with Established Standards and Best Practices

Scalability and Reliability

Windows Server 2008 R2 is capable of the unprecedented workload size, dynamic scalability and across-the-board availability and reliability. A host of new and updated features contribute to this pillar. Some of the key features are :-

1. Leveraging Sophisticated CPU Architectures

2. Increased Operating System Componentization

3. Improved Performance and Scalability for Applications and Services

4. Improved Storage Solutions

Making the Experience Better Together

Windows Server 2008 R2 has many features that are designed to specifically work with client computers running Windows 7. This is the next version of Microsoft’s client operating system. Some of the key features are :-

1. Simplified Remote Connectivity for Corporate Computers

2. Secured Remote Connectivity for Private and Public Computers

3. Improved Performance for Branch Offices

4. Improved Security for Branch Offices

5. More Efficient Power Management

6. Improved Virtualized Desktop Integration

7. Higher Fault Tolerance for Connectivity Between Sites

8. Increased Protection for Removable Drives

9. Improved Prevention of Data Loss for Mobile Users

You can find more details with the reviews guide.

TechNet Radio: NAP Deployment from a Customer Perspective

Eric Ostrowski — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Hear Microsoft customers talk about how they deployed Network Access Protection (NAP) within their organizations. In this TechNet Radio session, Kevin Remde and Jeff Sigman talk with Chris Boscolo of Napera Networks, Alex Chalmers of Ball State University, and Pattabhi Attaluri of Avenda Systems.

How to: Windows Troubleshooting

Adam Bomb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Have you noticed the "More Information: Event Log Online Help" links at the bottom of some event log entries? Ever wonder who wrote up all those? I had an opportunity to sit down with Dan Brown (no, not that Dan Brown) to talk about Windows Troubleshooting. He's part of a team that wrote 9000 online help entries, consisting of some 3 Million words. Many of those words are things like resolve and verify and troubleshoot - and they give you info you need to find out why that event log entry got made in the first place.

Fine Grained Password Policy Screencast

Joey Snow — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Have you ever wanted to setup different password policies for different users in the same domain? In this screencast, Corey Hynes takes us through the setup and configuration of the new fine grained password policy in Windows Server 2008. Corey utilizes a free tool from Special Operations Software called Specops Password Policy BASIC in this demo. For more information about their tool visit http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopspasswordpolicy/.

Network Access Protection with Microsoft's IT

Adam Bomb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:27:00 GMT

After months of cajoling, I was finally able to convince Jeff Sigman from the NAP team and Brent Atkison from MSIT to sit still for 30 minutes to talk about why we created NAP, and how we went about deploying it worldwide at Microsoft. Ah, who am I kidding. Jeff's been asking me for months to put his blue anime hair up on the web. Here you go Jeff. Persistance pays off.
Network Access Protection is a new feature in Windows Server 2008 that allows you to enforce computer health requirements before allowing machines to communicate on the network. It's the answer to the question "do I trust that this machine is patched and won't infect other machines on my network?"
These guys have done some pretty impressive stuff. The NAP team worked with a list of partners as long as your arm to make sure NAP will play nicely with whatever switch hardware you've invested in. Brent shares some impressive sizing guidelines for implementing NAP: Microsoft turned reporting and deferred enforcement on 120,000 machines worldwide, using a very small number of servers. Very small. Less than 3. Total help desk calls as a result? Also a very small number. Oh, and he did that deployment using beta builds of Longhorn Server 2008.
(this video was originally posted to Channel9 back before Edge existed, but since it's really IT content, not dev, I wanted to put it up over where it belongs)