VolkerW's WebLog

Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw

The 64-bit Tipping Point

Intel recently (re-) published a somewhat old document from the 2004's, "The 64-bit Tipping...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/18/2008

Overwhelming interest in Windows HPC Event in the UK

Have to share this bit of information. As part of the Microsoft wide evangelism about Windows HPC...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/12/2008

Essential Business Server

What's that you might ask. Well, there's a new blog you want to check out. Eric Watson, the Group...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/12/2008

More Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 for Free

Thank you all for the email and for registering on the Windows HPC Community Portal. And yes, I have...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/12/2008

FolderShare got updated

Being a huge fan and long time user of FolderShare this is great news. Not only announced the...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/10/2008

Windows HPC Server 2008 CTP released

Today the product group has released the HPC Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP). This is...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/10/2008

Teched 2008, Call for session ideas on HPC

You're right, it's not that close. Except for us. Everyone involved in TechEd is heads down planning...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/10/2008

Corporate Email access on the iPhone

I guess you follow the live "feed" on Gizmodo: https://live.gizmodo.com/. If not, here are...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/06/2008

Two new HPC videos on Channel9

Last night Phil finished two more screencasts and uploaded them to the HPC Show on Channel9. All...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/06/2008

HPC Event in Washington, DC

Microsoft is hosting a one day HPC event in Washington, DC. The event is scheduled for March 19th...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/04/2008

Try Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 for Free

--- Please see update below --- You have checked out our community portal for HPC,...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/04/2008

Apple has passed Dell in the classroom

Tim Cook, Apple's COO, mentioned it at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium a few days...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/03/2008

Future in the Cloud

These days there's a lot of talk in the industry about cloud computing. This is no different inside...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/03/2008

I suck at Photoshop

That's a fact. And I gave up on it some time ago and am still stuck with Microsoft Digital Image...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/02/2008

Microsoft Windows Server Performance team blog

A new blog has appeared on the Microsoft TechNet blog website. The Windows Server Performance team...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 03/02/2008

VHD compatibility between Hyper-V and Virtual Server

Honestly I was shocked when I read John's recent post about "Are VHDs compatible between...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/28/2008

10 lives for Windows Live

Over at Windows Live Dev News David Treadwell shares exiting news for developers, especially for...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/28/2008

Windows Server 2008 Launch

Today's the day. Windows Server 2008 officially launches. The keynote is currently on and you can...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/27/2008

SharePoint WSS3.0 on Home Server

Of course we all know it is currently not supported. Be it as is may, there's plenty of good...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/24/2008

Installing Vista on a MacBook Air

Unable to resist I got myself a shiny, slim new MacBook Air (MBA). While I am used to Mac OS X, I...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/24/2008

Virtualization Starter

TechRepublic published an article about the" 10 things you should know about virtualization." If you...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/21/2008

Resources for HPC development – not only on Windows

Phil put together a collection of resources relevant for HPC development. I hope you find these...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/20/2008

Considerations when upgrading to Windows Server 2008

My boss Neil just published a post on "Application Considerations When Upgrading to Windows Server...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/19/2008

Microsoft Office Binary Formats - Availability under OSP

Brian Jones has announced the posting of the Microsoft Office Binary Format specs on this blog....

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/18/2008

Inexpensive Quad Core and Software

You are looking for very affordable hardware to build a (perhaps virtual) HPC cluster? You are...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/18/2008

Looking for a fun place to work?

Needless to say that I have an open position in my team. Focus HPC and MultiCore. Check out the job...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/13/2008

HP HPC Podcast Series

HP offers podcasts on HPC on their Rich Media Portal. So far they have 2 podcasts up for grabs:...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/12/2008

If the answer is 42, what was the matching question?

The Register posts about the fact that "IBM explores 67.1m-core computer for running entire...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/07/2008

Storage Options for Hyper-V

As always, Andrew beat me on this one too. Jose Barreto, he's technical evangelist in the storage...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2008

Windows HPC Server - Introduction to Job Templates

Job templates are defined by the admin and used by users when submitting jobs to an HPC cluster....

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2008

TechEd 2008

Did you know, registration is open. This year TechEd US follows the same successful model as TechEd...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2008

Inside Intel's Silverthorne ultramobile CPU

ars technica published an excellent summary of the features and capabilities of the new Intel...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2008

Daylong event to honor Jim Gray

Jim Gray is missing for over a year now after he did not return from a sailing trip. To honor him...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/05/2008

Running LINPACK on Windows Compute Cluster Server

Hot off the press: One of our HPC gurus, Xavier Pillons from Microsoft France, just posted a How-to...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/04/2008

Windows Server 2008 RTM

A Reason to Celebrate. From an evangelist point of view, today is THE day. Windows Server 2008 has...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/04/2008

Microsoft China HPC Team blogging

Blogging again I should say. Welcome back HPC China Team to the windowshpc.net community portal!...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/01/2008

MySpace at MIX 08

We all knew MIX is cool. But I guess these folks are always good for One more. Vittorio just...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/31/2008

Garmin Nuvifone

That's one of the reasons why I am convinced the industry needs companies like Apple. Why else would...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/31/2008

Simplify your work with Office 2008 (on Mac OS)

Now that is a nice way of promoting a Microsoft product. The Microsoft Mac team is always good for a...

Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/31/2008

Windows IT Pro took a first look at Hyper-V

Mike Otey from Windows IT Pro took a look at our next generation virtualization product. Looks like...