Clive Watson's Blog
Clive Watson, Hybrid Cloud Technical Specialist, Microsoft UK
Recent KB articles (or updates to) for Windows Server 842304 Printer performance is slow on a large...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/13/2006
I've been dual booting for a while whilst testing Vista, on occasion I've lost either Vista or...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/13/2006
I sent this link to Brett (who managed blog about it first), this looks to be a good start the...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/12/2006
The Windows Server Blog has all the details. The Register also made the point that the UK has been...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/09/2006
I recieved this question in the mail today: Does Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 1 support Windows...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/08/2006
There is a new Microsoft page for Networking and Access Technologies The site links you to long list...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/03/2006
Ben kindly created a Virtualization related summary of WinHEC 2006, here are the deatils:...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/01/2006
A DFS MOM pack for R2 was released yesterday, you can download it here. Thanks to Paul for the heads...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/31/2006
Ivan, sent me this question Is it possible to have special channel between virtual machines? For...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/25/2006
Chris sent me this question: I have a load balancing team configured with 2 intel mt 1000 gigabit...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/24/2006
From BillG's keynote today... There was a Windows Hypervisor demo, which showed a running Windows...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/23/2006
This is something I’ve wished I could have blogged about weeks ago, still here are all the details...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/22/2006
Last month we had the MOM pack for Virtual Server, now we have the pack for DFS and File...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/14/2006
There has been a new Windows HPC Community web site launched. VolkerW has all the details on his...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/02/2006
I just saw on bink.nu that we have posted an updated Windows Server 2003 Security guide. This...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/26/2006
So "Monad" has just been given a new name of Windows PowerShell, at least it takes a bit of the...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/25/2006
It only seems like 5mins ago since SQL 2005 launched, SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 is now...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/19/2006
We have made available the new MOM pack for Windows Server 2003 R2, you can download it here. The...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/14/2006
Following yesterdays post about links, I thought I'd mention our Case Study Website, I've lost count...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/14/2006
These are the links I mostly get asked for after presentations, just to make your life easier (if it...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/13/2006
Ian has long awaited news (no precise date but it's imminent) - this has been a very frequent...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/11/2006
This article just appeared on our support site (7th April), I know from conversations the amount of...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/08/2006
Windows 2003 Storage Server R2 is now available (from OEMs), completing the line-up of the Operating...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/04/2006
Not the best kept secret I know (and so do you all by now), but the press release is here, In...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/03/2006
I’ve now completed my first full week of using Windows Vista on my primary laptop (still running...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/31/2006
I wrote recently about IPv6 and new features in "Vista" and "Longhorn" both of which share a brand...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/23/2006
Some of you may have noticed I updated my "Microsoft Blogs" list recently (shame on you if you...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/23/2006
Ben clears up any confusion you may have with Virtual Server or VPC and NLB in this article from...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/22/2006
I just noticed on https://connect.microsoft.com/ that the Community Preview Release #3 is now...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/16/2006
See the press release here on how Microsoft will in the coming year “apply its product portfolio and...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/16/2006
I just read the "Upstate-NY-Technology" Blog and noticed the last post which mentioned the WSSRA-VE...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/10/2006
A new Datasheet has just been posted, the direct link is here. Learn more about how Server and...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/09/2006
Some of you may have come across an iSCSI tool called Wintarget from String Bean Software, it seems...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/06/2006
Did you notice that an IPv6 site came on line on TechNet recently, so take a look here for the...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/02/2006
I'm sure you hae already seem this video which was made available on channel9 this Wednesday. If not...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/18/2006
Seeing as I've been asked for this link many times this week here is the BOIS R2 guide which was...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/17/2006
Not much progress to report this week apart from upgrading to Community Preview Release #1 only to...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/10/2006
If you have read part 1, then you will know that I left the installation partly incomplete (poorly...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/01/2006
Steve Lamb has started a Blogcast series on Security Configuration Wizard (SCW), so if you need to...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/31/2006
I finally managed to get my hands on some x64 servers to run Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/26/2006
The Windowsserver blog has an article on Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration (ABE) and also...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/23/2006
Slightly off topic this - so if your not interested in Media Centre then stop here. You know...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/23/2006
John has kindly demonstrated that DFS-R is a replication technology, and that shadow copies can be...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/23/2006
Sorry for the delay in posting (life wasn’t that hectic but I didn’t seem to find the time to post –...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/20/2006
Windows Server 2003 R2 can now be found on MSDN Subscriber downloads, ISO images for x86 and x64...
Author: CliveW Date: 12/09/2005
Virtual Server 2005 R2 was launched today at IT Forum; John has the details as well as the new...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/15/2005
This event on December 7th (and Webcast for those who can't get to Reading in the UK), covers the...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/14/2005
The following whitepapers have been completed in preparation for R2 launch and are posted on the...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/10/2005
I know I like to get the bulk of my information from RSS feeds these days, but a blogcast often just...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/07/2005
The popular "How Microsoft IT does..." webcasts now include these recent ones. How Microsoft IT Does...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/02/2005