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When managing a large number of virtual machines, there is often a need to tag it in some way with one or more properties uniquely identifying it for administrative purposes. One example would be to identify a virtual machine as belonging to a person...
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There’s a really good (free) TechNet webcast coming up on the 17th September which will be a great resource for those of you who’d like to learn how to take advantage of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in your organisation. The full details of the event...
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This post examines a problem several people have reported when running Hyper-V Remote Management tools over a VPN connection - specifically hitting an error “Access denied. Unable to establish communication between ‘SERVER’ and...
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This is a question I’ve seen come up a few times so figured it was time to examine why in a little more detail. In Virtual Server, you were able to copy VHDs and the associated VMC (Virtual Machine Configuration) file from one host to another, add...
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In a physical only world, you don’t usually have to worry about MAC addresses that much as each NIC vendor carves off a MAC address from their ranges which have been allocated to them. However, in a virtual environment, you have to be a little more careful...
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Following my earlier post How to run Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 on a machie that's already running Vista/XP I thought it worthwhile to explain a nice feature of Vista and Server 2008 which enables you to dynamically resize disk partitions without...
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I seems an eternity ago (May 2007) that I put up a post describing how to determine which domain-joined servers are running Virtual Server in your domain(s). Well that same functionality is present in Hyper-V, only the SCP or "Service Connection...
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This article walks through updating an WDS infrastructure such that Hyper-V RTM bits are “slipstreamed” into the operating system installation. Given that Hyper-V has reached RTM (release to manufacturing), it was time to refresh my test deployment environment...
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You can read the full details here - it's free, technical and should be fun too - just add a comment to their post if you're coming along The agenda is as follows: 6pm - 6.30pm: Arrive and introductions 6.30pm - 7:30pm: Building RIA Apps 7.30pm...
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If you followed yesterdays post explaining the basics of networking in Hyper-V, you may be wondering what the different types of virtual networks are, when you should use them, and how they look in terms of traffic flow. When you open Virtual Network...
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While it is possible to create some complex networking environments in Hyper-V, the basic concepts are relatively straight forward. This post walks some simple scenarios and how the main components operate in terms of the flow of data. Let’s start by...
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For one day only we'll be hosting an event at our Microsoft Campus near Reading titled Microsoft Virtualisation and Management technologies - if you would like to join us and are able to be in Reading for the day then all you have to do is visit the...
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Many of the questions I've been asked recently regarding Bitlocker are covered on the excellent Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Freuqently Asked Questions . For me the most important thing to consider is how on Earth to deal with the "the...
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Chris Dalby kindly streamed my session from the Microsoft UK's Heroes Happen Here Launch event . If you'd like to watch the recording then simply browse to YellowPark TV and you'll see it listed on the right hand side. There are some other excellent recordings...
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My focus today is to write most of the content for my sessions on our upcoming TechNet Server Launch tour which is visiting cinemas in five cities across the UK in April and May. I'm co-presenting a session with Viral titled "How to overcome the challenges...
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Over the last week I've two people who are suffering pain due to corporate laptop builds that have been "secured" - meaning that an untold number of access controls have been changed and parts of the operating system have been removed to "enhance the...
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So far, I’ve covered the following Hyper-V Remote Management scenarios: Workgroup: Vista client to remote server, server configuration, full install ( Part one ) Workgroup: Vista client to remote server, client configuration ( Part two ) Workgroup: Vista...
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So after even more feedback and questions, part 4 of this series provides the walkthrough steps necessary to perform Hyper-V remote administration in a domain joined environment. For reference: Part one is the server configuration for a full server installation...
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There's a great article on MSDN titled simply Network Access Protection which explains how you can integrate your application with Microsoft's Network Access Protection(NAP). Why would you want to do this? Well NAP is a core networking feature of Windows...
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In my experience any serious conversation with a medium or large enterprise regarding NAP often quickly turns to "can I use CISCO's NAC with Microsoft's NAP" shortly followed by "how does CISCO's NAC work with Microsoft's NAP?". Having said that both...
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The TechNet Virtual lab demonstrating Network Access Protection using IPSec enforcement is a great way to find out for yourself how this exciting security technology works. Bear in mind that IPSec is the most complex scenario for NAP. The lab shows you...
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The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP IPSec Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of clients accessing the network using IPSec to identify themselves. This...
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The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP 802.1X Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of clients accessing the network by network switches capable of port based...
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The Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate NAP VPN Enforcement in a Test Lab explains exactly how to set NAP up in a lab to measure compliance (and optionally restrict network access) of Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients. If you haven't come across Network...
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The best place to start is the Network Access Protection (NAP) "landing page" on the Microsoft website. NAP is a great new feature of Windows Server, Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3(due soon) which enables you to measure the policy compliance...
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