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re: AD Migrations - WS03 to WS08: Yes. WS2K to WS08: Sort of

hanig — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:21:50 GMT

can we have a webcast or a doc related to migration and not inplace upgrade?the migration from windows server 2003 to windows server 2008 using the admt 3.1

Have any one did it before?

waiting your reply

re: Where is the Best Place to Live and Work in IT?

David M. Stein — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:15:58 GMT

Thanks Paul, but I forgot to stipulate "choose one". :) The implication of this question is to try to entice feedback that provides some indication of where the IT job market is doing best and then determine out of that "pool" which of those places are good to live in. Oh well. I appreciate the response.

re: Where is the Best Place to Live and Work in IT?

Paul Thomsen — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:23:02 GMT

(E) relocate to the best combination of interesting work and good location

(F) get a consulting gig (or something similar) where you travel a lot but the family stays put

p.s. Keep the cost of living in mind. Simple salary is not a good indicator of fair remunteration. Benefits are key as well.

It's a tough choice, I know, and I don't have kids, so I may not entirely relate. But a good living can be made in our industry. For longevity, skills are what counts, and that's good for the family.

re: Microsoft Announces "New" Hyper-V Server 2008, Dave Yawns

David M. Stein — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:32:54 GMT

Indeed, Hyper-V Server will be 64-bit only. Yet another rung in the ladder which hangs high above the heads of the majority of SMB customers.

re: What's Holding Back Application Virtualization?

David M. Stein — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:54:08 GMT

I agree with your points, but I'm looking at a scenario for a business with 50-75 desktops. If you add up the cost for getting Software Assurance, and then MDOP, it's not cheap for companies in that size range. Same holds true for purchasing 50-75 licenses of ThinApp. I don't know the pricing for the other competing products (SVS, XenApp, etc.). But cost is only one aspect I mentioned.

The bigger issue is marketing. Hardly any marketing is being made for App-V or ThinApp at this point. Most everything is focused on Hyper-V and ESX. When I met with those reps, that's all they talked about, even though they also represent app-v products. If I asked any questions about them I got the look of "why do you care about that stuff?" and they would move on.

I agree that Windows 7 is likely to have App-V support built-in. It makes sense. That would eliminate the concerns over application compatibility that plagued Vista adoption. Businesses would definitely pay attention to that feature. But only if it is marketed to them appropriately. The technology is fantastic. The PR is lame.

re: What's Holding Back Application Virtualization?

Brian S. Tucker — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:14:15 GMT

We are not that serious, or at least I hope not. Either way, the cost for App-V products are reasonable. For as long as I can remember companies like Wise and InstallShield have been profiting out the rear and we have all been subject to those costs. Now, a similar process, but unique like App-V is beginning to be addopted and truely untegrated into the infrastructure and it's worth every penny if you ask me. The new 4.5 release of Microsoft's Application virtulization is going to be the new way of having applications installed on your computer. Windows 7 is being developed with the ability to host applications in the virtulized drive by default. Just like Vista was made with the ability to configure NAP even before Server 2008 was released. Just open the MMC snap-in and look for the NAP snap-in. It's been there since before Vista went RTM.

The future will be App-V if Microsoft can pull it off. Why do any of you think it's not called SoftGrid anymore? App-V is a generic name for how all applications can be installed and at a cost to all of us. It's not cheap, but no more expensive than the traditional solutions both you and I mention.

SCCM and R2 have now unlocked the potential of App-V in the organization. More people will adopt this as a base as time goes on and next thing we know, we will forget the days of msiexec.exe. Now that virtuilized applications can be inventntoried by SCCM, this is a huge improvement from SoftGrid.

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re: Sssssssssss...... Boom! Windows 7 Lands on WSUS

David M. Stein — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:51:34 GMT

No kidding! It's like the cereal aisle in the grocery store.

I really hope the W7 team finds a smooth way to split Windows 7 into a "home" and "business" package. The problem most businesses have with Vista is that they see it as more of a home/personal product than a business product. Even with Jerry Seinfeld doing their pitching, they need to address that perception.

Regardless, I'm as eager as ever to get my hands on W7 when it goes alpha or beta (if they let me) and see what they do with it.

re: Sssssssssss...... Boom! Windows 7 Lands on WSUS

Brian S. Tucker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:50:58 GMT

Microsoft churns out more operating systems than a hospital delivers babies monthly... I can't keep up with all of this. There was a time when you had enough time to really learn something and then something new came along.

Now, it's like a million miles an hours. I don't care who you are, you can't keep up on all of it and be an expert. You have to pick a topic / application and stick with it and it's updates.

The problem in our field of System Center, there is a TON coming out all the time and you need to know everything from the workstataion inners to the server and domain functionality and everything in between. If you do SCOM, then you have to do Management Packs for SQL, Exchange, IIS, DHCP, DC'C, SCCM and a lot of others as they keep pubping out management packs like babies.

Microsoft.... slooooowwww dowwwnnnnn.

Good find Dave!

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re: System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - Sample Configurations & Common Performance Questions

Brian S. Tucker — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:14:00 GMT

Thanks for the tip and link.. I will notate to read this tonight.

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re: Let's ask Mr. Owl: How many licks does it take to get to the max limit of WSUS 3.0?

David M. Stein — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:59:20 GMT

Indeed. Let me know when they come out with beer-filled tootsie pops. I may buy a case of those. :)

re: Let's ask Mr. Owl: How many licks does it take to get to the max limit of WSUS 3.0?

Brian S. Tucker — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:39:04 GMT

I would rather have a Tootsie Roll Pop than mess with WSUS....or any other technology for that matter... lol

Now, the Charms Pops with the gum in the middle rocked!

re: What I did on my time "off"

David M. Stein — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:17:36 GMT

Thanks guys! It's nice to be employed again, even if it's not what I'm used to doing. Still eyeballing that first paycheck though.

re: What I did on my time "off"

Brian S. Tucker — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:52:52 GMT

I am almost willing to trade positions.... I like grilled chicken! LOL...

re: What I did on my time "off"

Rod Trent — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:46:12 GMT

Great to hear you got the job, David!

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