Infrastructure snapshots
The place where you will find posts for Microsoft infrastructure articles, info, latest news and offcourse articles that i create!
How Microsoft IT Developed a Private Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft IT created an efficient, flexible Research and Development (R&D) facility that serves...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 08/18/2011
National Bank of Kuwait Virtualizes 75 Percent of Servers for 40 Percent Cost Savings
After decades of using mainframe technology, National Bank of Kuwait wanted a scalable server...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 08/12/2011
MEA Center of expertise internship program
Microsoft MEA Center of expertise is looking for 15 Fresh graduate for 5 month Internship program...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 08/12/2011
BEWARE THE VMWARE MEMORY VTAX; PLUS--GOOD NEWS FOR HYPER-V...
Jeff Woolsey published a great article about VMware VTax and Hyper-V 8, go and read the article here...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2011
HYPER-V NOW SUPPORTS RHEL 6.x/CENTOS 6.x
We are pleased to announce the release of the new Linux 3.1 Integration Services and support for the...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 07/27/2011
Datacenter gurus in MEA Facebook group
To all of the Datacenter gurus in MEA, feel free to join our Facebook group Datacenter gurus in MEA...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 06/08/2011
System Center 2012 CTP program
The System Center team is pleased to announce the Community Evaluation Program. The program is...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 05/18/2011
Enhanced Virtualization Support for Exchange 2010
We just released the post for the enhanced virtualization support for Exchange 2010 which include UM...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2011
ANNOUNCEMENT: FREE MICROSOFT ISCSI TARGET & HYPER-V.
Copied from the Virtualization blog One common refrain we hear from you is that you appreciate the...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 04/05/2011
Consolidating and virtualizing SQL Server using Hyper-V
Use server virtualization to consolidate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database servers to reduce...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2011
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta – Evaluation
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric management, virtual...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 03/23/2011
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture (with Service Pack 1)
This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2011
Announcing Jump Start: Microsoft Virtualization for VMWare Professionals (March 29-31)
Just one week after Microsoft Management Summit 2011 (MMS), Microsoft Learning will be hosting an...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 03/04/2011
Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now available
Microsoft has released Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to manufacturing....
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 02/22/2011
Study: Bing searches more accurate than Google's
Microsoft’s search engine Bing, and even Yahoo, are providing users with more accurate searches than...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2011
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Very interesting article about SCVMM 2012 on ZDNet...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2011
The Official Stance on Address List Segregation
Copied from...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 02/05/2011
System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP ver2.1 now available
the ConfigMgr extensions for SCAP have been re-reased, and are now available here The SCAP...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2011
Smarter Virtualization event - Kuwait
Kuwait February 1, 2011 Venue: JW Marriott, Kuwait City Agenda:...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2011
System Center Service Manager – Exchange Connector
The System Center Service Manager – Exchange Connector connects Service Manager to Exchange for...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2011
DPM 2010 White Papers and links
Lot are asking about DPM 2010 resources, here is a compilation of some links Planning a System...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 01/22/2011
January 2011 - Technical Rollup Mail–Manageability
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 enables businesses to align...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2011
8 million Kinects sold in 60 days!!!!
See the details of this news and other exciting news coming out of CES; please see the CES Virtual...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 01/06/2011
NEC Express5800/R320 servers bring fault tolerance to Microsoft Hyper-V environments
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/24/2010
Outlook 2007 support for Exchange 2010 personal Archives
Finally Outlook 2007 now supports Exchange 2010 personal archives, you need to install an update...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/24/2010
Considerations for deploying Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on Hyper-V servers
If you are using Hyper-V on computers on which you want to install this service pack, you should be...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/24/2010
SC VMM 2008 R2 SP1 Introduction
Nice article about SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 features, read the article at...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/23/2010
From 2010 to 2011: Walking the Cloud Talk
Interesting article from David Greschler “Director of virtualization and cloud strategy within...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/20/2010
A tool to verify that your AMT certificates are properly configured in ConfigMgr 2007
Found this on Steve Rachui blog, a tool he wrote that will verify that your provisioning and AMT...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/20/2010
Create Visio Diagrams and Word Docs of your Opalis Workflows
The "Opalis VSD Generator" lets you export an Opalis policy as a Visio diagram, and...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2010
How to easily test your remote SQL connectivity
Very nice article by Steve Rachui who explains how to quickly and easily test remote SQL...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2010
Multiple December Exchange Update Rollup Releases
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released a number of Update Rollups for versions of Exchange...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/14/2010
December 2010 - Technical Rollup Mail
December 2010 - Technical Rollup Mail – Manageability...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2010
How System Center Data Protection Manager works with EFS encrypted files
If you're protecting encrypted files using System Center Data Protection Manager then you'll...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2010
System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Hyper-V protection: Configuring cluster networks for CSV redirected access
Interesting article for DPM with CSV cluster...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2010
Exchange Server Deployment Assistant
New deployment assistant is released here...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2010
Financial Services Provider Chooses Hyper-V over VMware for Speed, $1 Million Savings
The record number of mortgage modifications over the past few years has meant record business for...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/09/2010
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 References
Copied from...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/04/2010
Lync Server 2010 Chm File RTM
This download contains a compiled help file (chm) of all the available Lync Server 2010 IT...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 12/01/2010
How to create TMG with SP1 your source bits for installation? (slipstream)
Nice post for Mohamed Saad,...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/30/2010
Demo any Virtualization Scenario with this Portable Setup
Great article by David at...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2010
Now Available – System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 RTM
Copied from...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2010
Robert's Rules of Exchange: Namespace Planning
Copied from https://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/11/22/456992.aspx. Many thanks for Robert Gillies...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2010
Whoa, Google, That’s A Pretty Big Security Hole
Interesting article about Google recent security hole...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2010
Who said ‘combine VMWare HA with Exchange HA’???
Great reference post at https://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/11/09/456851.aspx about misleading...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2010
Hyper-V Private Cloud
Microsoft just unveiled Hyper-V Cloud, a set of programs and offerings that makes it easier for...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2010
Exchange 2010 Sp1 Visio Template
The Exchange 2010 SP1 Visio stencil is available for download:...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2010
Bing “Likes” Facebook
Bing has connected with Facebook to make searching on Bing more social. Together, Bing and Facebook...
Author: Mohamed Baher [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2010