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Tuesday April 29, 2008 in: Server Center by: Sam Ramji with 3 comment(s)

Managing Towards Open

I have the privilege of interacting almost every day with technical and business experts who are creating the future of software—including both core engineering teams at Microsoft and thought leaders across a broad spectrum of open source communities...more

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    Managing Towards Open
    by Sam Ramji on April 29, 2008

    I have the privilege of interacting almost every day with technical and business experts who are creating the future of software—including both core engineering teams at Microsoft and thought leaders across a broad spectrum of open source communities... more

    PHP on Windows
    by hjanssen on March 04, 2008

    I have this really odd feeling of Dejavu. The last blog I wrote ( here ), I started by saying that I have been very delinquent with writing blogs. So what do I do? I continue to be very delinquent with my blogs! If anything, I am consistent! :) So, why... more

    Dominic Sartorio on SpikeSource and Open Source Interoperability
    by Community Contributor on February 27, 2008

    First, many thanks to Microsoft’s Port 25 Team for the opportunity to post today! Today SpikeSource announced the availability of five additional PHP-based applications on the Windows Server 2008 platform. Gallery, Mantis, Moodle, PhpBB and WebCalendar... more

    • Wednesday, February 27, 2008
    • in: Server Center
    • Community Contributor
    How open source has influenced Windows Server 2008
    by Sam Ramji on February 27, 2008

    When I think about what works really well in open source development and technology, the following things stand out: Modular architectures You can find these wherever you see participation at scale – and often a rearchitecture to a more modular system... more

    Technical Analysis: Installing Apache on Windows
    by jcannon on February 12, 2008

    Abstract : By many estimates, Apache is the world's most popular web server software, hosting more than half of active domains according to Netcraft. Typically, Apache is run on Linux or UNIX, but it runs quite well on Windows. This paper provides an... more

    Using Vista's Boot Manager to Boot Linux and Dual Booting with BitLocker Protection with TPM Support
    by MichaelF on October 13, 2006

    Today we are introducing Cyril Voisin, Security Advisor for Microsoft in France who shares his insights on booting Linux with Vista's boot manager and building a dual boot system with Windows Vista BitLocker protection with TPM Support...... more

    Windows Vista Beta/Linux IPsec Interop Testing
    by MichaelF on May 09, 2007

    This document provides an overview of LInux IPsec solutions as well as detailed discussions on configuring IPsec-Tools for interoperability scenarios between Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 and Windows Vista Ultimate Beta.... more

    MySQL on Windows: Configuration & Install
    by jcannon on March 16, 2007

    MySQL is an open source relational database management system which is typically used for light-weight web applications. This paper will provide an overview of configuring & intalling this software on Windows. MySQL does not have as many features as PostgreSQL, however, and one would expect it to perform substantially better than PostgreSQL on Windows because of its thread-based architecture (PostgreSQL... more

    How open source has influenced Windows Server 2008
    by Sam Ramji on February 27, 2008

    When I think about what works really well in open source development and technology, the following things stand out: Modular architectures You can find these wherever you see participation at scale – and often a rearchitecture to a more modular system... more

    Data Recovery Using Linux
    by MichaelF on May 24, 2007

    It's happened to me and I'm sure it has happened to you: your software won't load and your data is now trapped inside your PC. The problem may be a hardware or a software failure, and the problem may seem to be irrecoverable. Yet often Linux... more

    Windows Unified Data Storage Server
    by MichaelF on December 05, 2006

    Today Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS). We sent Hank to talk with Tres Hill, Sr Product Manager, to find out why this announcement is significant for IT professionals running heterogeneous environments... ... more

    • Tuesday, December 05, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    SendMail, Sender ID and 25 Years of EMail: Sam Interviews Eric Allman
    by MichaelF on November 17, 2006

    In the wake of the announcement that Sender ID will be included in the list of technologies covered by the OSP (Open Standards Promise) we spent some time talking with Eric Allman to get his thoughts...... more

    • Friday, November 17, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Network Security Interoperability: Sam talks NAP/NAC with Mark Ashida
    by MichaelF on October 26, 2006

    On September 6, 2006 Microsoft and Cisco announced the details of a technical partnership announced in October of 2004 focused on providing interoperability between the companies' disparate network security technologies: NAC and NAP. In this interview Sam digs into the details with Mark Ashida, General Manager of the Enterprise Networking Group...... more

    • Thursday, October 26, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Centrify's Paul Moore Fields Questions from the Community
    by jcannon on October 19, 2006

    Paul Moore sits down with Sam in this podcast, our second go around with Centrify. For those who don't know, Centrify builds software that provides access control and centralized identity management in mixed networks (yes, this can include Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac, J2EE and web platforms with Active Directory). This interview is a bit different as Sam runs through questions submitted to Port 25 from... more

    • Thursday, October 19, 2006
    • in: Media
    • jcannon
    Introducing Frank Chism: High Performance Computing Blogger on Port 25
    by MichaelF on October 18, 2006

    Today we are pleased to introduce Frank Chism. Frank is a Technology Specialist at Microsoft who has worked in the High Performance Computing space for 41 years. He is joining our team of bloggers and will contribute a monthly blog regarding HPC...... more

    • Wednesday, October 18, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Windows Unified Data Storage Server
    by MichaelF on December 05, 2006

    Today Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS). We sent Hank to talk with Tres Hill, Sr Product Manager, to find out why this announcement is significant for IT professionals running heterogeneous environments... ... more

    • Tuesday, December 05, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Centrify's Paul Moore Fields Questions from the Community
    by jcannon on October 19, 2006

    Paul Moore sits down with Sam in this podcast, our second go around with Centrify. For those who don't know, Centrify builds software that provides access control and centralized identity management in mixed networks (yes, this can include Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac, J2EE and web platforms with Active Directory). This interview is a bit different as Sam runs through questions submitted to Port 25 from... more

    • Thursday, October 19, 2006
    • in: Media
    • jcannon
    Tom Kemp & Paul Moore: Integrating Linux, UNIX and Windows with Centrify
    by admin on March 01, 2006

    Sam interviews Tom Kemp, CEO and Paul Moore, CTO, of Centrify, to learn more about how customers are successfully leveraging Active Directory and standards to create centralized identity management, account admin, single sign-on and more...... more

    • Wednesday, March 01, 2006
    • in: Media
    • admin
    ServerCore: Where's the GUI?
    by MichaelF on September 29, 2006

    Sam and Hank spend some time with Iain McDonald and Andrew Mason discussing Windows Server Core a role based installation of Windows Server...... more

    • Friday, September 29, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
    Compute Cluster Server: Sam interviews Ryan Waite to discuss Compute Cluster Server
    by MichaelF on August 18, 2006

    Sam interviews Ryan Waite, Group Program Manager for HPC, who was recently involved in the development and release of Compute Cluster Server. Ryan and Sam discuss how Open Source influenced CCS through the inclusion of Open Source in the product and contributions back to the community.... more

    • Friday, August 18, 2006
    • in: Media
    • MichaelF
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