NYMetro Core Infrastructure Specialist Team https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:45:53 GMT en-US hourly 1 Latest System Center Updates https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/latest-system-center-updates Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:36:06 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2010/01/01/latest-system-center-updates/ Closing out 2009 sure proved to be a busy time in the System Center world.  We held our local New York MMS event on 12/1 with great representation from our customers, partners, and corporate teams.  Registration for the “real” MMS 2010 opened up, Microsoft acquired Opalis Software, the System Center catalog was improved and consolidated to make it easier to find extensions, and the Cross Platform ACS features were introduced.

Now, as we move into 2010, I’m hoping to bring a bit more structure and provide a monthly summary of news, notables, and interesting posts I’ve come across.  For starters, I will be presenting at the monthly meeting (January 7, 2010) of the New York Enterprise Windows User Group about System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 and the new capabilities that has brought, so visit the site to register and join us.

]]> Best Practices for Win7 Migrations event – Monday 10/26 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/best-practices-for-win7-migrations-event-monday-1026 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:36:57 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/10/25/best-practices-for-win7-migrations-event-monday-1026/ I know its short notice, but just heard about this web event on Monday, Oct 26th and wanted to share the details.  If you are looking at speeding up your Windows 7 and application deployments, you should check it out.

Best Practices for Windows 7 Migrations Using Microsoft Application Virtualization
Oct 26, 2009
12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 Minutes
You need to increase the manageability of your IT infrastructure and boost employee productivity, all while reducing help desk costs. Join us to hear firsthand how CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education, overcame those same challenges in its organization.

Join us for an interactive 1-hour webcast and discover how to:
  • Separate applications from the OS to deliver application upgrades quickly and without conflicts with other applications
  • Save time on application testing, packaging and deployment by allocating resources to your higher-priority projects
  • Deploy new desktops 25% faster with 70% in cost savings using your pre-existing hardware
Find out more about CDW's best practices migrating from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and how you can streamline application delivery and desktop manageability.

Also, bring your questions for our panel of experts to address during a live Q&A following the presentation!

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]]> Busy time in the System Center world! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/busy-time-in-the-system-center-world Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:50:52 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/10/04/busy-time-in-the-system-center-world/ If you follow the System Center solution set, you’ve seen that over the past few weeks there has been quite a bit of activity.  Beta versions of Service Manager, Data Protection Manager, and Essentials were released.  Plus, early in September, Jeff announced the plans for Configuration Manager R3 and there will be more information on that coming soon. 

]]> Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 has RTM’d! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/virtual-machine-manager-2008-r2-has-rtmd Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:39:48 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/08/25/virtual-machine-manager-2008-r2-has-rtmd/ That’s right, just yesterday the latest update to System Center Virtual Machine Manager was released to manufacturing – and the evaluation version is available for download now!

VMM 2008 R2 Features

 

VMM 2008 R2 now manages many of the great new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Hyper-V including:

  • Live Migration -- for moving virtual machines between hosts with no downtime

  • Additional enhanced migration support for SAN migration in and out of clusters

  • Multiple virtual machines per LUN using Clustered Share Volumes

  • Hot add of virtual machine storage

Additional features:

  • Functionality to migrate storage for running VMs

  • iSCSI target and SAN-based migration across clusters

  • Template-based rapid provisioning

  • Maintenance mode to automate the evacuation of VMs off host machines,

  • Live Migration host compatibility checks

Need to ramp with some online training?  On September 9th the VMM team will host a TechNet Training session online - Go here to register for this Wednesday, September 09, 2009 (10:00 AM Pacific) event

]]> Springboard Series https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/springboard-series Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:47:50 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/08/22/springboard-series/ Hello New York Metro!  After a brief summer hiatus, we are back to publishing and will again bring you weekly informative updates on a variety of Core Infrastructure topics.  Now that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have RTM’d, the transition planning has become a main area of interest.

To help you get the information you need, we are happy to share with you this invite to the upcoming Springboard Series roundtable covering app compat and virtualization technologies.  Don’t forget to add it to your calendar!

 

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable

Windows 7 Application Compatibility Part 2: Virtualization

Date: Thursday, September 24

Time: 9:00am Pacific Time

https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard

Hear from a panel of experts how virtualization tools can help you with application compatibility concerns whether you’re migrating from Windows Vista or Windows XP. Join us to discuss how presentation virtualization, desktop virtualization and application virtualization can reduce testing times, expedite deployment and ultimately help you streamline PC management. We’ll cover the latest desktop virtualization technologies from Microsoft, including App-V, MED-V and XP Mode for Windows 7. Plus we share tips and tricks and demonstrate free tools to analyze and fix applications while answering your questions live during the event. Join live on Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 9:00am Pacific Time. Missed Part 1? Watch the replay.

For IT Pro tips, tricks and resources for Windows 7, visit the Springboard Series.

As part of the “virtual” experience, you may submit your questions about Windows 7 Application Compatibility to the panel live during the event—or submit questions in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com.

Springboard Series: The resource for Windows desktop IT professionals

 

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]]> RTM for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V Server R2 !!! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/rtm-for-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-hyper-v-server-r2 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:36:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/07/22/rtm-for-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-hyper-v-server-r2/ Yes, all three, Client OS, Server OS and free Hypervisor with Live Migration & High Availability have been released to manufacturer today. For more info on each of the products, take a look at the individual team blogs

Really good blog from the Virtualization Team detailing all the Hypervisor improvements as well as regularly updating and answering questions/statements about Microsoft Virtualization, good read here

Windows Server Team announcement here

Windows 7 Team announcement here

]]> System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 released! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/system-center-operations-manager-2007-r2-released Fri, 29 May 2009 12:15:08 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/05/29/system-center-operations-manager-2007-r2-released/ By now you may have seen the announcements that System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 released late last week.  This version brings some exciting enhancements such as:

·         Enhanced application performance and availability across heterogeneous platforms

·         Delivers monitoring across Windows, Linux and UNIX servers–all through a single console.

·         Extends end to end monitoring of distributed applications to any workload running on Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms.

·         Maximize availability of virtual workloads with integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008.

 

·         Improved management of applications in the data center

·         Delivers on the scale requirements of URL monitoring of your business.

·         Meet agreed service levels with enhanced reporting showing application performance and availability.

·         More efficient problem identification and action to resolve issues.

 

·         Increased speed of access to information and functionality to drive management

·         Faster load times for views and results.

·         Improved and simplified management pack authoring experience

And also has some great extensibility options:

·         Service Level Dashboard v2 from the Solution Accelerators team lets you measure and report application or system performance & availability in near real time across your organization.  Using the Dashboard, you can easily spot trends and head off problems—before they occur.  The Dashboard also lets you create role-specific dashboards to support different departments, like HR, Finance, or Operations.   Download it today!

·         Operations Manager 2007 R2 Interoperability Connectors provide the ability to synchronize alerts and status between Operations Manager 2007 R2 and other management systems.  Beta connectors for Tivoli Enterprise Console, HP OpenView Operations, and the new Universal Connector can be obtained from the Operations Manager R2 download on Connect.  Download the Interop Connectors from the System Center Catalog.

·         Operations Manager 2007 R2 Visio Add-in delivers the ability to link status and health information gathered by Operations Manager 2007 R2 into normally-static Visio diagrams, adding life and interaction to those diagrams.   Download it today from Microsoft Connect.

·         New Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack (MP) Beta, which provides enhancements over the current Exchange MP such as reducing alert noise and enhanced performance.   Download it today from Microsoft Connect.

·         BridgeWays MP Beta Program, providing beta MPs for MySQL, Apache, and Oracle running on Windows, Linux or Solaris.  For more information, and to register into the BridgeWays MP Beta Program, visit http://www.bridgeways.ca/bw_management-pack-beta-program-signup_form.php

 

Check back next week when I’ll be posting a short video of the OpsMgrR2 – Visio integration.

 

]]> Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 5/1/09 - 5/15/09 that might be of interest: https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/windows-client-links-that-were-posted-on-microsoft-com-from-5109-51509-that-might-be-of-interest Wed, 13 May 2009 14:16:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/05/13/windows-client-links-that-were-posted-on-microsoft-com-from-5109-51509-that-might-be-of-interest/ KB969497 (Update for Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List):

XP x86 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5b91a72f-0c01-4f16-a005-dc936d4403f4#tm

XP x64 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9bfb2eef-dbe7-4de3-879a-25313a213a38#tm

Vista x86 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8e2e5608-1df2-4fb3-854d-3035a3096df0#tm

Vista x64 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c480f1e8-5b20-4e27-a9c1-a8a2dd5dca1b#tm

Win7 x86 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=365872da-e522-45b1-9801-0873f6024e72#tm

Win 7 x64 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=220d6ef7-22d4-4933-8d58-1ad64a46f8da#tm

 

What's New in Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Video: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fb3982f1-d21e-4dda-b301-44dd402cc653#tm

 

Release Documents for this Release Candidate of Windows 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=139ff495-0cd2-4e88-be98-1090867ab28f#tm

 

Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Internet Explorer 8: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ab4655f2-0a3c-42eb-974d-24b2790bf592#tm

 

Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 RC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=60a07e71-0acb-453a-8035-d30ead27ef72#tm

 

Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 RC documentation: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f1bae135-4190-4d7c-b193-19123141edaa#tm

 

Windows Virtual PC Beta (Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 makes it easy to install and run many of your Windows XP productivity applications directly from a Windows 7-based PC): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=65e1c5eb-df9b-415f-b2d6-27f6ef5dceb9#tm

 

Windows XP Mode Beta: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0e8fa9b3-c236-4b77-be26-173f032f5159#tm

 

RAIL QFE Beta Windows XP SP3 (This package lets you to run many Windows XP productivity applications from a Windows 7-based PC using Windows Virtual PC): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=943b6ac7-87f2-45df-a516-21321d559ac3#tm

 

RAIL QFE Beta for Vista SP1 (This package lets you to run many Windows Vista productivity applications from Windows 7-based PC using Windows Virtual PC): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=db29eb2b-f095-4172-8e83-9c5623045d4e#tm

 

Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: RC:

EXE - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f75f2ca8-c1e4-4801-9281-2f5f28f12dbd#tm

ISO - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6db1f17f-5f1e-4e54-a331-c32285cdde0c#tm

 

KB970858 (Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Release Candidate):

x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a9f0422a-579e-4091-9d7a-7e23b28d09cb#tm

x64 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9bb6745f-ac34-488b-a77e-57b50fa0183d#tm

 

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f6c62797-791c-48e3-b754-c7c0a09f32f3#tm

 

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15#tm

 

Windows 7 Federated Search Provider Implementer's Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c709a596-a9e9-49e7-bcd4-319664929317#tm

 

Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8d47ed5f-d217-4d84-b698-f39360d82fac#tm

 

Windows Vista Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9df23606-7276-4ce2-8993-143e101ddbcd#tm

 

Getting Started with Application Compatibility in a Windows Deployment: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=72a1428d-6597-48dc-8911-1a106b635a36#tm

 

Managing Shims in an Enterprise: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e18807c2-2313-45ac-a614-b5549e73d0d8#tm

]]> Hyper-V Server R2 RC available! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/hyper-v-server-r2-rc-available Wed, 06 May 2009 11:29:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/05/06/hyper-v-server-r2-rc-available/ Just in case you missed it with all the announcements around the public availability of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Client Release Candidates in the last week. Microsoft has also made the Hyper-V Server R2 RC available for download here

Hyper-V Server is a standalone free product, details here .The highlight features for the R2 release will be the inclusion of High Availability and Live Migration features (while still remaining a free product).

]]> Windows Client links that were posted on Microsoft.com from 4/17/09 - 4/30/09 that might be of interest: https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nymciblog/windows-client-links-that-were-posted-on-microsoft-com-from-41709-43009-that-might-be-of-interest Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:10:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nymciblog/2009/04/30/windows-client-links-that-were-posted-on-microsoft-com-from-41709-43009-that-might-be-of-interest/ Windows Virtual PC Evaluation Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=62cd2e63-52f8-4cf5-a7d5-7abaab270451#tm

 

Windows Virtual PC Beta Release Notes: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=51e93833-4b55-41e4-ab6a-c1ba9f8a3c2e#tm

 

KB947821 System Update Readiness Tool (This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.):

Vista x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0435684b-8d12-4028-9cb0-b2903257f1fd#tm

Vista x64 -  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b950e3b1-3267-41c2-8f10-1fe9a4bfa44d#tm

 

KB968006 (Install this update of the Microsoft Installer (MSI 3.1) to resolve the issue in which some assembly files reflect the uninstalled version of the software instead of the original version when uninstalling software updates.):

XP x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=db20c401-2081-496c-836d-e437bcf9afc8#tm

XP x64 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=17a6e64f-d475-45b9-b297-3862e1fdc6b9#tm

 

KB967756 (Install this update of the Microsoft Installer (MSI 4.5) to resolve the issue in which some assembly files reflect the uninstalled version of the software instead of the original version when uninstalling software updates.):

Vista x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a3543555-35ae-4a04-b5bb-ea9a401b5eb4#tm

Vista x64 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=def73c87-4a85-4005-addc-cf8d54257ed6#tm

 

KB955430 (Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.)

Vista x86 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b1746a64-2bb5-4058-b133-d8264a0122cb#tm

Vista x64 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f8db990c-9136-4332-8c16-1bd79a1559d3#tm

 

Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program White Paper: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=27028822-b172-4cec-91a3-26b610a4da79#tm

 

Enterprise Search in Windows 7 Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4e442135-4b08-49ca-9110-755acf966b80#tm

 

BranchCache Technical Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee07308f-7c53-4c76-9ed9-670bc25a4c9d#tm

 

BranchCache Early Adopter's Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a9a1ed8a-71ab-468e-a7e0-470fd46e46b3#tm

 

Power Management in Windows 7 Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=7d582f8d-a9f5-4bb0-b53c-f1094210e3fa#tm

 

Demonstration - Windows Search: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8925be94-6983-4085-921d-e2268505d2ce#tm

 

Demonstration - Windows 7 VHD Boot: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=80ede31d-3509-407b-a896-0beea8705589#tm

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