-
-
Stanislas Quastana on the French blog
dedicated to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, we shared a very
interesting since it allows you to configure Windows Server 2008 Core
version without typing any commands. The package has a whole script
written in Visual Basic and a simple graphical interface (Setup
file-core.wsf). You can in minutes set up your server without spending
time writing scripts for automation.
Among the possibilities, Server Core Configurator can:
*
Setting everything concerning the product key.
*
Configure network settings
*
Setting ISCSI
*
Install or remove roles
*
Setting permissions for users and groups
*
Create or delete shares
*
Configuring the Firewall
*
Set display
*
Add or Remove drivers
*
Set the screen saver
*
Configure and use Windows Updates (including WSUS)
Download Server Core Configurator:
Here
-
-
Microsoft has to provide a tool to verify the compliance of your system
(registry database, files and data in memory ...) facing the next
installation of updates, service packs and software. The analysis tool
line installation of updates to the system will check the files and
registry keys are in:
*% SYSTEMROOT% \ client \ Packages
*% SYSTEMROOT% \ WinSxS \ Manifests
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Components
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Schema
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Component Based Servicing
The information resulting from the implementation of the program are located in:% SYSTEMROOT% \ Logs \ CBS \ CheckSUR.log
It is for the operating system: Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit) and Windows Server 2008 (32, 64-bit Itanium).
Download package for
* Windows Vista: Here
* Windows Vista for x64: Here
* Windows Server 2008: Here
* Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems: Here
* Windows Server 2008 for x64 systems: Here
For more information, visit: Here
-
-
Hi,
Trick which allows via a query of identification systems in your
virtual architecture SCCM (valid for VMware technology, Hyper V,
Virtual PC and Virtual Server 2005 R2.
Here is the request to copy:
select SMS_R_System.Name,
SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Manufacturer,
SMS_R_System.SMSAssignedSites, SMS_R_System.IPAddresses,
SMS_R_System.IPSubnets, SMS_R_System.OperatingSystemNameandVersion,
SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,
SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserDomain, SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserName,
SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_System.ResourceId,
SMS_R_System.ResourceType, SMS_R_System.NetbiosName from SMS_R_System
inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on
SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where
SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Manufacturer in ("VMware, Inc.","Microsoft
Corporation")
It is possible to link this request to a collection.
-
-
Hi,
According to Mary-Jo Foley, the publisher should have completed the
first beta version of Windows 7 from the month of December. The final
version for client is planned for late 2009 - no later than January
2010.
A limited group of testers already has access to a
first version of windows 7: there are two versions M (milestone), thus
named "Build M1 and M2." The M3 should follow in the coming days.
Before submitting its Beta 1, Microsoft will offer these testers a "Community Technology Preview (CTP) Build this fall.
The development of new OS is therefore much faster than Vista.
As Bill Gates said: "The technological breakthrough between 7 and
Windows Vista will be less important as Vista and Windows XP, Windows
will turn 7 with PC 2008." We will take into account the installed base
rather than 'anticipate the evolution of components as we did with
Vista. "
-
-
HI,
The
September 22 date will be the official launch of Windows Server 2008
HPC, which will take place at the conference "High Performance on Wall
Street in New York. HPC means High Performance Computing and High
Performance Computing in French.
HPC Windows Server 2008 and the
successor to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Windows Server 2008
HPC inclût different characteristics vantées by Microsoft during the
past year:
-- Broadband Network
-- Tools to manage clusters evolving
-- Resumed advanced functions (failover)
-- A Task Scheduler based on a service-oriented architecture
-- Supports Filesystems cluster partners
Microsoft
has launched the Beta 1 of Windows Server 2008 HPC in November 2007. In
June 2008, is a quasi-finalized version (version release candidate 1,
or RC1), which was launched by Microsoft.
The biggest competitor
of Microsoft in the field of high performance calculations is Linux.
The research organizations and companies on Wall Street are part of the
biggest users of technology HPC.
-
-
The components of Linux integration are finally emerging version RTM
(Release To Manufacture). These tools enable a better care system by
providing the drivers necessary to implement it. The tools are
available in 12 languages including french.
This version allows:
*
Support Drivers for generic devices: the integration components include
Linux support of many network controller and disk controller.
*
Hypercall adapt: Hypercall adapter is a thin layer of software that translates the function calls Xen-virtualization.
*
Fastpath Support Boot: The boot devices take advantage of VSC to gain performance.
The full support of the mouse will arrive in a future update.
You can download these components on Microsoft Connect: Here
-
-
Hi,
The sale of Mini portable PC is increasing every month and
these types of machines running with a Linux operating system known,
innovative and whose disibution is provided by Microsoft
Microsoft distribute Xandros Linux
Agreement on intellectual property, technological cooperation and
marketing alliance, the two companies announced a partnership similar
to the one signed between Microsoft and Novell.
Microsoft
will he become the largest distributor of the Linux operating system?
Seven months after the partnership with the American Novell, a new
agreement signed this time with Xandros, the American company that
publishes the Linux distribution of the same name, seems to indicate.
Version client and server version
At the conclusion of this agreement for five years, Microsoft is
committed to market to its customers distributions Xandros Desktop (for
desktops) and Xandros Server (for servers). On a technical level, the
two companies will also improve the interoperability of their
respective server software (interoperability servers and management
systems).
Xandros will also, through its distribution Desktop
converters to make the bridge between the Open XML format, proprietary
format used in Microsoft Office 2007 and ODF (open document format)
format used in the free office suite Open Office.
Finally,
the two companies signed a non-aggression pact which excludes one or
the other commits a trial related to intellectual property covering
patents implemented to ensure the interoperability of their products.
Concern for the community "open source"
The agreement is similar to the one signed with Novell: on the one
hand, the Redmond company sells Suse Enterprise Server to its customers
on the other, it will not pursue Novell for questions intellectual
property. The partnership is in addition to the one reached last
November with Zend, publisher of specialist language open source PHP.
All these reconciliations confirmed, if necessary, the essential place
occupied now open source software in the enterprise. They should not
reassure the open source community, worried that the software giant
offer our customers the means to protect themselves against a possible
legal offensive that could lead to large scale against free software.
French:
Microsoft va distribuer le Linux de Xandros
Accord de propriété intellectuelle, coopération technologique et alliance marketing, les deux sociétés ont annoncé un partenariat similaire à celui signé entre Microsoft et Novell.
Microsoft va-t-il devenir le principal distributeur du système d'exploitation Linux ? Sept mois après le partenariat conclu avec l'américain Novell, un nouvel accord signé cette fois avec Xandros, la société américaine qui édite la distribution Linux du même nom, paraît l'indiquer.
Version client et version serveur
Au terme de cet accord conclu pour cinq ans, Microsoft s'engage à commercialiser auprès de ses clients les distributions Xandros Desktop (pour les PC de bureau) et Xandros Server (pour les serveurs). Sur un plan technique, les deux sociétés vont également améliorer l'interopérabilité de leurs logiciels serveurs respectifs (interopérabilité des serveurs et des gestionnaires de systèmes).
Xandros fournira en outre, via sa distribution Desktop, des convertisseurs permettant de faire le pont entre le format Open XML, format propriétaire de Microsoft utilisé dans Office 2007, et ODF (open document format), format utilisé dans la suite bureautique libre Open Office.
Enfin, les deux entreprises ont signé un pacte de non-agression qui exclut que l'un ou l'autre engage un procès lié à la propriété intellectuelle portant sur les brevets mis en oeuvre pour assurer l'interopérabilité de leurs produits.
Inquiétude de la communauté « open source »
L'accord ressemble à s'y méprendre à celui signé avec Novell : d'un côté, la firme de Redmond commercialise Suse Enterprise Server auprès de ses clients, de l'autre, elle s'engage à ne pas poursuivre Novell pour des questions de propriété intellectuelle. Le partenariat s'ajoute à celui conclu en novembre dernier avec Zend, éditeur spécialiste du langage open source PHP.
Tous ces rapprochements confirment, s'il le fallait, la place incontournable qu'occupent désormais les logiciels libres dans l'entreprise. Ils ne devraient toutefois pas rassurer la communauté open source, inquiète de voir le géant des logiciels proposer à ses clients les moyens de se protéger contre une éventuelle offensive juridique qu'il pourrait mener à grande échelle contre les logiciels libres.
-
-
Hi,
On the blog official Windows Seven, Michael Fortin, systems engineer,
said that a very good system should "start in less than 15 seconds."
Microsoft now has a team dedicated to the performance, seeking to
optimize the startup time.
Currently, the start time varies
greatly depending on the material on which the operating system. Thus,
only 35% of systems with Vista SP1 start in less than 30 seconds
(according to data from the Customer Experience Improvement Program).
A startup time exceeds 60 seconds is due to a hardware, software or
network. Windows Seven will present a number of improvements aimed at
reducing the time to start, including utilities diagnosis quickly
identifying such problems.
-
-
Hi,
Windows SBS 2008 has just passed a statute RTM (Release To Manufacturing), which means that development is completed.
The 2 versions will be available as planned on November 12.
As a reminder, Small Business Server is a version of Windows Server
specially designed to satisfy the needs of small businesses by offering
them a range of complementary services such as messaging Exchange or
the intranet SharePoint ...
As for the vintage 2003, 2
versions will be available, Standard and Premium, the latter adding SQL
Server to the list of features.
For info, it is always possible to test in SBS 2008 Release Candidate:
http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/evalcenter/cc184870.aspx
SBS Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/08/21/sbs-2008-released-to-manufacturing.aspx
Site SBS2008: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/essential/sbs/default.mspx
Site SBS2003: http://www.microsoft.com/france/sbserver/default.mspx
-
-
Hi,
Upon its release in Beta 1, IE8 had already made about him because it
was impossible to remove the Internet browser after installing Windows
XP SP3. Well it seems that the problem resurfaced with the Beta 2.
For those who would be "stuck" with the Beta 1, and who might be
tempted or who think that by installing over Beta 2, it would resolve
the concern, they all wrong. Indeed, they will be unable to uninstall
the beta 2 of the browser.
For unrest facts argue that
the Redmond company would have found the right seam to impose its
Internet browser, a message appears when installing the beta 2: "The
installation system has detected the presence of a new Service Pack
since the installation of Internet Explorer 8. After completing the
installation, you will not tighten longer able to uninstall Internet
Explorer 8 "
-
-
Hello,
Five months after launching the first beta of Internet Explorer 8 and
more than 2 million downloads, Microsoft confirms its ambition to
release a final version of its browser before the end of the year with
the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. This beta confirms the
progress of the development team as it is presented in 4 languages
(English, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese), 21 other languages
including french follow in the next few days!
With this version of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft has taken a giant
step on the interoperability of its browser and care standards by the
latter. As a reminder, this version represents an improvement of some
services such as anti-phishing filter, but also new services such as
WebSlides, the bar favorites, the automatic restoration after a crash.
The beta 2 provides stability and performance (up to 10% less CPU on
all treatments can be made when navigating), which sorely lacked the
beta 1, enabling it to address a other than developers. They are also
standards like CSS 2.1 are now fully supported by the browser. Close
collaboration took place between the teams development of Internet
Explorer 8 and the working group dedicated to CSS. The team provides
more than 2500 additional tests to the test suite dedicated to CSS 2.
The Beta 2 also introduces functionality in-private "in ensuring
privacy. A user can erase traces of his research on the machine in
question.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is available for owners of Windows
Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 2008 Server, Windows XP Service Pack
2, Windows XP SP3 (novelty for this beta 2), Windows Server 2003
Service Pack 2.
Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: Here or Here
The FAQ for companies (in English): here
Some good advice for the installation or uninstalling (in English): Here
The full list of new features (in English): Here
-
-
Hello,
Microsoft has to make available SQL Server 2008 Express and Report
Builder 2.0 version RC1 (Release Candidate 1). SQL Server 2008 Express
contains the Basic tool Management Studio Express to manage graphically
SQL Server 2008 Express.
SQL Server 2008 Express provides:
*
Support LINQ (Language-Integrated Query, or Requêtage integrated language)
*
Support EDM (Entity Data Model, ensures the independence
between the entities and model of persistence and authorise a very
powerful mapping)
*
Support for ADO. NET (this is a set of classes that expose services access to data programmer. NET).
*
New types of date with the support of time zone
*
Support for spatial data, HierarchyID and File Streams
*
Support MERGE, GROUPING SETS
*
New features import and export
It differs in two versions free: SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools, and SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services.
To install these versions of SQL Server 2008 Express, you must
have installed Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and. NET Framework
3.5.
Report Builder is a software that extracts data and generates
reports in Office. Companies have accumulated over the years volumes of
data very important. Thus, small businesses that can not invest in a
dedicated software or who lack the technical expertise for the
exploited, which are covered by Microsoft with this tool.
Download:
*
SQL Server 2008 Express With Tools: Here
*
SQL Server 2008 Express With Advanced Services: Here
*
Report Builder 2.0 RC1: Here