FREE virtual event about Windows 7

Do you want more information on Microsoft Windows 7? Attend the Windows 7 virtual Partner Readiness Day on May 7th.

At this FREE virtual event, you will have the opportunity to learn about Windows 7 from Microsoft executives and product experts to help you prepare for new business opportunities. Register today to reserve your spot.

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Application Virtualization for Servers

On Tuesday at Microsoft Management Summit, Microsoft did a demo of Application Virtualization for Servers. The demo was described as a technology preview, meaning there's no plan of record for beta testing date.

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Windows 7 RC – Available

Windows 7 RC – Available on MSDN @ TechNet.
For you all with MSDN or TechNet Subscriptions, get it NOW!

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Information about TrendMicro

Recently, I've created a script to get information about server / workstation. This script writes all information (about hardware, software, settings,...) into XML file. I'd like to show up a part of this script. Create a text file and call it TrendMicroInfo.bat. Put the following lines (copy / past) into the TrendMicroInfo.bat:

@echo off
MD %SystemDrive%\INVENTORY\%COMPUTERNAME% > NULL 2>&1

For /f "Skip=1 Tokens=*" %%a in ('@ping -n 1 %computername%') do set line=%%a&call :ipa
endlocal&set $ip1=%$ip1%&set $ip2=%$ip2%&set $ip3=%$ip3%&set $ip4=%$ip4%
goto :EOF
:ipa
if /i not "%line:~0,7%"=="Pinging" goto :EOF
for /f "Tokens=2 Delims=[]" %%b in ('@echo %line%') do set ip=%%b
for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=." %%a in ('@echo %ip%') do set $ip1=%%a&set $ip2=%%b&set $ip3=%%c&set $ip4=%%d

set myip=%$ip1%.%$ip2%.%$ip3%.%$ip4%
echo Checking Local System with IP: %myip%
@ECHO.
@Echo Please wait....
@Echo.

SET RCOMP=%myip%
SET STOREPATH=%SystemDrive%\INVENTORY\%COMPUTERNAME%

SET UP_FROM_SRV=
SET Program_Version=
SET Engine_Version=
SET PatternDate=
SET Damage_Cleanup_Engine=

@echo ^ > %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml
@echo ^^en^ >> %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml
@echo ^%RCOMP%^ >> %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml

For /F "Tokens=3 Delims= " %%a in ('"REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\PC-cillinNTCorp\CurrentVersion" /v Server | FIND /I "REG_SZ""') Do SET UP_FROM_SRV=%%a
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims= " %%a in ('"REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\PC-cillinNTCorp\CurrentVersion\Misc." /v ProgramVer | FIND /I "REG_SZ""') Do SET Program_Version=%%a
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims= " %%a in ('"REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\PC-cillinNTCorp\CurrentVersion\Misc." /v EngineZipVer | FIND /I "REG_SZ""') Do SET Engine_Version=%%a
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims= " %%a in ('"REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\PC-cillinNTCorp\CurrentVersion\Misc." /v PatternDate | FIND /I "REG_SZ""') Do SET PatternDate=%%a
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims= " %%a in ('"REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TrendMicro\PC-cillinNTCorp\CurrentVersion\Misc." /v TSC-Ver | FIND /I "REG_SZ""') Do SET Damage_Cleanup_Engine=%%a

REM .......... TrendMicro ..........
@echo ^^TrendMicro^  >> %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml
@echo ^^%UP_FROM_SRV%^^%Program_Version%^^%Engine_Version%^^%PatternDate%^^%Damage_Cleanup_Engine%^^ >> %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml
@echo ^ >> %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml
REM .......... TrendMicro ..........

@echo ^ >> %STOREPATH%\%RCOMP%_TrendMicroInfo.xml

Now, when you execute TrendMicroInfo.bat, on a system drive (generally it's drive "C") will be created folder INVENTORY. Inside this folder you will find a folder according to the Computer Name and inside this folder should be a file, named accordingly to the "IP_Address"_TrendMicroinfo.xml

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Getting to Know Hyper-V

Felipe Ayora, Windows Server UA Technical Writer, talks about Hyper-V and HPC clusters.

Getting to Know Hyper-V with Felipe Ayora

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Cisco - Security Strategy

Cisco held a webcast yesterday (April 28th) where they discussed their security vision for the company.

You can get information about the presentation as well as find links to watch the presentation with slides....

Continue at Tech Stop

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VirtualBox 2.2.2

Sun released VirtualBox 2.2.2, a maintenance release. See the Change Log at...


http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

For a list of changes since VirtualBox 2.2.0. The binaries and the user manual can be downloaded here:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

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SSH Server in Windows Server 2008

For a long time, I've been using a SSH server. I really loved OpenSSH for Windows, but... I've moved to FreeSSHd.exe. Free SSHd is so simple as compared to others (especially as compared to OpenSSH in Windows) :).

If you are asking your "What is SSH?", here is a few words about SSH:

SSH is the secure shell, a standard defined in RFC 4251. It is a network protocol that opens up a secure channel between two devices using TCP port 22. This channel can also be used for SFTP and SCP (secure FTP and secure copy, respectively).

SSH is completely interoperable between different platforms. SSH could to a SSH server on a Cisco router from a Windows client, connect to a Linux server, and ....could connect to a Windows 2008 Server from an any SSH Client that runs on any OS.

By having a SSH Server on your Windows 2008 Server, we can:

• Remotely access the command line of your Windows 2008 Server
• Control the Server over the network
• Remotely manage Windows 2008 Server from any device that has a SSH Client
• Do all this over an encrypted connection

Here are a couple of the most popular SSH Clients for Windows:

• PuTTY
• Van Dyke - SecureCRT (commercial)
  

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VMware vSphere Overview

VMware vSphere is the industry's first (yes, I know, Hyper-V is also on the same market and I really love it :)) cloud operating system, transforming IT infrastructures into a private cloud—a collection of internal clouds federated on-demand to external clouds...

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VMware Data Recovery Demo

VMware Data Recovery provides complete data protection for your virtual machines.

Learn more about VMware Data Recovery at http://www.vmware.com/

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Antivirus for Windows 7

Microsoft recommends that you install security software to help protect your computer from viruses and other security threats, and that you keep your security software up to date.

The companies listed below provide security software that is compatible with Windows 7.

Important: Before you install antivirus Aoftware, check to make sure you don't already have an Antivirus product on your computer. If you do, be sure to remove the product you don't want before you install the new one. It can cause problems on your computer to have two different antivirus products installed at the same time...

Microsoft is actively working with the partners listed on this page and additional security independent software vendors (ISVs) to provide security software solutions tested on the Windows 7 Beta.

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BLADE Network Technologies

A short presentation on how blade server systems and blade switches from BLADE Network Technologies are changing the datacenter.

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VhdTool.exe - Create, Convert, Extend a VHD Quickly

A creation process of a Fixed Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) in Hyper-V is easy, but so time-consuming. The reason is that the hard disk space assigned to the VHD is wiped out...

You can use VHD Tool to create VHDs without having the time-consuming wiping of the hard disk space. VHD Tool can also be used to convert and extend existing VHDs.

Usage of VHD Tool’s:

VhdTool.exe /create [/quiet]
VhdTool.exe /convert [/quiet]
VhdTool.exe /extend [/quiet]

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App-V 4.5 Documentation

Recently I was asked, "Where to find the App-V 4.5 Documentation?" here it is :).

This is a core documentation set and includes:

Release Notes
Online Help for Client, Server and Sequencer
Planning & Deployment Guide
Operations Guide

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Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC

Windows XP Mode is specifically designed to help small businesses move to Windows 7. Windows XP Mode provides you with the flexibility to run many older productivity applications on a Windows 7 based PC.



All you need to do is to install suitable applications directly in Windows XP Mode which is a virtual Windows XP environment running under Windows Virtual PC. The applications will be published to the Windows 7 desktop and then you can run them directly from Windows 7.

Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC are best experienced on your new Windows 7 PC. We will be soon releasing the beta of Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate.

Source: The Windows Blog

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