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Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 were RTMd yesterday (June 22nd). Products are finished now, the code won’t be changed and the preparations for making them available via Download as well as producing the DVDs has started. Read the announcements on...
For the past three days I was at the Microsoft Launch Event Germany , the first and as we were told biggest (by the number of attendees) Launch for Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. I did three presentations: Active Directory...
I cannot state it any better: the best Windows Server release ever has been released to manufacturing - Windows Server 2008 is finished. Windows Server 2008 is very stable and very well-done for production use. As I wrote before we at Computacenter are...
Last week I was at TechEd:IT-Forum in Barcelona. I'll follow up with more details later. However the guys from edge.technet.com have done an interview with me, which went online last night. I was speaking about my sessions, AD Restore in Windows Server...
Finally VMRCPlus is available to the public. I was bugging MS for years if they can't release it, and finally it's available. VMRCPlus is a frontend for the users of Virtual Server, which provides a full console application instead of having VMRC...
Windows Server "Longhorn" finally got his name - as many would be surprise it will be "Windows Server 2008". Microsoft did name his products in the past to the Fiscal Year they released the product - since their "Fiscal New Years...
When I posted about the Fine Grained Password Policies (aka Password Settings Objects) in the Active Directory of Windows Server "Longhorn" I've also got permissions to blog about a very exciting new feature in Longhorn - the possibility...
So after getting back from Barcelona I had a lot of work to make sure I'll be able to take some vacation during X-Mas. Worked like crazy. Also I had to finish an article, which was published in January in the IT-Administrator . I covered Security-Basics...
I just finished the finalizing work on my next book, which I wrote with a couple other Windows Server MVPs. We are providing tipps and tricks around Windows Server 2003 (including R2). The book is for MS-Press Germany, and I expect it in the stores pretty...
I've recently seen that the three MOC-Courses (MOC = Microsoft Official Curriculum) around Windows Server 2003 R2 technologies have been released. I did the technical reviews of those MOC-Courses are I'm pretty happy with their content (OK - if you are...
I just arrived back from the Directory Experts Conference in Las Vegas (last weekend, times have been busy, jetlag has been bad) and it was a blast. The venue hotel - Green Valley Resort and Spa - was very comfortable and nice to support the event. Saturday...
I've recently seen that the three MOC-Courses (MOC = Microsoft Official Curriculum) around Windows Server 2003 R2 technologies have been released. I did the technical reviews of those MOC-Courses and I'm really satisfied with them. The first one is a...
Last Week I got a complimentary copy of Joe Richards and Robbie Allens new release of "Active Directory". Among others I was technically reviewing this book, and honestly I was looking forward to the book in the stores. They've done a great job: the 3rd...
2005 is almost over, what a year! Last year I said 2005 will become a great year in the IT, and I think we were able to see the turnaround in the industry, and will be able to expect more in 2006. Tonight at 23:59:60 I will have a sip to cheer 2005, a...
Presented by NetPro, and sponsored in part by Microsoft and Centrify, the Directory Experts Conference (DEC) is the only international event focused on advancing the skills of the most experienced Active Directory and MIIS administrators. DEC 2006 will...
Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 R2 today. I've done a lot of work around R2 and am really excited about this release. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) will help you to implement single-authentication (or at least single credentials)...
As a follow-up on The Working Network I've promised to produce a OPML on Directory Services Blogs (and Windows Server Blogs). For now you can find some Directory Services Blogs on www.windowsserverfaq.org/MS-Directory-Services.xml , Windows Server Blogs...
Last week I've been at IT-Forum, and besides other stuff I made some marketing about The Working Network . It's a very interesting Project - basically we are trying to establish a network of trust about certain Microsoft Technologies, e.g. Blogs which...
Today the TechEd US in Orlando has started. We already were pretty busy in the last couple days with preperation, events, meeting fellow MCTs and MVPs, and exploring the city (even when the weather is cloudy and partly raining, haven't seen the sun for...