Clive Watson's Blog
Clive Watson, Hybrid Cloud Technical Specialist, Microsoft UK
Windows Server KB articles
Recent KB articles (or updates to) for Windows Server 842304 Printer performance is slow on a large...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/13/2006
Vista and booting issue resolution
I've been dual booting for a while whilst testing Vista, on occasion I've lost either Vista or...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/13/2006
PowerShell script editor
I sent this link to Brett (who managed blog about it first), this looks to be a good start the...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/12/2006
Windows Compute Cluster Server has RTM'd
The Windows Server Blog has all the details. The Register also made the point that the UK has been...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/09/2006
Question: Does Virtual Server support Longhorn Beta2 as a guest?
I recieved this question in the mail today: Does Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 1 support Windows...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/08/2006
New Networking and Access Technologies web page
There is a new Microsoft page for Networking and Access Technologies The site links you to long list...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/03/2006
Summary of WinHEC around Virtualization
Ben kindly created a Virtualization related summary of WinHEC 2006, here are the deatils:...
Author: CliveW Date: 06/01/2006
DFS MOM Pack for Windows Server 2003 R2
A DFS MOM pack for R2 was released yesterday, you can download it here. Thanks to Paul for the heads...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/31/2006
Another Virtual Server networking question
Ivan, sent me this question Is it possible to have special channel between virtual machines? For...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/25/2006
Virtual Server and NIC teaming question
Chris sent me this question: I have a load balancing team configured with 2 intel mt 1000 gigabit...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/24/2006
Virtualization @ WinHEC summary - keynote so far
From BillG's keynote today... There was a Windows Hypervisor demo, which showed a running Windows...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/23/2006
Carmine = System Center Virtual Machine Manager
This is something I’ve wished I could have blogged about weeks ago, still here are all the details...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/22/2006
MOM managment pack for File Replication and DFS
Last month we had the MOM pack for Virtual Server, now we have the pack for DFS and File...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/14/2006
CCS gets it's own Community site
There has been a new Windows HPC Community web site launched. VolkerW has all the details on his...
Author: CliveW Date: 05/02/2006
Windows Server 2003 Security guide has been updated
I just saw on bink.nu that we have posted an updated Windows Server 2003 Security guide. This...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/26/2006
Monad = Windows PowerShell
So "Monad" has just been given a new name of Windows PowerShell, at least it takes a bit of the...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/25/2006
SQL 2005 SP1, released
It only seems like 5mins ago since SQL 2005 launched, SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 is now...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/19/2006
MOM Management pack for Virtual Server 2005 R2, download available
We have made available the new MOM pack for Windows Server 2003 R2, you can download it here. The...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/14/2006
How to find a case study
Following yesterdays post about links, I thought I'd mention our Case Study Website, I've lost count...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/14/2006
Frequently requested links
These are the links I mostly get asked for after presentations, just to make your life easier (if it...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/13/2006
Nearly there...Scalable Networking Pack
Ian has long awaited news (no precise date but it's imminent) - this has been a very frequent...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/11/2006
How to simplify the creation and maintenance of IPsec filters - new support article & download
This article just appeared on our support site (7th April), I know from conversations the amount of...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/08/2006
Windows 2003 Storage Server - joins the R2 fold
Windows 2003 Storage Server R2 is now available (from OEMs), completing the line-up of the Operating...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/04/2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 is free, and Linux is supported...
Not the best kept secret I know (and so do you all by now), but the press release is here, In...
Author: CliveW Date: 04/03/2006
Vista, DFS-R and Blogs...
I’ve now completed my first full week of using Windows Vista on my primary laptop (still running...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/31/2006
Networking in Longhorn and Vista
I wrote recently about IPv6 and new features in "Vista" and "Longhorn" both of which share a brand...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/23/2006
New blogs
Some of you may have noticed I updated my "Microsoft Blogs" list recently (shame on you if you...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/23/2006
Network Load Balancing (NLB) and virtual machines - explained
Ben clears up any confusion you may have with Virtual Server or VPC and NLB in this article from...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/22/2006
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Beta – Part4
I just noticed on https://connect.microsoft.com/ that the Community Preview Release #3 is now...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/16/2006
Microsoft Announces “People-Ready” Business Vision
See the press release here on how Microsoft will in the coming year “apply its product portfolio and...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/16/2006
WSSRA - Virtual Environments for Development and Test
I just read the "Upstate-NY-Technology" Blog and noticed the last post which mentioned the WSSRA-VE...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/10/2006
Server and Domain Isolation - new datasheet available
A new Datasheet has just been posted, the direct link is here. Learn more about how Server and...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/09/2006
Wintarget acquired
Some of you may have come across an iSCSI tool called Wintarget from String Bean Software, it seems...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/06/2006
IPv6 - new website and IP futures
Did you notice that an IPv6 site came on line on TechNet recently, so take a look here for the...
Author: CliveW Date: 03/02/2006
Virtualisation - VPC & Virtual Server - video interview with the product group
I'm sure you hae already seem this video which was made available on channel9 this Wednesday. If not...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/18/2006
Branch Office Infratstructure Solution (updated for Windows Server 2003 R2)
Seeing as I've been asked for this link many times this week here is the BOIS R2 guide which was...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/17/2006
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Beta 2 – Part3
Not much progress to report this week apart from upgrading to Community Preview Release #1 only to...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/10/2006
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Beta 2 – Part2
If you have read part 1, then you will know that I left the installation partly incomplete (poorly...
Author: CliveW Date: 02/01/2006
Security Configuration Wizard - Blogcasts
Steve Lamb has started a Blogcast series on Security Configuration Wizard (SCW), so if you need to...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/31/2006
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Beta 2 – Part1
I finally managed to get my hands on some x64 servers to run Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/26/2006
Windows Server ABE and SIS
The Windowsserver blog has an article on Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration (ABE) and also...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/23/2006
MCE - what I missed the first time
Slightly off topic this - so if your not interested in Media Centre then stop here. You know...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/23/2006
DFS-R and Shadow Copy
John has kindly demonstrated that DFS-R is a replication technology, and that shadow copies can be...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/23/2006
New Year, more Windows Server R2
Sorry for the delay in posting (life wasn’t that hectic but I didn’t seem to find the time to post –...
Author: CliveW Date: 01/20/2006
Windows Server 2003 R2 on MSDN
Windows Server 2003 R2 can now be found on MSDN Subscriber downloads, ISO images for x86 and x64...
Author: CliveW Date: 12/09/2005
Virtual Server 2005 R2 officially launched today with new pricing!
Virtual Server 2005 R2 was launched today at IT Forum; John has the details as well as the new...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/15/2005
Windows Server 2003 R2 - What's new
This event on December 7th (and Webcast for those who can't get to Reading in the UK), covers the...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/14/2005
Virtual Server R2, pre-launch Clustering & iSCSI papers
The following whitepapers have been completed in preparation for R2 launch and are posted on the...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/10/2005
New: Weekly blogcast interviews
I know I like to get the bulk of my information from RSS feeds these days, but a blogcast often just...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/07/2005
MSIT webcasts on demend
The popular "How Microsoft IT does..." webcasts now include these recent ones. How Microsoft IT Does...
Author: CliveW Date: 11/02/2005