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Microsoft.com Powered by Hyper-V
Hi—I am Rob Emanuel, a Technology Architect on the Microsoft.com Operations team focusing on virtualization. I wanted to share the great progress we have made rolling out Hyper-V since my first blog a month ago. In that blog I discussed our success with fully virtualizing the web front ends for MSDN and TechNet on Hyper-V -
Windows Server 2008 Goes Back to School
With summer in Redmond just around the corner, I know a number of teachers that like to take trips or do odd jobs around the house while school is out. However the teachers in California’s Manteca Unified School District still have access to classroom applications at home (or anywhere they have internet access) because of -
UrlScan 3.0 Beta and Tools to Help Mitigate SQL Injection Attacks
Microsoft published a Security Advisory today providing information for developers and Web administrators on ways in which they can mitigate and prevent SQL injection attacks. As you might have seen, there was a spate of such attacks in late April and it caused quite a few headaches for administrators. Remember that SQL injection attacks target -
But what about those lesser known features of windows server 2008?
TechEd 2008 IT Professional was a blast! It was great to meet and talk with many of you IT Pros. An opportunity came my way to discuss some of the lesser known features of Windows Server 2008, especially with relation to Active Directory. Take a look, this is a 2 part video. RODC, Auditing, Password -
Windows HPC debuts in the Top 25 fastest supercomputers in the world…what more do I need to say?
A few months ago we completed our runs for the Top500 list. For those of you not familiar with this bi-annual benchmark, the Top500 list represents the 500 most powerful computers in the world. It is the supercomputing supergeek superlist. We completed runs with the National Center for Supercomputing Application (NCSA) and with Umea University. -
New Windows Server 2008 power management whitepaper Released
Customers tell us that energy-efficient computing is a top priority for them as they look to control energy costs and reduce their impact on the environment. With Windows Server 2008 we feel we have some very compelling technologies such as Server Virtualization with Hyper-V and the native Power Management capabilities of the platform, that are -
Lone Server: A new man
Thought TechEd was as good a time as any to give you all some great news…I’VE BEEN UPGRADED! Well, it’s been a crazy few months since the Windows Server 2008 RTM. I kept wondering why they were letting me hang around – what business does one Windows Server 2003 have in a farm of WS08s?