Windows Server 2008

This article considers Bandwidth, Service provisioning and ownership, Information Security, Data Integration and IT processes in the cloud computing age.

The next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 5.5— is now available for free download.

 Download MAP 5.5

Simplify planning for migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5. This multifaceted tool is now even better—with assessment for easier migration to the Windows Azure platform, heterogeneous database discovery (of MySQL, Oracle and Sybase instances) for SQL Server migration projects, Windows Internet Explorer migration assessment, and much more—MAP 5.5 includes new features to help you streamline planning for your next migration project.

Next steps:

·        Download MAP 5.5

·        Learn more about the MAP Toolkit

·        View the MAP 5.5 demo

·        Send your questions or comments to the MAP Team

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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus was selected the winner in the Help Desk category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Awards. Help Desk Pilot and IssueTrak IT Help Desk were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

This article discusses some of the issues that may arise when trying to customize the default user profile in Windows 7.

We want to hear from you and get your feedback.  What are the challenges that you face – technology, business, and environmental – in managing your Branch Office and/or Mid-Sized business IT infrastructures?  Use the comments below and join the discussion!

 

From our research we have identified 5 areas where our customers have expressed increased concerns:

·         Enabling an increasingly mobile workforce

·         Working within the constraints of tightening IT budgets

·         Disaster recovery and data backup planning

·         Providing secure and highly available server operating systems

·         Reducing hardware costs and providing more, easily managed, services

We want to help you solve these challenges, but first we want to know if you agree with our initial findings.  Over the next several months we will be collecting your feedback and proposing solutions to help solve these challenges.  We will also highlight other ideas and solutions that are geared towards helping those managing Branch and Mid-Market IT infrastructures.

 

Who are we?

I’m Mike van de Merwe – a 10 year Microsoft veteran representing the Mid-Market customer voice in the Windows Server organization.

And I am Manisha Patel - representing the voice of the Branch Office customers in the Windows Server organization.

 

This article lists the default startup mode for Windows 7 services and possible settings that improve performance.

New Blog published on how to resolve an issue with Remote Desktop Services, “Remote Desktop Disconnected” or “Unable to Connect to Remote Desktop (Terminal Server)”.

In an effort to keep our Windows Server community informed and up to speed on any new technical content on some of our top support issues, we published the above blog post. It contains links to new Support Knowledge Base Articles (KB's) with detailed instructions on causes of the above error messages and steps to resolve the issue. We hope that these blog articles help communicate and spread the word on the top issues and solutions so that many of our customers can find quicker solutions to issues that can pop up and hopefully prevent the issues from ever occuring in the first place.

In this article about Remote Desktop Services, one of the recurring issues seen in product support is why a client cannot connect. Specifically, errors such as “Unable to RDP,”  “Remote Desktop Disconnected,” or “Unable to Connect to Remote Desktop (Terminal server)”  are common problems that we have seen come up in product support.

This article summarizes the various causes for Terminal Server Client (Remote Desktop Client) connection failures and how to fix them.

Thanks and we hope this blog post was helpful.

Kevin Beares
Senior Community Lead - Server and Cloud Division

Deb Shinder reviews Spiceworks Network Management Solution.

In this article, we'll review some connectivity and security features and concerns of deploying Windows Phone 7 on your network.

This article discusses the pros and cons of Private Clouds.