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September 2006 - Posts

Monday, September 18, 2006 1:37 PM

Performance Optimization for VMs

Collating together best practice tips for getting best performance from your VMs: 1. Software optimization: Install the latest Virtual Machine Additions: for Windows Server 2003 SP1 go here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a963433c-193b-41ac-af6e-ab7ab2db8541&DisplayLang=en

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Filed under: IT Pro, SCVMM

Friday, September 15, 2006 10:20 AM

How Microsoft IT Does Patch Reporting

The screen shot below shows an example of a production report for Microsoft IT patching, clipped from this PPT from IT Showcase . It is from the Microsoft IT main hierarchy a couple of weeks after Patch Tuesday. It uses an SMS 2003 Web dashboard, derived

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Filed under: Security, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro

Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:28 AM

VM Additions Update

It is not clear from the download location (the date on the page didn't change) but the latest VM Additions at https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=151&DownloadID=2202 include support for Vista Beta 2 . Others who downloaded

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Filed under: Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM

Friday, September 08, 2006 2:19 PM

How much free space is on my drive(s)?

Windows PowerShell guru Jim Truher has just blogged a nifty PowerShell way to check remaining free space on your drive when you are on the command line using the Get-WMIObject cmdlet. Check it out at Getting Disk Usage Information .

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Filed under: Tools 2 Use, Windows PowerShell

Friday, September 01, 2006 10:13 AM

About Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service

Here is some information from the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Beta 1 FAQ on the Self-Service feature which allows IT Pros to pre-authorize VMs so that users can self-provision. Virtual Machine Self-Service What is virtual machine self-service?