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Stephen Campbell is a man who doesn't let obstacles get in his way. A swimmer since his youth, he lost his sight at the age of 16, but that didn't stop him pursuing his passion for the sport. He began competing in high performance swimming at...
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I was given the task of introducing Windows 7 to a crowd of IT Professionals last week – easy enough, but not so in just 20 minutes. Searching around inside Microsoft for the elevator pitch PowerPoint deck proved to be impossible (there’s decks...
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I got to talk at the IPv6 Summit last week in Dublin Castle – Agenda, Slides and Videos of all the sessions are here. My talk was on Finding the Business Case for IPv6. The video of my session is now online and can be viewed here . And my slides...
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To mount a VHD file onto your file system, you either ran some very complicated VB (or PowerShell) Script or you used VHDMount.exe that came with Virtual Server. If you’re running Windows 7 (or Windows Server 2008 R2), you can now use Diskpart....
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In this post I’ll talk you through how I have created a Hyper-V Failover Cluster on my single laptop. To build a Failover Cluster you need a SAN. I use the Microsoft iSCSI target software that ships with Windows Storage Server. Being a Microsoft...
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So last September I posted this about some Windows Vista performance issues I was hearing about and what my approach was going to be. In October I posted this advice and guidance on how to get Windows Vista to perform . Today I’m posting this short...
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There’s been a “small” issue with licensing around Hyper-V for a while and because of all the complaints we’ve received we have actually changed our licensing. The issue was this: I’m a Windows Server 2003 shop and want to virtualise onto Hyper-V. ...
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Free training on Thursday 22nd January on SQL for Oracle DBAs! It is a half day of training taking place in Dublin the afternoon of January 22nd. See here for details and how to register . The objective of this training is to give an experienced Oracle...
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So my demo environment needs to be self contained (everything on the one laptop), needs to be as quick as it can and be able to demo as much of the Microsoft virtualisation stuff as technically possible. My laptop itself will obviously be the Hyper...
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I had an interesting question posed to me the other day: How would you know if your PC was affected by the IE7 flaw? My first answer was: Hmm.. It is very possible that you won't know. Then I did some digging.. The answers I found were: Desktop...
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This post describes the best/easiest method to configure and manage Server Core. There are numerous posts and articles explaining how to enable a particular feature on Server Core and there are even more on how to configure Server Core so that it can...
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Microsoft is testing a new exam format and needs your help. The New Virtual Lab based Exam 70-113: TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring tests candidate’s abilities to actually perform tasks and solve problems in virtual lab...
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Windows Vista with SP1 (and some tweaks) is faster than Windows Server 2008. Since my last post on this topic , I've been doing my homework. On my laptop Vista was always quicker than Server, but I have found some very useful information (most of...
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The second session, in our invite only SQL Server 2008 training series is happening in Dublin next Tuesday (14 th October 2008 from 14.00-17.00 *Registration from 1pm). We have a few spare seats available - so if you're interested in some free...
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Today I had a go at dispelling the myth that the words Microsoft and Security don't go together. I certainly had "fun" with the projector! Turns out it was a pin in the VGA cable - my Vista laptop was getting well and truly confused...
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What are you doing this Thursday evening? To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Blade Runner, TechNet Ireland are running a special COMPLIMENTARY screening of ‘ Blade Runner: The Final Cut’ . Spectacularly restored and...
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As you know, I'm always "dabbling" with my laptop(s) - trying to get me demos performing at their very best. I run Windows Server 2008 on my demo machine because I use Hyper-V for all my demos. Yesterday I put a Solid State Disk (SSD) into...
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More info here . Dave Share this post: Read More...
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Thanks to all those who attended Tuesday night's user group meeting . Apologies for going on a bit (I was only supposed to take half an hour or so - not the whole hour)! Aidan has posted the slides we used here . Some of my demos are here . ...
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I've been working with Alan McBurney on and of the a good while now. He attended a TechNet session we ran in Belfast that covered Vista and Office deployment. Alan took what he learnt and implemented it - overcame some of the more detailed "issues"...
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The Windows Server 2008 User Group - Ireland will be running an event on Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 on the 2nd of September at 7pm in the evening (beer might follow). The location is Buswells hotel in the city centre. ...
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SQL Server 2008 has finally Released To Manufacture (RTM)! Announcing the SQL Academy 2008: A free 4 session program for database professionals. This is launching on Sept 5 th (full day) with the world’s top SQL speakers (Kimberly Tripp and...
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There's been a lot of talk recently about our new "Windows Server 2008 Workstation" (Windows Server 2008 with the Desktop Experience features switched on - plus a bunch of hacks). There's been suggestions that it out-performs Vista Read...
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Larry Doyle from Netforce in Dublin has been deploying Hyper-V. This is worth sharing: "Windows Server 2008 is an awesome product and I am super excited about it! I have been testing Windows Server 2008 since beta release and implemented the eagerly...
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Anytime I do a demo that requires a SAN, I use the Microsoft iSCSI Target software. I'm lucky, I get to install it onto my demo machines. If you want it, you need to ask your OEM (the one that sold you your Windows Storage Server) - it's...
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