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C'est sur le blog de Windows qu'on apprend aujourd'hui que les utilisateurs de Windows XP vont commencer à voir apparaitre sur leur bureau un popup leur signalant que le 8 avril c'en est fini de leur OS tant aimé, de plus un logiciel conçu en partenariat avec Laplink sera là pour leur faciliter le transfert de leurs données. --> La suite est à lire sur le blog : http://www.comptoir-hardware.com/actus/software-pilotes/24282-microsoft-propose-un-soft-pour-migrer-facilement-depuis-windows-xp.html 

In these days of recession I thought it would be a good idea to sum up a couple of free tools which you can use designing, implementing and maintaining a VMware View Infrastructure. I’ve divided the tools in the following categories: Assessment Sizing Load balancing Optimizing User Environment Management Customization Client Monitoring Troubleshooting I would love to hear if you know of any free tools which can be used in or for  a VMware View Infrastructure. --> please see the rest on the blog... [Lire la suite]

Some thoughts about MS Exchange recovery possibilities. I’ve done quite a few Exchange Server installations in my carreer. Both physical and virtual. The installation and migration processes are quite ok, but when it comes to possible recovery (recovery of DB, recovery of e-mail accounts or recovery individual emails) there are many solutions. I’ll try to outline some of them. There are software solutions to get the DB recovered fast, but sometimes the recovery for exchange server needs to be done by experts working deeper than the... [Lire la suite]

Free tools for VMware and Hyper-V provided by Veeam software. Veeam Software continues to innovate and create great tools for VMware and Microsoft admins. There has been always some great free tools in the past present on Veeam’s website. (Remember FastSCP?). I think it’s time to recap which free tools are available, since recently two of those tools are just standing from the crowd… actually the second one is still in beta but has such a great value that it’s well worth to be mentioned. Those tools are free. No time limited... [Lire la suite]

EDIT 12/10/2010: Added a permissions section. As was discussed in the previous (related) blog post "Troubleshooting Exchange 2010 Management Tools startup issues", in Exchange 2010 the Management tools are dependent on IIS. As was discussed in that blog, we have seen situations where the management tool connection to the target Exchange server can fail, and the error that is returned can be difficult to troubleshoot. This generally (but not always) happens when Exchange 2010 is installed on an IIS server that is already... [Lire la suite]

Working as a systems administrator oftentimes requires you to interact with many different computers in a single day. One minute you're dealing with cranky users complaining about slow performance on their PCs and the next minute your soothing badly behaving domain controllers. Having to interact with so many different PCs makes it all the more advantageous to keep a core set of tools with you at all times. Many useful tools can be run from a portable storage device and some have even been specifically designed to run on portable... [Lire la suite]

Microsoft vient de publier Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) 2010 dédié à la migration vers Office 2010. Cet outil vous aidera à évaluer et migrer vos documents Microsoft Office. Cet outil se destine à tous les IT pro pour permettre la migration des documents Office 97-2003 au format binaire (doc, xls, ppt…) vers le format OpenXML des documents Office 2007-2010. Cette version possède des fonctionnalités permettant d’évaluer la compatibilité des macros avec Office 2010 et les versions 64 bits. Voici la liste des nouveautés de... [Lire la suite]

Cinq outils dans trois catégories:  configuration, stockage et réseau.Première catégorie, la configuration avec HVRemote.Comme son nom le laisse entendre HVRemote a pour objectif de simplifier ainsi que de permettre de diagnostiquer la configuration des machines hôtes Hyper-V pour en permettre l'administration à distance, pour y accéder c'est par ici. Seconde catégorie, le stockage et les disques VHD avec WIM2VHD et VHD Tool.WIM2VHD permet de créer un fichier VHD contenant une image SYSPREP de Windows 7/2008 SP2 ou 2008 R2 et... [Lire la suite]

My selection of freeware tools to manage your Virtual Infrastructure. Time to time is a good move to share with the others my tools that I’m using to manage and administer VI infrastructure, but not only… So there is quite a few of them. The list is not exhausted, feel free to comment and add yours as well… The rest on VLADAN's Site : http://www.vladan.fr/top-10-free-tools-to-manage-your-virtual-infrastructure/

Suite à une réflexion client qui souhaite sécuriser des serveurs ESX indépendants, voici un petit tour des outils gratuits et certains payants pour faciliter les tâches de backup/protection des VMs: esXpress v3.1 Features A noter chez le même éditeur un outil gratuit de monitoring ESX : http://www.veeam.com/esxi-monitoring-free.html Un outil concurrent gratuit de chez SolarWinds basé sur SNMP (donc incompatible ESXi, encore que...) http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/vm_monitor.aspx FREE SolarWinds VM... [Lire la suite]