Jun 03 2010

Recap: System Center Opalis Training

Tag: InfrastructureJason Sharp @ 2:11 pm

I was invited to join the Microsoft product team (formerly the Opalis product team) in Redmond for System Center Opalis Training.

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May 19 2010

MMS 2010 Recap—Manage the Future: Desktop to Cloud

Tag: InfrastructureJason Sharp @ 2:03 pm

I attended the Microsoft Management Summit 2010 a few weeks ago.  I learned quite a bit, so I decided I’d fill everyone in.  Here goes….

First, the vision: Desktop to the cloud. 

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Mar 15 2010

Microsoft TMG 2010 Solution

Tag: InfrastructureJason Sharp @ 2:14 pm

Recently, I replaced an appliance-based Internet content filter with a Microsoft Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 solution.  Having worked with the previous versions, Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), I was pleasantly surprised by the new features, and the simplicity in which they can be implemented. 

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Nov 24 2009

Virtualizing Domain Controllers on Hyper-V 2008 R2 – Lesson Learned

Tag: InfrastructureJason Sharp @ 8:21 am

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a new and improved version of the hardware virtualization hypervisor, Hyper-V.  With the performance of virtualization matching that of hardware in many cases, servers such as domain controllers and utility servers are often the first to go virtual. 

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Mar 11 2009

Building the Perfect Image

Tag: InfrastructureJason Sharp @ 3:20 pm

 

Having been involved with desktop deployment for nearly 10 years, I can recall numerous projects based around crafting the “perfect” image to work on any hardware.  With Windows XP and above, this is entirely possible… but no longer has to be the large chore that it was even a few years ago.  With new tools from Microsoft desktop deployment, image creation, and building that perfect image can now be done quickly and easily.

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