Mert's Desktop
This blog is about enterprise computing
Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate Available
Windows Server 2008 R2 RC has been released. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the next...
Date: 05/05/2009
Examine the 2007 Pandemic Flu Exercise to Protect your Organization Against Swine Flu
Download and examine the FFIEC’s “Pandemic Flu Exercise of 2007 After Action Report” immediately,...
Date: 04/28/2009
Gartner advise for Pandemic Planning
The recent swine flu outbreaks highlight the need for organizations to have pandemic plans in place....
Date: 04/28/2009
Microsoft Vine as a crisis communication tool during disasters and Swine flu like pandemics
Spreading in the United States, Canada and Europe, the Swine flu now displays “a significant upward...
Date: 04/28/2009
XP Mode for Windows 7
To ease the application compatibility issues for migrating to Windows 7, Microsoft is going to...
Date: 04/25/2009
Impressive Virtualization Case Study : 85% virtualized, 30:1 VM density
Impressive virtualization case study from Kroll Factual Data. Some highlights: · Able to develop,...
Date: 04/21/2009
How Can Virtualization Help Green IT
Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental and business benefits of adopting...
Date: 04/20/2009
Free Terminal Services Online Course
This online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Terminal Services...
Date: 04/20/2009
Free Virtual Machine Management Online Course
This online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Microsoft System...
Date: 04/20/2009
Free Application Virtualization Online Course
This online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Microsoft...
Date: 04/20/2009
Free Hyper-V Virtualization Online Course
This 2-hour online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Hyper-V in...
Date: 04/20/2009
Infection Rates of Windows Operating Systems
The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) has been released. It provides an in-depth...
Date: 04/18/2009
Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guides
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System...
Date: 04/16/2009
Free Exchange 2010 Training
Collection 6899: Exploring Features of Exchange Server 2010 This two-hour collection provides you...
Date: 04/15/2009
Sample Application Virtualization Assessment
Attached is a sample report produced using the MAPS toolkit. The Application Virtualization...
Date: 04/15/2009
Free Environment Assessment Toolkit
For my desktop deployment projects i recommend to use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit...
Date: 04/15/2009
Suite B PKI Planning and Deployment
There is a new whitepaper released which discusses the planning and implementation of a Microsoft...
Date: 04/15/2009
Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V
When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration...
Date: 04/14/2009
Sample Service Map for SLA
To draft the desktop SLA's its important you build a service map to identify the service componenets...
Date: 04/14/2009
SLA Template for Desktop Services
Attached is a sample desktop services SLA which i refer to my customers when they ask for it. Keep...
Date: 04/14/2009
Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines by Using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology
About 80 percent of server deployments in the Microsoft IT data centers are deployed as virtual...
Date: 04/13/2009
How Microsoft Designs the Virtualization Host and Network Infrastructure
At Microsoft, server virtualization has become a primary way to address data-center power...
Date: 04/13/2009
VDI Security - Using Encryption to Protect Virtual Machine Resources
Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) is a data protection feature included with Windows...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Hardening Virtual Desktops
The same security measures and hardening you would apply to a physical computer should be applied to...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Virtual Desktop Configuration
The following recommended best practices can help you enhance security when configuring virtual...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Role Based Delegation
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 implements role-based security to provide finer...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Securing VM Storage Devices
By default, new VHD files in the Public profile are stored in the...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Securing the Host Network
The configuration of the physical network interfaces of the computer running Hyper-V can help to...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Hyper-V Operating System Installation Type
You can install Hyper-V with either the Full or the Server Core installation options of the 64-bit...
Date: 04/12/2009
VDI Security - Securing Virtual Desktops running on Hyper-V
The following considerations and recommendations relate to configuring virtual machines on a...
Date: 04/12/2009
Hyper-V Attack Surface
An important part of Virtualization security is to secure the physical host which is Hyper-V in our...
Date: 04/12/2009
PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V
A great toolkit for Hyper-V management using PowerShell. Lots of Hyper-V functions which you can use...
Date: 04/12/2009
Sample TCO Study for Application Virtualization
I have done several Application Virtualization TCO studies for my customers and the results are in...
Date: 04/10/2009
Out of Band Desktop Management
IT aims to reduce downtime and minimize desk-side visits to further lower its desktop TCO especially...
Date: 04/10/2009
Microsoft Application Virtualization Best Practices Analyzer
The Application Virtualization Best Practices Analyzer is a diagnostic tool that verifies...
Date: 04/09/2009
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Design Guide
This guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that will help ensure a successfull...
Date: 04/08/2009
A comprehensive pdf on VDI
Here is a great VDI pdf on Microfot's VDI and desktop virtualization strategy....
Date: 04/07/2009
Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Fei Lu describes the Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technology in Windows Vista, and...
Date: 04/07/2009
VDI Forum
Please use the following forum for Microsoft VDI related questions. I will be following this forum...
Date: 04/07/2009
Virtualization and E-Discovery
Interesting article how virtualization technologies are effecting legal litigation and e-discovery...
Date: 04/07/2009
Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide
This guide includes information about hardware requirements and limits, supported guest operating...
Date: 04/07/2009
Sharepoint Virtualization
The Microsoft-UK services team recently posted an in-depth virtualizing SharePoint series. It is a...
Date: 04/07/2009
How to make RemoteApp show the application icon when starting
When you start a remote application using an RDP file, you typically see the default RDP UI while...
Date: 04/07/2009
Hyper-V Security Guide
This Solution Accelerator provides instructions and recommendations to help strengthen the security...
Date: 04/07/2009
MED-V v1 Released
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) provides deployment and management of virtual...
Date: 04/07/2009
App-V 4.5 Planning and Deployment Guide
The Application Virtualization Planning and Deployment Guide provides information to help you better...
Date: 04/07/2009
App-V 4.5 Operations Guide
The Microsoft Application Virtualization Operations Guide provides information and step-by-step...
Date: 04/07/2009
Scoping for App-V Sequencing
App-V is an emerging technology and there is always some uncertainty on how to scope the effort and...
Date: 04/07/2009
Best Practices for App-V Sequencing
We are doing several proof of concepts for Enterprise App-V deployments and here is the list of best...
Date: 04/07/2009
App-V Sequencer Workstation Configuration
The App-V sequencer is the packaging component of the App-V virotualization suite and its very...
Date: 04/07/2009