VolkerW's WebLog
Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw
My 2 favorite Windows 7 blog posts
I have more than 2 but these two are at the top. Brandon Live: Windows 7 Beta hotkey cheat sheet...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/19/2009
MIX09 “On The Cheap”
There’s so much exciting stuff planned for Mix this year that even a (server) OS guy like myself...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/19/2009
Saving Money in Tough Economic Times with UC
In tough economic times like today everyone is looking for new and better ways to save money to...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/12/2009
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Application Quality Cookbook
The well known guide for developers has been updated. Find most relevant information about...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/10/2009
Gartner’s Top 10 for 2009
Good summary of the predictions for 2009 on the Government Technology portal. The one I am most...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/10/2009
32-bit optional in Windows Server 2008 R2
You may not but have have been waiting for a looong time for this to be happening. We finally ship...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/09/2009
New Show on Channel9
The Channel9 team launched a new show about Microsoft on Channel9. I would call it Microsoft History...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2009
Windows Backup/Restore from a network location
The Core Team has posted really helpful information on how to use Windows Server backup to run a...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2009
Windows HPC powering Eve Online
Massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) Eve Online powered by Windows HPC Server 2008. ...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/05/2009
Sleep and Hibernate in Windows Server with Hyper-V installed
With Windows Server 2008 R2 you can enable hibernate and sleep even though the Hyper-V role is...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/22/2009
Inauguration on Silverlight
Today I watched the inauguration of president Obama on a website sporting a Silverlight player, in...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/20/2009
Certification for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Bruce Kyle on the US ISV evangelism team has written 2 valuable posts about Logo certification and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/20/2009
MIX09 – What happens in Vegas changes the (Web-) World
I love clear Call-To-Action blog posts. Here’s one from me. If you are doing stuff on the web. Be it...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/20/2009
NUMA in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Phil just posted a series of videos/screencasts on Channel9 explaining the concepts of NUMA...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/15/2009
Windows 7 – Beta Drivers for Microsoft Hardware
If you are running a beta version of the Windows 7 operating system, the following information can...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/13/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 for developers
If you read this you might have seen a previous post with links to the downloads for Windows 7 and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/13/2009
Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta
Right after Windows 7 beta now the beta version of Windows Server 2008 R2 is available too. For...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/09/2009
Windows HPC Kit available Today
Wenming has collected the most valuable Windows HPC Server 2008 technical resources in one place,...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/21/2008
New Benefits for HPC Audiences on Innovate On
InnovateOn is a central resource to help you build, test, and market your solution based on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/09/2008
Life – as an evangelist – is hard, isn’t it?
Always seeking new ways to reach out to your community; trying to grow it. Constant stream of cool...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/03/2008
Month of Parallelism
That is on MSDN Magazine. This month is full of great stuff about parallel programming on the...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/02/2008
Microsoft Solver Foundation CTP released
A Solver Foundation program is a declarative model embedded in familiar NETfx design patterns and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/29/2008
SAP officially supports Hyper-V
Colleagues over at SAP have done an awesome job and provide a lot of information and guidance on how...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/25/2008
Windows HPC Server 2008 for Free
Well, almost. It might have gotten lost in the buzz around the official launch of our V2 product on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/24/2008
Microsoft Employee Transportation
Starting on October 6th the Microsoft Connector bus service will expand its number of lines. In the...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/24/2008
meet me in LA
Is the slogan for the Microsoft PDC2008. I’ll be there and I don’t need any special reason. The...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/23/2008
Testdrive Windows HPC Server 2008
As part of the IBM Deep Computing initiative you can now test drive Windows HPC Server 2008 without...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/23/2008
One more good reason to go 64-Bit
On Windows. Yesterday Adobe announced that the latest Adobe Creative Suite 4 will come with full...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/23/2008
Favorite Posts of Week 38
What’s going on with me. First no favorites in 3 weeks and now one day late for last weeks...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/23/2008
Windows HPC Server 2008 is available today
Microsoft has announced the general availability of its latest version of the HPC platform Windows...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/22/2008
Buy a Cray Supercomputer for USD 25000
No way you think? Think again. Microsoft and Cray have joined forces to create an offer the HPC...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/16/2008
Favorite Posts of Weeks 35, 36 and 37
Oh my. I've been back from vacation for over a week now and still haven't gotten through all my...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/15/2008
More HPC love for developers on the HPC Show
Steven Newhouse and Wenming Ye have spent some time together producing a great series of technical...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/25/2008
HPC Webcasts in September and October
A bunch of technology webcasts coming your way in September and October. A team of subject matter...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/25/2008
Favorite Posts of Week 34
My collection of favorite blog posts from last week in no particular order. Intel backs...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/25/2008
IE8 Compatibilities
With IE8 Beta 2 ante portals people start talking more about the next major release of the Internet...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/21/2008
SBS 2008: Released to Manufacturing!
Congratulations to the team! Fantastic job! Today Small Business Server (SBS) Standard and Premium...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/21/2008
VMware now part of SVVP
As seen on The Console, VMware is now part of the SVVP. Welcome to the program! Recently Microsoft...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/21/2008
Microsoft and Cloud Computing
I was asked by a coworker what I think cloud computing is and if I could recommend some material to...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/20/2008
VHD Test Drive - Update
Time for an update on the VHD Test Drive program. The current program was launched in November 2007....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/19/2008