15 février 2009
Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Released
Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (announced a few days ago) has been released.
We would like to call out the following fixes included in this rollup:
1) Fix for a security issue which has been assigned a severity rating of critical. More information about the issue can be found in the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-003.
2) Fix to allow Internet Explorer 8 to be used for Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2007. This does not include the OWA 2007 S/MIME control. We are still working on some changes in the... [Lire la suite]
15 février 2009
Virtual Server to Hyper-V Migration Guide
For users who want to move virtual machines from Virtual Server to Hyper-V there are two resources you should be aware of.
The first is the Virtual Server to Hyper-V Migration Guide that is now available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd296684.aspx. This explains the process for moving a virtual machine from Virtual server to Hyper-V and outlines all the catches and steps involved. The second is the VMC to Hyper-V Import tool that has been developed by Matthijs and can be downloaded here:... [Lire la suite]
15 février 2009
Mounting VHDs with Windows 7
In Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 VHD support is now part of the platform. This means that you do not need to enable Hyper-V to mount and manipulate virtual hard disks. You can mount virtual hard disks directly on your Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 system in two ways. The first is to use the Disk Management UI:
Open the Start menu
Right click on Computer and select Manage
Expand Storage and click on Disk Management
Click on the Action menu and select Attach VHD
Enter the Location and name... [Lire la suite]
15 février 2009
Mike releases WIM2VHD
Mike Kolitz has just released "WIM2VHD". This is a tool that allows you to take the WIM file off of a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 install DVD and turn it directly into a virtual hard disk that can be used by Hyper-V, Virtual Server or Virtual PC. Not only is this handy - it is *fast*. Usually under 10 minutes to get up and running.
You can download the tool from here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wim2vhd
And you can read more about it (and see a video guide) on Mikes blog here:... [Lire la suite]
15 février 2009
iSCSI Configuration UI included in Hyper-V 2008 R2
Originally Microsoft Hyper-V only included the command-line tools for configuring iSCSI devices. Now, anyone who has had to use these tools (namely iscsicli) will tell you that they are incredibly complicated and are very hard to use. Now with Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 we have included the graphical interface for configuring iSCSI - which is much, much, much more simple and easy to use.
All you have to do is to type in "iscsicpl" at the command prompt and you will see the graphical tool for configuring iSCSI (output... [Lire la suite]
15 février 2009
AzMan et Hyper-V, ou comment déléguer l’accès aux machines virtuelles
Excellent article sur le blog de l'equipe support à lire absolument :-), bravo Guillaume
http://blogs.technet.com/windowsinternals/archive/2009/01/02/azman-et-hyper-v-ou-comment-d-l-guer-l-acc-s-aux-machines-virtuelles.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/fabricem_blogs/archive/2009/02/12/azman-et-hyper-v-ou-comment-d-l-guer-l-acc-s-aux-machines-virtuelles.aspx
15 février 2009
Recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Un article bien utile qui resume les hotfixes à appliquer en vue d'une installation de SCVMM2008
et oui s'est tout simplement dans la KB http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;962941
http://blogs.technet.com/fabricem_blogs/archive/2009/02/13/recommended-hotfixes-for-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2008.aspx