Archive for March, 2008

Configuring server 2008 by command shell commands for the real men under us!   Configuring an IP address   At a command prompt, type the following: netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces Look at the number shown in the Idx column of the output for your network adapter. If your computer has more than one network… »

On the site http://blogs.microsoft.co.il I found a configurator for the Windows 2008 Core server. If you don’t like to do everything with commandline you can use this tool. But don’t forget Real Men don’t Click:) Features: Product Activation Configuration of display resolution Clock and time zone configuration Remote Desktop configuration Management of local user accounts (creation,… »

Brain Madden posted a very nice discussion on his blog. Is VMWare still gonna be the market leader within five years from now and will they still exist? So for everybody who wants to attend this intresting discussion check it out here. Tweet This… »

HP now also offers a special server edition with XenServer embedded. Read this blog by Barry Flanagan where the technical details are explained. Tweet This… »

Today I took the Citrix 1Y0-259 exam and I passed it with 89%. Tweet This… »

It seems that there is a new version of Secure Gateway for Windows Server 2008. I found an article on the website of Thomas Koetzing.  Thomas Koetzing wrote on his blog; On the media CD of the Delaware preview there is also a version of Citrix Secure Gateway. Installing SG and looking at the files shows version 3.0… »

Yellow-Bricks.com posted an nice article today over how to virtualize Citrix servers in VMWare. Everybody knows the discussion wether to virtualize Citrix servers or not. Read the article here.   Tweet This… »

Last week Microsoft bought Kidaro a virualisation management company for almost $100m the rumors goes. Kidaro is a company that makes virtualization software and management tools that “package” Windows desktop images into VMs. On the website of Brian Madden you can read an in depth analysis for what this means for Citrix, Microsoft and VMWare. Check out the… »

There are two ways to prevent new connections to a CPS. 1. Disable Logons: The problem with this approach is that once the servers are disabled then the users with disconnected sessions can’t reconnect and also administrators can not connect remotely using RPD/ICA for maintenance purpose. 2. Use Empty Scheduling Rule Load Evaluator: Once this… »

Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1 Enterprise with Hyper-V Beta you can download it here. Tweet This… »