January, 2008

Hyper-V WMI API’s

Hyper-V WMI APIs. Hyper-V uses WMI APIs (similar to the Virtual Server COM API) to create, manage, monitor and configure virtual resources. The Hyper-V WMI APIs are publicly available here:

Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 (We can call it Release Candidate 3)

Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 (We can call it Release Candidate 3). It will just be released to the 15,000 official beta testers.

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) deployment – New white paper

Microsoft just released a new version of their IE7 deployment paper. The document has 156 pages. IE7 deployment can get tricky. Try to read this...

Server Core Roles and Features of Windows Server 2008

For installing Server Roles & Features on Server Core we can use an OCSetup.exe (OptionalComponentsSetup).  To identify all installable and/or installed roles and features we are using other tool, OClist.exe....

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Update 2.8 – Must Have :)

Microsoft has released new Exchange Best Practices Analyzer. This download contains the latest XML and ExBPA.chm files....

Setting Alternate Credentials to use for Accessing a System

When you connect to a new system you might be prompted for authentication or the access will fail. You can simply configure alternate sets of credentials to be used for various systems using the CMDKEY utility, as this example shows:

Virtual PC needs to be run as Administrator ?

Virtual PC is able to run when you are using a non-administrative user account and most part will work. However - a couple of things that will not work correctly unless Virtual PC is run under an Administrative account:

• Using ping (or other ICMP...