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Converting from VMWare Server to Hyper-V RC0

Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008 4:06 PM by Ken
This Easter weekend, having a bit of downtime, I decided to convert my virtual infrastructure at home from VMWare Server to Hyper-V. The major blocking issue was a lack of RAID controller drivers from 3Ware for their 9650SE-series cards, but thanks to Read More...
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Media bit rate throttling module released for IIS 7.0

Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 1:56 PM by Ken
Here's a useful little module I didn't know even existed, but it appears to have been added to the Microsoft download site in the past couple of days. It allows for bit rate throttling of common, supported, media files when served by IIS 7.0. Read More...
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WebDAV module released for IIS 7.0

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:02 PM by Ken
Today Microsoft released to the Microsoft download site WebDAV modules for Windows Server 2008 / IIS 7.0 in both x86 and x64 versions. These are also available from the www.iis.net website. Robert McMurray has written a page explaining how to configure Read More...
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Professional IIS 7.0 released

Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:37 PM by Ken
Well, the book is finally a reality. I received my copies today - yay! You can buy a copy from Amazon.com or your favourite bookstore now. Read More...
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New in IIS 7 - Kernel Mode Authentication

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:34 AM by Ken
Windows Server 2003 SP1 introduces kernel mode SSL. Windows Server 2008 takes this one step further and introduces kernel mode authentication. This can be utilised by IIS 7.0 applications to improve performance. It also has implications for Kerberos authentication Read More...
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New in IIS 7 - App Pool Isolation

Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:47 PM by Ken
In previous versions of IIS, it has sometimes been difficult to isolate web application pools from each other. If multiple web application pools are configured to run as the same identity (e.g. Network Service) then code running inside one web application Read More...
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OT: You can get certification for Home Server, Media Center and other sundry topics - awesome!

Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 2:34 PM by Ken
Well, I'm writing a blog post on IIS application sandboxing, and this item crosses my inbox. It appears that all the time spent mucking about with Windows Home Server , and Windows Media Centre might now actually result in MCTS certification . So, Read More...
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Windows Hyper-V and Wireless adapters - using RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Service)

Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:33 PM by Ken
I see that Ben Armstrong has posted instructions on how to use Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to give your Hyper-V virtual machines access to networks via a wireless adapter. However ICS does not appear to work if the network that your wireless Read More...
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Moving a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtual machine

Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 7:32 PM by Ken
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V stores a list of virtual machines in %systemroot%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\virtualisation\Virtual Machines. In that folder are a set of symbolic links, that are linked to the actual config files for each virtual machine. Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V backup (Dell RD1000 review)

Posted Sunday, January 13, 2008 7:24 PM by Ken
Meta: IIS and Kerberos Part 6 is coming (for anyone interested in IIS still reading this blog) The Windows Server 2008 backup feature no longer supports direct backup to disk (you'll need third party backup software to do that). You can backup to Read More...
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IIS 7.0 WebDAV module (beta) released

Posted Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:45 PM by Ken
Well it seems that the IIS product is just sneaking in the final bits and pieces missing from IIS 7.0 at this very late stage of the Windows Server 2008 release cycle. Spotted on Robert McMurray's blog is a GoLive Beta release of the IIS 7.0 WebDAV Read More...
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IIS 7.0 Health Model published, and MOM 2005 MP for IIS 7.0 (beta) released

Posted Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:51 PM by Ken
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. Spotted on Mike Volodarsky's blog is an announcement that the Health Model for IIS 7.0 has been published on Microsoft TechNet . This describes the various error conditions that IIS 7.0 (and related Read More...
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Passed 70-649 (Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 for 2003 MCSEs) today

Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:57 PM by Ken
I took the 3-in1 upgrade exam today (70-649). I honestly thought I'd fail after spending the last few days digging further into a few of the topics that are covered (WDS in particular). In the end, I scored: 970/1000 for TS 70-643 (Configuring Application Read More...
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A tablet with Windows Server 2008? Review of the Wacom Bamboo tablet

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:20 PM by Ken
My current preferred PC is a specced out Toshiba Portege M400. It's Core Duo, 4GB of RAM, two 7200 RPM disks, and a high res (1400x1050) screen. All in a compact 12" form factor, and it's a Tablet PC as well. Recently Avanade upgraded my Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 RC0 and Windows Vista SP1 beta released

Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 12:19 PM by Ken
Windows Server 2008 RC0 and Windows Vista SP1 beta were released on Connect last night. Windows Server 2008 RC0 is available on MSDN/TechNet as well. Read More...
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