Microsoft updates Solutions Accelerator for Windows 2008 AD DS February 27, 2008
Posted by Brenden Bryan in Active Directory, Microsoft.Tags: Active Directory, Domain Services, Microsoft, Terminal Services, Windows Deployment Services
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Microsoft recently updated their Solutions Accelerators Infrastructure Planning and Design series with information on Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services, Terminal Services and Windows Deployment Services. The Solutions Accelerators is the updated version of the Windows Server System Reference Architecture series that has been a tremendous source of information on recommended best practices in the past.
Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer October 3, 2007
Posted by Brenden Bryan in Active Directory.Tags: , Active Directory, Microsoft, tools
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Microsoft has released a new version of the old ADmap utility now named Active Directory Topology Diagrammer (ADTD). It requires a licensed copy of Visio.
If you need a quick way to document your Active Directory infrastructure at a high-level, this is your tool.
Nice blog post on Viridian in W2k8 RC0 September 30, 2007
Posted by Brenden Bryan in Virtualization.Tags: Microsoft, Viridian
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Here is a nice blog post with screenshots of the setup of Windows Server Virtualization a.k.a. Viridian.
A consultant’s decision to use VDI September 27, 2007
Posted by Brenden Bryan in Virtualization.Tags: application server, Microsoft, Terminal Server, VDI, VMWare
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Brian Madden has an excellent post that details his thought process as a systems integrator in working with one of his customers in deploying a complex solution of application streaming and desktop virtualization with the final result being a recommendation of deploying VMWare’s VDI instead of a Microsoft Terminal Server-based solution. Excellent read.
Windows 2008 RC 0 Customer Preview released September 25, 2007
Posted by Brenden Bryan in Virtualization.Tags: Longhorn, Microsoft, Viridian, Windows 2008
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Microsoft has released the bits for Windows 2008 RC 0, which includes the code for Viridian, the hypervisor built to compete with VMware.
I haven’t had a chance to install this version yet, but I’m eager to see what Microsoft has actually been able to do. I’m an ardent fan of VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3.0 and knowing the capabalities of that system, Microsoft has a lot of ground to make up to actually be competitive.
