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XP Thin Client Runs on iPhone
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:09 PM
From ZD Net Australia : in brief Citrix used its thin client technology to demonstrate an Apple iPhone running Windows XP, at the recent Citrix Application Delivery Conference in Melbourne. Windows XP, seen below running on the iPhone, was loaded using Citrix's thin client desktop software XenDesktop. Using the Citrix ICA client — a UNIX application that... Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation Part III
Friday, February 29, 2008 12:46 PM
Mary Jo Foley has an article on bringing back creating Windows Workstation 2008 (Part I) and proposing the idea that in the past there was a “server” version of NT4 and Windows 2000 and a “workstation” version that was the same product with limits on concurrent usage when running IIS, etc. She says that since Windows Server 2008 is the... Read More...
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Microsoft TechNet Briefings in Second Life
Friday, February 22, 2008 12:18 PM
Some Microsofties are starting to offer TechNet Briefings in Second Life at the Microsoft Ampitheatre. Michael Murphy has the straight scoop at his blog . Personally, I would like to see more of this type of thing. It add an interesting twist to keep the community engaged over the typical mass-Live Meeting webinar. Those are only a step-up from reading a book... Read More...
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PostPath Email and Collaboration Server
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:16 AM
I have recently been introduced to a company called PostPath . They are a new technology company that have created a Linux-based alternative to Microsoft's Exchange . Their proposition is that Microsoft Outlook is the killer application. As long as users can run Outlook and have all the features and functionality that they are used to, it shouldn't matter what... Read More...
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Windows Vista Pre-Built VHD Available
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:32 PM
Download the Windows Vista pre-configured virtual hard drive and get a head start on testing applications on Windows Vista. Share this post: Read More...
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Exchange 2007 and Virtualization
Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:58 PM
As of SP2, Exchange 2003 was supported in production in a Microsoft virtual environment. Now that Exchange 2007 requires 64 bits to be supported in production and Microsoft does not have a virtualization platform that supports a 64 bit guest, Exchange 2007 is not supported in production in a virtual environment. From the Microsoft document Technical Architecture... Read More...
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Run Your Legacy DOS Application in Virtual PC
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:00 PM
Here is a great post from the Virtual PC team (okay, from Ben Armstrong) on how to run a legacy DOS application under Virtual PC without the end user ever knowing they are running it in a virtual environment. Brilliant! Technorati tags: Legacy Applications , Virtual PC , DOS Share this post: Read More...
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Longhorn Hypervisor Demo
Monday, March 05, 2007 11:29 AM
From Arlindo's blog I found an awesome Longhorn Hypervisor Virtual Server demo given at Microsoft. This is the new Longhorn server running the server core role with 8 cores! They show a few different things in the demo like hot adding a NIC to a running VM with PowerShell. Technorati tags: Longhorn , Virtualization , Server Core , Virtual Server , Hypervisor... Read More...
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Virtual Machine for DST?
Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:22 AM
I saw this on the Microsoft Download website and had to take a look. It looks to be a virtual machine with all of the Exchange-based DST tools loaded on it. You then join it to the domain and you have a workstation pre-configured to run all the tools for DST adjustments. At least, I think that's what it is for. The description on the website is a little thin... Read More...
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Virtual PC 2007 Released to Web
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:54 PM
Download here . Official website is here . Share this post: Read More...
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 RC Released
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:04 PM
You can download it from: https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/Downloads.aspx?SiteID=288 Important changes from the previous version: PXE Boot Keyboard and performance issues on laptops fixed Virtual Networking on wireless adapters enabled Fixed to include installing Vista off of physical DVDs Technorati tags: Virtual PC 2007 , virtualization Share this post... Read More...
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Convert VMWare Machines to Microsoft Virtual Server
Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:27 PM
I blogged a long time ago about VMWare's ability to convert a Microsoft vitual machine to VMware's virtual machine format. Finally, Microsoft has come out with a converter to do the same! Read on here . Share this post: Read More...
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Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Virtual PC Image
Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:11 AM
Another virtual hard disk (.vhd) image from Microsoft which contains the following: A VPC hard disk image containing a pre-activated Windows XP SP2, IE6 and the IE7 Readiness Toolkit. Personally I love this new approach and hope Microsoft keeps on going! I had to do some research and testing on ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) yesterday and the canned... Read More...
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Microsoft Offers Pre-Compiled Virtual Hard Drives
Monday, November 06, 2006 11:44 AM
Microsoft Download has now posted a number of virtual hard drive (.VHD) images pre-installed with Windows Server products like Exchange 2007 , SQL 2005 , ISA Server 2006 and Windows Server 2003 R2 . This is a brilliant move IMO as it removes one of the biggest barriers to testing software in a virtual environment: the time it takes to install and set up the environment... Read More...
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Fix: Virtual PC Does Not Recognize Wireless NIC With a Vista OS Host
Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:49 AM
Brian , who runs the excellent Blogcast Repository , recently shared with me how he could not use a host computer's wireless NIC with a guest OS when running Virtual PC when Windows Vista is the host OS. I even tried it on my laptop and sure enough, no luck. It just doesn't appear as an option under settings > network. After doing some digging in the readme... Read More...
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Virtual PC 2007 Beta Now Available
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:03 PM
Grab it here while you can! Read more about it here . Features include: Support for hardware virtualization (Intel and AMD) Support for Windows Vista as a host operating system Support for Windows Vista as a guest operating system Note: No support for Aero Glass though - just Aero Basic Support for 64-bit host operating systems Note: Virtual machines are 32-bit... Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 BETA2 is available for download!
Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:02 PM
Ben's blog (link below) has an announcement on the availability of Beta 2 for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Included improvements are: AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) compatibility Intel Virtualization Technology (IVT) compatibility Volume Shadow Copy Service support Offline VHD mounting Active Directory integration using service connection points Host Clustering technical... Read More...
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Documentation
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:58 PM
I was very glad to read a post today from James O'Neill's blog on Virtual PC 2007. Coincidentally enough, I had just loaded Virtual PC 2004 on Windows Vista build 5536 and was wondering to myself if a new version was ever going to see the light of day. Well fear not! While there is no news on the beta or a release date (other than the "2007" moniker) there is... Read More...
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