Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft : Server Center, Video

Windows Unified Data Storage Server

MichaelF — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:36:00 GMT

Today Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS). Built for mixed environments this solution is highly interoperable, without loss of performance in both NFS and CIFS environments. Remote administration is also provided both through Active X RDP and Java RDP Client Support.

This sounded interesting so 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.

Video: Tres Hill on Windows Unified Data Storage Server

Network Security Interoperability: Sam talks NAP/NAC with Mark Ashida

MichaelF — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:13:00 GMT

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. They also discuss Xorp and why Mark believes his is one of the most "open" groups at Microsoft.

As part of the announcement a whitepaper with details was produced and can be found here.

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Introducing Frank Chism: High Performance Computing Blogger on Port 25

MichaelF — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:00:00 GMT

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. In this interview Sam and Frank talk about Frank's background as well as some of his insights on HPC both past and present.

Look for Frank's first blog later this week or early next.

Video: Introducing Frank Chism: High Performance Computing Blogger on Port 25

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ServerCore: Where's the GUI?

MichaelF — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:01:00 GMT

Sam and Hank spend some time with Iain McDonald and Andrew Mason. In this interview they discuss Windows Server Core a command line controlled installation of Windows Server intended to simplify management and minimize the server installation for the four key server roles: AD, DHCP, DNS and File Server as well as others.. They discuss the architecture, why it was developed, comparisons with Linux and even show us the interface. They also spend some time drawing on windows while hanging out in a stairwell...

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The Hardware Vendor's Perspective

MichaelF — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:09:00 GMT

Anandeep Interviews James Jech, Senior Manager of Global Alliances and Business Development from Dell Inc's Enterprise Systems Group, to discuss how the evolution of hardware has impacted how users choose an operating system and how they deploy their infrastructure.

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Managing Global Infrastructure Services: Kishi interviews Arne Josefsberg

admin — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:17:00 GMT

Kishi Interviews Arne Josefsberg General Manager of Infrastructure Services in Windows Live Operations. He is responsible for the strategy, design and operation of the online infrastructure that forms the foundation for Microsoft’s online businesses. His areas of responsibility include: global data centers, networks, hardware and operating systems standards; and foundational shared system level services such as caching, load balancing, DNS, Active Directory, back-up/restore, remote management access, content replication etc.

During Arne’s 20 years with Microsoft, he has held technical leadership roles in a number of areas. His Microsoft career started as a Technical Manager on the team that built the Nordic subsidiary region business. Since then he has held management roles in Product Support Services leading OEM and ISV customer teams and OEM hardware compatibility certification; as well as leadership roles in Information Technology managing customer systems applications and IT infrastructure. As a member of the MSN 1.0 launch team, Arne gained early knowledge of the online services business building the dial-up access network as well as data center operations.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Arne worked in systems engineering at Intel Corporation specializing in CPU, operating system and software consulting for Nordic customers. Arne holds a Masters degree in Physics from the Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden.Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, as well as photography, reading and various forms of exercise including soccer, weight training and cycling. Arne shares some insight into the challenges faced when managing a global infrastructure and provides some tips for success.

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Compute Cluster Server: Sam interviews Ryan Waite to discuss Compute Cluster Server

MichaelF — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:47:00 GMT

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.

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IDMU....And You.

admin — Fri, 05 May 2006 20:16:00 GMT

Sam interviews Shamit Patel, Project Manager for Identity Management for Unix (IdMU), to discuss the current state of the project and solicit feedback from the Port 25 community to help shape future versions of the project.

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Want to learn more? Check out Interop Systems: UNIX Tools for Windows - another great community site for UNIX users, sysadmin's and developers who find themselves needing to interoperate with Windows and Linux systems.

Faces from the Collective: Shared memory anyone?

admin — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:00:00 GMT

Sam Ramji sits down with resident UNIX guru and Microsoft Architect Jason Zions to discuss the history of Windows and UNIX interoperability.

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Tom Kemp & Paul Moore: Integrating Linux, UNIX and Windows with Centrify

admin — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:40:00 GMT

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

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