FlorianS - Operations Management Blog

Redmond here i come

2008-07-02T09:39:00Z

Today I received an e-mail from MS inviting me to attend a focus group on Friday July 25th 2008 covering the Hyper-V Exam (70-452).

I don´t think that I can tell you that much about the content (-> NDA) but expect some photos and stories from Redmond/Seattle.

VMRCplus 1.8 available

2008-07-02T09:35:00Z

the new and updated version of VMRCplus os available at

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80ADC08C-BFC6-4C3A-B4F1-772F550AE791&displaylang=en

VMRC Plus v.1.7 released

2008-04-17T13:15:00Z

The newest version of the Virtual Machine Remote Client Plus is available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80adc08c-bfc6-4c3a-b4f1-772f550ae791&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Certified Information Technoloy Professional Server Administrator

2008-04-17T13:13:00Z

Now it is official, after passing the beta exam 71-646 I am can proudly say that i am a

MCITP Server Administrator

for Windows Server 2008.

It has been some sleepless nights in the hotel preparing and some waiting for the results. ;-)

New Version of VMRC Plus

2007-11-21T15:46:00Z

There is an updated version of Virtual Machine Remote Control Client Plus (VMRCplus)available at

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80adc08c-bfc6-4c3a-b4f1-772f550ae791&DisplayLang=en

Virtual Machine Remote Control Client Plus (VMRCplus) is a replacement for the built-in VMRC tool/the Virtual Server Webpage.

I don´t wanna miss this cool tool!

Windows Server 2008 certified

2007-11-21T15:45:00Z

Short personal update.

I passed the beta exam "71-649 TS Transitioning your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Longhorn Server Technology Specialist"

I can now proudly say that I am a

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory Configuration
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server® 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server® 2008 Application Platform Configuration

;-)

Now lets see when 70-647 will be released to fulfill my MCITP Enterprise Administrator.

MCTS System Center Operations Manager 2007

2007-10-05T09:48:00Z

Today Microsoft announced the availability of the beta exam for

71-400 TS: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, Configuring

The beta exam will be delivered from 4th October till 26th October

more info at

http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2007/10/04/beta-exam-for-system-center-operations-manager.aspx

Windows Server 2008 RC0 available for download

2007-09-25T08:39:00Z

Microsoft has released the Release Candidate 0 for Windows Server 2008

Here are the links

ISO files

Windows Web Server 2008 RC0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d977fde8-d3fb-4e6c-8a8a-352cf83111cc&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Standard Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d694d4cc-0681-41b5-b02e-012be18f8b71&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 for Itanium-based Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=07ec6bea-b14e-4f73-98c6-eb7a92e76b05&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Enterprise
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0818d425-cd47-4279-be8d-24aba14530a3&displaylang=en&tm

Windows Server 2008 RC0 Datacenter
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95cc89a8-0076-4571-b379-4aa4f526b893&displaylang=en&tm

Documentation

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate: System Requirements and Installation Documentation
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1087a498-40ad-46ba-9ada-f32a58a94a85&displaylang=en&tm

Windows Server 2008 Technical Overviews
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=46dc26d6-af47-43f0-b3de-521831fe09d6&displaylang=en&tm

Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=518d870c-fa3e-4f6a-97f5-acaf31de6dce&DisplayLang=en

Release Notes for this Release of Windows Server Virtualization
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3ed582f0-f844-40ba-b692-230845af1149&DisplayLang=en

Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 RC0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=898fe4ff-92fc-4ab8-bd5a-6ce689004b40&DisplayLang=en

Certification for Microsoft System Center

2007-09-24T13:56:00Z

Microsoft announced that there will be two Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications and one professional-series (MCITP) certification for Systems Center.

They will be made available in early 2008 (January/February for MCTS; later for the MCITP).

There will be a webcasts with more information in late October:

October 24, 2007, at 7:30 A.M. Pacific Time
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032353142&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

October 24, 2007, at 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032353772&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

FlorianS Operations Management Blog - Relauch

2007-09-22T21:10:00Z

Hi!

i know, it´s been a long time since my last "vital sign" here on the blog. But what should I say. New job, new tasks and duties ;-)

My future plan for this blog is to give some insight in the Microsoft System Center family. Focus will be information regarding Microsoft Operations Manager 2007

Best Regards

FlorianS

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 OWA issue with Windows Vista (KB911829)

2007-02-19T09:27:00Z

Due to some security enhancements the DHTLM Editing Controls is no longer included in Windows Vista.

I don´t care about that control(or Vista) do you think? Well, if you or your customers work with OWA you will. Without that patch OWA will be pretty useless using Windows Vista, because you can´t compose any new e-mails. (see attached picture)

I am facing the fact that many customers did not roll out the fix yet.
Maybe because they did not hear of it, or they think:"hmm, we are not using Windows Vista, so we do not need that patch". But this is a misconception. Just think about your customers and colleagues abroad for a second. ;-)

You can control your company notebooks, but you can´t control public terminals!

Microsoft has published a KB under 911829 to solve that issue ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911829/en-us )

Both, the FE and BE needs to be patched.

The whole process is pretty much straight forward. I planned and did the rollout in 2 Exchange environments without any problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911829/en-us

Hello World

2007-02-04T10:09:00Z

Welcome to my Blog here at avanadeadvisor,

I am going to share some insights in my job and microsoft technology here with you soon.

Best Regards

Florian