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Windows Server virtualisation - solution scenarios
The powerful new Windows Server Virtualization infrastructure will be a core feature in Windows Server codename "Longhorn". This session covers the right scenarios for server virtualization, how to identify virtualization opportunities, and the longer term strategy and roadmap for Microsoft's virtualization technologies. In this session, we will also focus on the four main solution areas for Windows Server Virtualization and provide best practices on how to evaluate the requirements for a specific virtualization solution and some key tips and tricks for effective deployment of Windows Server Virtualization.
Windows Server 2008 Deployment Overview
Windows Server 2008 deployment will leverage many of the core concepts and tools provided in Business Desktop Deployment 2007 and extend those to Windows Server 2008. The new accelerator will offer comprehensive role-based guidance for all phases of deployment, aligned to IT Service Management best practices. It will also take advantage of new deployment features in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. This session introduces you to the differences between Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000 deployment, and what is in store from the Solution Accelerators Team for automating Windows Server 2008 deployment.
Managing Windows Server 2008 with Server Manager
Windows Server 2008 makes significant improvements in server manageability with a one-stop administrative solution called Server Manager. This streamlined management tool allows IT administrators to complete setup of Windows Server using the Initial Configuration Tasks page, and configure and manage server roles and features with prescriptive wizards and a unified management console. Server Manager is built on the Service Modeling Language (SML) platform, used to model complex IT services and systems in software, including structure, constraints, configuration, and best practices. This session presents and demonstrates the configuration and management capabilities of Server Manager, and discusses how Server Manager as an administrative solution leverages the model-based management infrastructure provided by the SML platform.
Microsoft.com: Employing Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Services 7 As a Next Generation Platform for SaaS Web Applications
Get the latest technology and architectural information about Microsoft's corporate Web site and many other hosted business services such as Microsoft Update, MSDN, TechNet, and Communities. The system engineers share how they are leveraging the next generation Web platform stack including Windows Server 2008/Internet Information Services 7, SQL Server 2005, SharePoint/Microsoft Office SharePoint Services, and System Center Operations Manager.
Using Group Policy with Windows and Windows Server 2008
This scenario-based walkthrough uses a series of demonstrations to offer an in-depth understanding of new and enhanced Group Policy functions in Windows Vista, and plans for the Windows Server 2008 timeframe. This session showcases Windows Vista as a Windows Vista Group Policy administrative workstation. Learn about new Group Policy features in Windows Vista, including the new format and functionality of Administrative Template (ADMX) files (and interop with legacy ADM files), the ADMX central store, improved awareness of changing network conditions, using multiple local Group Policy Objects (MLGPOs), and Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) integration into the operating system. Demos include using the new event viewer ("Crimson"), and showcase a selection of the hundreds of new policy settings delivered with Windows Vista. Finally, we provide an introduction to the products acquired from DesktopStandard and discuss their future availability and roadmap.
Windows Server Longhorn
Microsoft will discuss the key platform features of the upcoming Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" release. We aren't saying it slices bread, walks on fire, or leaps tall buildings in a single bound, but it does come with quite a few solid and cool things. This talk focuses on Windows Server "Longhorn" as a general-purpose server platform, offering ease of deployment, creation of manageable and secured server environment, and other features that make Windows Server "Longhorn" an ideal platform for IT server solutions. We'll also have a discussion of future server platform hardware technologies where we are focusing our engineering efforts.
The 10 Most Important Things About Failover Clustering
Failover Clustering in Windows Server Longhorn (formerly known as Microsoft Cluster Service, or even "Wolfpack") has undergone significant enhancement from previous versions, and as a result what you knew about Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2003 may no longer be applicable. This presentation will highlight ten major areas of change, and how to make them work for you.
Virtualization in Windows Server
The session features a discussion of the virtualization technology roadmap and an outline of Microsoft's vision for how these technologies will combine with future capabilities in processors, chipsets, and I/O devices to enable unprecedented flexibility by the Windows Server platforms.
Power Management: Windows Server
This session discusses the power management features in Windows Server. It details the motivation for power management in server systems, the importance in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO) and environmental impact, and what can be achieved today in Windows Server 2003 SP1 through Windows Server Longhorn. It concludes with a series of insights into the challenges that face future server platform designs.
Dynamic Partition: Windows Server
This session discusses the new dynamic partition capabilities in Windows Server Longhorn. Hardware partitioning enables customers to create multiple isolated hardware environments on the server, each able to host a Windows Server operating system and applications. In a dynamically partitionable server, changes to the partition configuration can be implemented without interrupting operation of the applications in the affected partitions. This scenario requires the server to dynamically interact with the Windows Server Longhorn operating system in each partition to enable the operating system to process the requested hardware change to the partition. Details of this support in Windows Server Longhorn will be presented, and a demonstration of a dynamically partitionable Windows Server Longhorn will be shown.
Windows Server 2008 Kernel Advances
This session, presented by the co-author of Windows Internals (Microsoft Press), goes beneath the surface to explore the new features and enhancements in the Windows Server 2008 operating system to improve security, scalability and reliability. Learn about cycle-based scheduling, hot-plug CPU and memory support, self-healing NTFS, I/O priorities, kernel transaction manager, service security improvements, Address Space Load Randomization, and more.
Living the Longhorn Life: What's Up With Windows Server 2008
Microsoft released the new desktop, Windows Vista, in November 2006... but that's just the start. A new version of Server's right on its heels -- formerly code-named "Longhorn Server". Windows Server 2008 will pack a ton of new stuff, from some really good news in Active Directory to some nifty new deployment tools, a quarantine system that'll help you keep the worm-ridden systems off of your network, a revamped Web server, and a few truly long-awaited changes in group policy. How to find out about all of this? Well, you could download a few terabytes' worth of white papers and start sifting through them to separate the wheat from the chaff, or you could attend this short talk by Mark Minasi, the guy who's been explaining new operating systems since Windows 1.0. Come to this talk and find out why Server Core may be your favorite new piece of software!
Active Directory Domain Services in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Active Directory Domain Services in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 includes new features and enhancements that are focused around the fundamentals: improved security, reliability, performance, reduced operational complexity, and increased deployment flexibility. This session presents the Windows Server 2008 features in Active Directory.
10 Cool Things to do with the Powershell
This demo shows some of the neat things you can do with PowerShell with regards to server administration. There are 10 demos you can run through ranging from simple queries for services to enumerating information in Active Directory. Some of the scripts use lists of computers, some prompt for a computername. Each script shows a different thing you can do with PowerShell to quickly create administration scripts.
Securing Branch Office User Accounts
In this demo you will see several ways that user accounts in a branch office can be secured. Branch offices traditional are a place of high risk for domain controllers. Placing domain controllers in branch offices good for functionality and productivity, but bad for security. This demo shows how you can place a domain controller in a branch office, and take measures to make those branch office accounts more secure. The demo uses a combination of BitLocker, RODC, Fine Grained Password Polices using a tool from Special Operations Software, and Admin Role Seperation to achieve this goal.
Allowing External Users to Manage IIS7 Web Applications
Web servers are one of the services that most often are in need of remote administration by an external consultant. Many companies outsource web development activities and as a result, need to grant external users access to both manage content and configuration on their web servers. IIS 7 includes a new management service which addresses this need and TS RemoteApp provides a secure way to make management tools available outside the firewall. This demo shows how you can configure the management service, work with feature delegation, and connect to IIS Manager from outside the firewall using TS RemoteApp.
Enabling a Remote Workforce
This demo illustrates how the collection of tools and technologies in the Windows Presentation Virtualization scenario enable companies to deploy and manage remote workforces. The demo contains demonstrations of TS Gateway for internal desktop and application access, TS Web Access as an internal application portal functioning on top of TS Gateway, and TS RemoteApp. The goal is to show how seemless the experience is for the remote user who wants to run applications and tools using Presentation virtualization.
Server Core Remote Management
This demonstration highlights the benefits of Server Core, with its low overhead, and highlights how it is easy to manage Server Core with the new management tools and technologies included in Windows Server 2008.
Springboard Live #1
Still undecided about Windows Vista? Mark Russinovich and a panel of experts for a discussion on adopting Windows Vista into a desktop infrastructure. The panel features subject-matter experts and IT pros from around the world who have tackled Windows Vista deployment-hear about the challenges, workarounds, and tips and tricks they have learned along the way.
2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide
Join MS executives Bret Arsenault, GM National Security Team and Chase Carpenter, Principal Product Unit Manager, Solution Accelerator team as they discuss the best practices, prebuilt security configurations, and automated tools available within the Office Security Guide that lets you deploy the right Office security settings across your organization in minutes, instead of hours or days.
Terminal Services - Overview
In this video, Matt Hester gives you a general overview of the new features available with Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services.
Terminal Services - Gateway Server
In this video, Matt Hester talks about terminal services gateway service, which enables a secure scenario and authorize remote users to connect to resources on another network.
Terminal Services - Remote Apps
In this video, Matt Hester talks about the remote app. capabilities inside terminal server, that allow us to share out apps across the different areas in our environment.
Terminal Services - Gateway Server Monitoring
In this video, Matt Hester talks about terminal service gateway monitoring capabilities, specifically around the auditing events.
Terminal Services - Web Access
In this video, Matt Hester talks about remote app. capabilities built into Windows Server 2008 terminal services, specifically the terminal services web access component.
Terminal Services - Gateway Server and NAP
In this video, Matt Hester talks about enhancing security within the terminal services gateway server, called the network access policy services.
Windows Server 2008 Initial Configuration
In this video, Keith Combs shows you the initial configuration tasks that need to be completed once you install Windows Server 2008.
Windows Server Virtualization 10 Minute Tour
In this video, Keith Combs discusses a general overview of Windows Server 2008 Virtualization including how you create and manage virtual machines.
Windows Server 2008 - Granular Password Policies
In this video, Chris Henley shows you a new feature in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory that allows you to set additional password policies beyond the domain settings.
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ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL ELECTRONICS HOLIDAY RECYCLING PROGRAM
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Tis the season for recycling all the old unwanted electronic items cluttering our homes.
FREE RECYCLING DROP OFFS DEC. 10th thru FEB. 2nd
Households only. No business e-waste. Nominal fee for televisions. All hard drives are sanitized or destroyed. No appointments necessary. Some restrictions apply. Prior programs excluded.
1st Priority Computer Svcs - 2 Exchange St. Phelps, NY 14532 - M-Th 8-5,Fri 8-4:30
For a complete list of locations and other details see the website at http://www.ewaste.com/partners.php
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MTV
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MTV is our internal TV station that runs on Channel 87 within the school district. Some of the hardware the students use to keep it running are listed below:
DataVideo Digital Video Switcher SE-800
Behringer Audio Mixer UB2222FX-PRO
Panasonic Camera AG-DVC-60
Drake Agile Video Modulator VMR806AG
PolyCom
Microphones
Stereo to Mono
Laptop Computer
VCR/DVD player
Instructions on how to set up the studio can be found by clicking here.
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Projector lamps
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- Allow at least five minutes for the fan to properly cool off the unit before unplugging it and storing the projector.
- Don’t obstruct the air intake or exhaust vent. Also, keep the exhaust vent at least two feet from any object.
- Clean the projector’s air intake filter every three to six months, or more frequently, based on your operating environment.
- Run your projector frequently for two weeks and/or 20 hours after your purchase. If the lamp is going to fail, it will usually occur within the first 10 hours of operation. Lamp warranties typically last 90 to 180 days from the date of purchase, not from the first installation.
- When you purchase a replacement lamp for your projector, remove the existing lamp and use it as your spare.
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ELearning Symposium
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I attended the ELearning Symposium on Octover 13 and 14 (2005) and I would like to share some of the things that were discussed.
http://www.ima-art.org/ - take a virtual trip to the Indianapolis Museum of Art with the district distance learning equipment.
epals.com - this site helps you connect to other classrooms all over the world.
skype.com - make free calls from your computer to antone with skype anywhere in the world. Language Arts teachers can communicate with French and Spanish speaking classes. Parents can dial into a classroom to listen to there children making a class presentation.
moodle.org - this is an open source course management system to help educators create effective online learning communities. It has a similiar look and feel to our current web site. R&D at Midlakes on this will start soon.
unitedstreaming.com - digital video-on-demand service brought to you by Discovery Education. If you do not have an account I will send you a passcode to create your own account.
gsn.org - The Global School Network - GSN has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984. Global SchoolNet's free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities, lessons and special offers from Global SchoolNet partners.
Wiki Encyclopedia - This is a great example of a community based free resource for all th share. It is a Enclopedia that is editable by everyone.
Alan November - Alan is into creating a new culture of teaching and learning, unfortunetely it doesn't happen overnight.
Podcasting was a popular theme at the symposium. Podcasting is a method of publishing audio files to the Internet. Those files can be easily downloaded to an iPod and listened to at a later time. (Reminds me a lot of the olf fashoned cassette tape recorder)
Moodle - Open source software is getting more popular with some school districts. Moodle is a software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites. It's an ongoing development project designed to support a social constructionist framework of education. The New York Moodle Moot can be found here.
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Office Clues
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Geek Squad
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A Wireless Home is a Happy Home
<p>If your home isn’t connected – you’re living under house arrest. Let us help you tear down walls. Blur the line between office and living room. Bring the backyard in. Turn convention inside out. Share files across the house, trade machetes across a multi-player video game and then finish it up by watching It’s A Wonderful Life in HD on your home theater system. The evolution is here.</p>
Backing Up Your Data
<p>Always Have a Back Up For many civilians, losing vital intel to a system crash is the biggest threat they face. Fortunately, preventing unexpected data loss is as simple as storing crucial information in multiple areas.</p>
Cable vs. DSL Internet Connections
<p>Cable vs. DSL You can connect to the internet using a modem. Two most widely used broadband modems that transmit analog information and convert it to digital for this purpose are DSL and cable, each with</p>
Data Protection Basics
<p>Data Protection Basics — Where To Begin MISSION BRIEFING In today's online and connected world, civilians can become overwhelmed by the multiple facets of maintaining their data security. When we lose precious information, whether to a</p>
Choosing and Setting Up a Wireless Network
<p>Going Wireless Home networks are efficient and convenient, but the mess of wires and cables involved can hold you captive to a few locations in your home. Agents report that by using the Wireless Network Setup</p>
Video Game Rating Symbols and Content Descriptors
<p>A Guide to ESRB Video Game Ratings and Descriptors What do those big black letters on the front of your video game box mean? That’s the rating assigned by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to</p>
Identity Theft Safe Tips
<p>Identity Theft Safe Tips Intelligence Operatives Scott Flaskerud Case File Subject Identity Theft File Under Identity Theft, Credit Report, Fraud, FTC, Spyware, Virus MISSION BRIEFING Wielding nefarious technology, hackers are lurking across the Internet in hopes</p>
Computer Network Troubleshooting
<p>Network Frustration Busters A home network is a great way for civilians to share files and resources among multiple PCs, but network annoyances can creep up in places you'd never expect. Fortunately, agents have developed solutions</p>
Identity Theft – Phishing
<p>Identity Theft – Phishing What is Phishing? It a form of online identity theft where an individual or company attempts to fraudulently acquire personal and or private information from a user — such as passwords, account</p>
Protect Against Spyware
<p>Protect Against Spyware MISSION BRIEFING The latest reports from industry analysts estimate that 90% of computers connected to the internet are now infected with some form of spyware. To prevent this widespread problem that continues to</p>
Secure Passwords
<p>The Keys to a Secure Password Rookie mistake Many civilians use short, simple passwords to access their online accounts. This puts them at significantly higher at risk of security breach by hackers. To increase password security,</p>
Extend Your iPod Battery Life
<p>Tips to Extend Your iPod Battery Life A rising number of civilians have experienced unexpectedly short iPod battery life. Agents know why it happens—and can suggest alternative playing strategies to stretch battery life to its fullest.</p>
iPod Troubleshooting Tips
<p>Troubleshooting basic iPod problems My iPod will not turn on This can be caused by several possibilities. Check each one in this order to find out what's wrong. Make sure the “hold” switch is off The</p>
DTV Transition
<p>By law, all local television broadcasts will become digital. In addition to providing a better viewing experience, digital transmission will also free up air waves for wireless communications used by public safety agencies during emergencies.</p>
<p>You’ll see a dramatically clearer picture, better sound quality and enhanced services such as closed captioning and multicasting.</p>
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Cool Downloads
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