Aug 25 2008 2:06PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Windows Small Business Server 2008,
Windows Small Business Server,
SBS,
Microsoft Windows,
Windows Computing,
Windows Server 2008
Windows Small Business Server 2008 software has been finalized! 3 Days ago both SBS Standard and Premium are being released to manufacturing, so it will be widely available by November 12 launch.
Aug 22 2008 6:23PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Exchange 2007,
Windows Server 2008,
Virtualization,
Hyper-V,
vmware
Few days ago Microsoft announced some significant changes to its licensing and support policies for applications in hardware virtualization environments. There are two key parts of the announcement worth highlighting for Exchange customers:
- Microsoft now supports Exchange Server 2007 SP1 running Hyper-V or hypervisors validated under the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP).
- Microsoft is waiving its 90-day license reassignment policy to enable customers who virtualize Exchange to move their licenses between servers within a data farm as often as necessary.
As part of the updated support policies, we have published an article called Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments. This article includes Microsoft’s support policy and recommendations for running Exchange Server 2003 in a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 environment. It replaces Microsoft Knowledge Base article 320220, which previously detailed the policy and recommendations for this environment. In addition, this article includes Microsoft’s support policy and Microsoft’s recommendations for running Exchange Server 2007 SP1 in a hardware virtualization environment.
Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments is a must-read for anyone considering a virtualized Exchange environment.
Aug 15 2008 1:15PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
app-v,
Windows Server 2008,
Hyper-V,
vmware,
Win 2008 Core
Diskeeper announced that its flagship Diskeeper 2008 automatic defragmenter achieved Certified for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V status from Microsoft. Diskeeper 2008 is one of the first three applications, out of 175 applications currently certified for Windows Server 2008, to earn the Hyper V designation.
Aug 13 2008 2:59AM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
app-v,
Application Virtualization,
softgrid,
Windows Server 2008,
Networking,
Virtualization,
Hyper-V,
vmware
If you try to sequence Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 (I’ve tried to do this in SoftGrid 4.5 RC) you will get a error and inside error report you will find “Code: 0×0000000000000000” and a lot of other, not very usefull information about this error.
Full Story At Source, App-V.ca
Jul 22 2008 9:34PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Win 2008 Core,
Windows Server 2008
I just finished with a script video_res.bat :). This scripts helps change the screen resolution in Windows Server 2008 Server Core. You can do this manually, but simple use Regedit, but you should know exactly what video driver is working right now in your system, my script does it for you, you just need to select the resolution and that it! Here is a content of video_res.bat:
@ECHO OFF
Rem ****************************************************************
Rem * *
Rem * Script to change display resolution in Windows 2008 Core *
Rem * *
Rem * http://thesystemadministrator.com - http://www.admininfo.ca *
Rem * *
Rem ****************************************************************
FOR /F “TOKENS=2 delims={}” %%a in (’”REG QUERY HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video /s /f VolatileSettings”‘) do set VIDEOCARD=%%a
@echo Please select display resolution:
@echo 1 - 640×480
@echo 2 - 800×600
@echo 3 - 1024×768
@echo 4 - 1280×720
@echo 5 - 1280×800
@echo 6 - 1280×1024
@echo 7 - 1440×900
@echo 8 - 1600×1200
SET /P VRES=To set display resolution to 1024×768 type 1 :
IF /i %VRES%==1 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 640 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 480 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==2 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 800 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 600 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==3 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1024 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 768 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==4 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1280 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 720 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==5 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1280 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 800 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==6 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1280 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1024 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==7 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1440 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 900 /f&goto :EOF
IF /i %VRES%==8 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.XResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1600 /f® ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{%VIDEOCARD%}000 /v DefaultSettings.YResolution /t REG_DWORD /d 1200 /f&goto :EOF
Remember to Log Off and Log On again ;).
Jul 19 2008 1:32PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Command line,
Windows Server 2008
Guy Teverovsky, notice that CoreConfigurator Tool discontinued. He will not be developing the tool anymore and cannot support it.
Jul 7 2008 3:34PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
Read-Only Domain Controller,
RODC,
Planning and Deploying Read-Only Domain Controllers,
Microsoft Windows,
Windows Server 2008
Few days ago Microsoft released doc file, that explains all about how to “Planning and Deploying Read-Only Domain Controllers“. A read-only domain controller (RODC) is a new type of domain controller in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system. You can download this document HERE!
Jul 2 2008 7:53PM GMT
Posted by: Michael Khanin
RPC-over-HTTPs,
RPC-over-HTTP,
Windows Server 2008,
IPv6,
Outlook Anywhere,
Exchange,
Exchange 2003,
Exchange 2007
It’s not a secret, that IPv6 has some “issues”. When I’ve been in Seattle, at last MVP summit, a lot of IT professionals said that, and all of them recommended to disable IPv6 on Windows 2008 or / and Vista machines. Kevin Reeuwijk from “Innovative Technology Weblog” posted a very good article; Outlook Anywhere is ‘broken’ on IPv6 in Windows Server 2008.
So, if you run Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 and want to use Outlook Anywhere (aka RPC over HTTP) you probably get a problem. It would not work if the RPC-over-HTTP Proxy and the Exchange Mailbox installed on the same Windows 2008 Server.
To make the long story short, simply unselect IPv6 from the properties of your NIC AND (it’s very important) make a changes to the HOSTS file. Simply open up your hosts file and make the following changes:
- Comment out the line “:::1 localhost”
- Add the following two lines:
<IPv4 address> <hostname of the computer>
<IPv4 address> <FQDN of the computer>
This will resolve all queries for your computer’s name to its IPv4 address, effectively disabling the use of IPv6 for self-communication. You can confirm that this works by doing a “telnet localhost 6004″.
