Month: January 2010

Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Beta Preview

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I have been using the Office 2010 Beta now for the past few months and I absolutely love it. However, I think I will love it even more once I am in a fully integrated environment with SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2. Fortunately, you can have a look at all of this great new technology without spending a bunch of time downloading, installing and configuring the software. Microsoft has released a pre-configured Hyper-V virtual machine bundle that includes Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 pre-configured and pre-populated with some data for the fictional Contoso.com organization. I imagine this would be a great sales tool if you are trying to convince your customers to upgrade to the latest and greatest Microsoft products.

Get the VMs here…

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0c51819b-3d40-435c-a103-a5481fe0a0d2&displaylang=en

Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Beta Preview

Stability update for Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Print Clusters

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If you have a print server failover cluster on Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft recommends you install this update immediately.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976571

Read this great Blog post from Symon Perriman, Program Manager for Microsoft’s Clustering and High Availability Team for more details.

http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/archive/2010/01/22/9951795.aspx

Stability update for Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Print Clusters

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration

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It is official, I passed exam 70-652 today and I am now a MCTS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration. It was 11 years ago that I sat for my first NT 4 exam and now about a dozen exams later I am just now embarking on updating my credentials to the latest and greatest, once again. I think certifications are a good thing, but certainly don’t replace real world experience and good Google skills when it comes to diagnosing a problem or planning a new project. I’ll keep you posted on my progress; hopefully I’ll be able to complete MCITP: Enterprise Administrator before my kids get out of school in June so I can enjoy the summer.

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration

Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Multi-Site Cluster for Disaster Recovery

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Join us for a Webinar on January 28
 
 
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/378084954
 
Join us David Bermingham, SteelEye’s Director of Product Management, discusses the benefits of using Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering to enable multi-site SQL Server clusters for disaster recovery.   David will also give a step-by-step illustration on how to configure a SQL Server 2008 multi-site cluster using SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering.
 
Title:    Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Multi-Site Cluster for Disaster Recovery
     
Date:   Thursday, January 28, 2010
     
Time:   9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
 
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
 

 

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
 
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
 
Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Multi-Site Cluster for Disaster Recovery