VolkerW's WebLogStuff mostly about Windows FundamentalsHyper-V RTM is today- June 26, 2008 What else to say Let the fun begin or - like Patrick says - "We&8217;re bringing the joy of the holidays back to you with the &8220;12 Days of Virt-Mas.&8221;http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/26/hyper-v-rtm-is-today.aspx New HPC Performance Tuning Paper Available- June 24, 2008 Aleksey Savateyev, one of the Microsoft HPC architects in the platform evangelism team, just released a new white paper on performance tuning for applications on CCS 2003. You can find this and many other valuable resources on the Microsoft HPC community portal. Go to windowshpc.net to find out more or download the paper directly. Abstract: This white paper discusses the factors that can affect your application&8217;s performance on a cluster running Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster...http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/24/new-performance-tuning-hpc-paper-availabl... Exchange Server support in virtual machines- June 24, 2008 On Scott Schnoll's weblog "Is this thing on" Scott provides details on the support for Exchange Server 2007 in Hyper-V hosted guest OS as outlined in a TechEd 2008 session earlier this month. Some key points of his post: Within 60 days of Hyper-V's RTM, the Exchange team will publish a detailed support statement for Hyper-V, and a TechNet article with best practices ... We're only supporting guests running Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008. All Exchange server..http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/24/exchange-server-support-in-virtual-machin... Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future- June 23, 2008 Don't miss this exclusive Channel 9 interview with Bill Gates. Hear Charles Torre asking questions and what Bill thinks about the life, the universe and the rest like: "What's on Bill's mind as he prepares to step away from his full time responsibilities at Microsoft What was his rationale for making the decision What was behind his decision to put Ray Ozzie in the role of Microsoft Chief Software Architect What does a CSA actually do Why is Microsoft so focused on competing with...http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/23/bill-gates-transitioning-into-the-future.... TechEd IT Pro is over Far from true!- June 20, 2008 Well, the actual event may be over but the Edge team is still publishing very interesting information from TechEd. See for yourself. And the list of videos and interviews is constantly growing. Make sure you check out The Perimeter and get in touch with like minded folks andor speak what's on your mind. http:edge.technet.comTagsTechEd08http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/20/teched-it-pro-is-over-far-from-true.aspx Virtualization or How Microsoft Does IT- June 20, 2008 In case you wonder how mature virtualization technology from Microsoft, namely Hyper-V, is, you should sign up for the upcoming life TechNet webcast "How Microsoft does IT: Management and Operations in Windows Server 2008". But be warned, this is a level 300 session and you should expect some deep technical information and details from David Lef, Microsoft IT Technology Architect, Microsoft Corporation. Sign up for the webcast. Session summary: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is...http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/20/virtualization-or-how-microsoft-does-it.a... Windows HPC - Playing with the big boys- June 20, 2008 Giovanni is convinced that Windows HPC Server 2008 is now playing with the big boys. Find out why and what IB, Network Direct and 2 GBsec have to do with it in his recent blog post. I thought the recent announcement was already proof enough or at least a good indication.http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/20/windows-hpc-playing-with-the-big-boys.asp... Windows HPC Server 2008 now in the top 25 of the Top500 List- June 18, 2008 We are very excited to share with you the news of a major achievement for the Microsoft HPC program.&160; Running Windows HPC Server 2008 the HPC Performance Team recently completed a Top500 run on the fastest HPC cluster at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). This specific cluster had previously established a Top500 entry at 62.7 TFlops and 70% efficiency ranking 14 on November 2007 Top500 list running Linux. NCSA offered to submit a Windows benchmark entry using the same...http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/18/windows-hpc-server-2008-now-in-the-top-25... Sweden, archipelagos and Teraflops- June 16, 2008 When I think of Sweden I think of the beautiful coastline and and thousands of tiny little islands along the Swedish coast. Not anymore. This morning IBM and Ume&229; University announced the most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe being installed at the university's supercomputer center known as HPC2N. Scientists will use the powerful system aka. Akka for basic and applied research. And guess what, they run on a beta version of Windows HPC Server 2008. Linux is supported too. While...http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/16/sweden-archipelagos-and-teraflops.aspx Who are these guys- June 13, 2008 Video taping yourself before you do your session at a major event Who does things like that The cool folks from TechNet Edge.http://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/06/13/who-are-these-guys.aspx |