Bart’s Blog

Use this procedure if you ever need a mandatory profile for your W2K8 remote desktop servers or Windows 7 based “appstations”. create a profile share on the fileserver (eg. \\server\profileshare$). Configure sharelevel security: Domain admins (FC) Authenticated users ‘(R) Create a local user on the server that will be used to create and customize the [...]

If you use Windows Search Server 2008 or MOSS 2007 as an enterpise search solution than you can easily use this search engine via Vista search or Windows desktop search. To integrate your enterprise search in Vista configure the policy Instant Search policy setting via local policy (gpedit.msc) or Active Directory GPO.     Or [...]

You can download hotfixes from the Microsoft hotfix self-service site if you know the related KB number. Use following URL format: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=KBNumber&kbln=KBLanguage Example: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=958011&kbln=en-us

Windows Powershell delivers a shell environment where you can use a bunch of different objects (WMI, COM, .NET framework) and their methods and properties from a command prompt. The shell provides strong output formatting and redirection. Finally you won’t have to switch to Perl anymore to make use of stuff like regular expressions. As a [...]

WSUS 3.0 is avalaible for download.   Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 delivers new features including an MMC-based user interface with advanced filtering and reporting, improved performance and operational reliability, flexible deployment options to improve branch office support, and more content access through the Microsoft Update Catalog site. Get all the latest info [...]

Virutal Server 2005 is able to run your virtual machines, but when you look at managebility and features the solution still has a long way to go. Longhorns hypervisor based virtualization will offer a lot more! Have a look at the hypervisor demo on Arlindo Alves’ Blog.

OK, I finally uploaded the IT Forum 2006 pictures to the Gallery section… It’s about time, I know. Yet again, our yearly trip to the top event for Microsoft infrastructure professionals was a success. Lots of interesting new products and technologies are coming our way (recently released or in beta): Windows Vista Longhorn Server Sharepoint [...]

During my beta tests with Windows Vista I discovered this nice freeware CD/DVD drive emulator tool. Daemontools didn’t do the trick anymore under Vista, so I had to look for an alternative. Virtual Clonedrive is a product of SlySoft. Just mount your ISO’s and access them from a virtual drive.   Features Supports all common [...]

As I wrote before, my webserver was running as a virtual server instance on the free VMWare Virtualserver. Meanwhile Microsoft also offers its Virtualserver solution (MS Virtualserver 2005 R2) for free and most of my test machines are installed via MS Virtualserver. Now I also wanted to run my webserver as a MS Virtualserver instance and I [...]

The Microsoft Windows Server System Reference Architecture contains reference architecture blueprints and implementation guides for different IT Services. These guides are a great asset for every IT professional. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/wssra/raguide/default.mspx