November 2009 - Posts
This morning I performed a ‘zero to live migration’ demo for the joined HP Netherlands , Hyper-V.nu (Dutch Hyper-V Community) meeting. You can find more information on this meeting on my previous blog post . I brought my photo camera with me and asked
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On November 24, 2009 HP Netherlands and Hyper-V.nu (the Dutch Hyper-V Community) organize a special meeting. Between 9 AM and 12 AM several speakers will contribute to a deep dive into the possibilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 and the use of Microsofts
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Tech∙Ed is over, but a couple of us is still in Berlin. We’re recuperating from clubbing and partying and planning to go sightseeing. We went over the KaDeWe and ended up buying some nice souvenirs around the corner. Berlin this morning was great.
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Last night the Dutch Country Drinks took their toll. Eventually I made it out of bed to attend some sessions, but the 9 AM session slot was a total write-off. I attended some later sessions though and heard the awful story of the missing gear. Tech∙Ed
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Microsoft touts the smaller attack surface as one of the biggest benefits of using Server Core, compared to a Full installation of Windows Server 2008. Because a Server Core installation is optimized, it doesn’t include most of the vulnerabilities found
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According to my schedule, Tech∙Ed Berlin today offered a lot of interesting and deep diving sessions. Paul Cooke was in my 9 AM session slot, Joachim Nässlanders demo was on my shortlist and John Craddock featured with two consecutive sessions on DirectAccess
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Wednesdays mark the half of Tech∙Ed events. It’s the day where level 200 silently start dropping off the schedule to make room for level 400 sessions. It’s also the day where my body gradually comes to realize Tech∙Ed is in full swing and needs to switch
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Welcome to the second day of Tech∙Ed 2009. I hope you’re ready for some fun, because I’m sure going to tell you some stories about today. But first things first: Let’s go through the boring official technical stuff first ;-) Tech∙Ed Technical, Day 2 Today
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Yesterday, Tech∙Ed Europe 2009 officially started. Coincidentally yesterday also marked 20 years the Berlin wall fell and 70 years since the infamous Kristallnacht. Both events are landmarks in German history. Since we’re in Germany this week, we’re obliged
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As announced earlier, I’m in Berlin for Tech∙Ed Europe 2009. This week I’ll keep you posted on the things we’re up to this week. I told my boss we would just be attending boring sessions, participating in long and unstructured discussions and eat the
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When the Server Core installation option of Windows Server was introduced in 2008, not a lot of people saw the greatness. A few tried it once, some tried it twice and others got hooked! Fellow administrators often complain that it’s so hard to administer
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I will be attending the Tech∙Ed Europe conference from November 9th to November 13th, 2009. This year, Tech∙Ed EMEA has become Tech∙Ed Europe. IT Pros and Developers share one venue again and Barcelona (Spain) was traded in for Berlin (Germany). I don’t
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