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Monday August 10, 2009 in: Server Center by: Peter Galli with 1 comment(s)

Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2

Jason Perlow, a columnist over at ZDNet, has written a comprehensive review on virtualizing free Linux distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2. In his Tech Broiler column, Perlow notes that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer...more

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    Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
    by Peter Galli on August 10, 2009

    Jason Perlow, a columnist over at ZDNet, has written a comprehensive review on virtualizing free Linux distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2. In his Tech Broiler column, Perlow notes that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer... more

    MindTouch: Open Source Collaboration Built on .NET
    by Aaron Fulkerson on August 04, 2009

    It has been a while since I last guest wrote at Port25, which is always a pleasure. Today, I am writing about the latest MindTouch software release, codename Minneopa, which introduces three new innovative capabilities ... more

    Mindtouch: Deki, OSS and Windows
    by jcannon on July 16, 2008

    Our community knows that open source businesses are important to Microsoft. Nothing demonstrates this better than the fact that open source was a key theme in the recent Windows Server 2008 Launch. You can read more about that here . One of the individuals... more

    Is High Performance Computing naturally Open Source (ie. for tinkerers)?
    by anandeep on June 18, 2008

    I have always been fascinated by clusters. Some people envision working with desktops or workstations when they think of “working with computers”. For me working with computers was always with a large collection of computers in a back room somewhere.... more

    Technical Analysis: Security Considerations for rdesktop and Windows Terminal Services
    by jcannon on June 17, 2008

    Abstract : Microsoft Terminal Services provides an important set of functionality for remote administration and centralized application management. This service allows administrators to log in remotely and with full access to the system. Similarly, users... 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

    Linux and Windows Interoperability: On the Metal and On the Wire
    by MichaelF on August 13, 2007

    I had the opportunity to present at both OSCON in Portland and at LinuxWorld in San Francisco in the last three weeks – both O’Reilly and IDG were gracious enough to grant me a session on the work that Microsoft is doing with Novell, XenSource, and others on Linux and Windows interoperability. Overall our focus is on three critical technology areas for the next-generation datacenter: virtualization... 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

    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

    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
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