Early this morning I downloaded the new WorldWide Telescope application from Microsoft Research. After exploring the galaxies, I decided this would be a cool screencast to demo the application for those of you that might not otherwise download, install and begin exploring. Your children are going to love this. Heck, you might have some fun,…
Tag: Screencasts
Matt Makes the Homepage of Edge
Matt Hester is one of the subject matter experts on my team in the Search and Sharepoint product mix. Recently Matt recorded a screencast on installing Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007 on Windows Server 2008. Specifically, he talks about how to slipstream the service packs into the install, in order to avoid Program Compatibility…
Windows Vista Screencast – Hyper-V Remote Management
By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the Remote Server Administration Toolkit (RSAT) that released and your ability to run those tools on Windows Vista SP1. Around the same timeframe, we shipped Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC0. A week after that, we shipped the RC0 tools that allow you to manage a Hyper-V role server…
Windows Server 2008 screencast – Bitlocker
My good friend Chris Henley has put together a very innovative look at Bitlocker. It’s unfortunate Chris missed the disco years at the Cat’s Meow in San Marcos, Texas. He would have really enjoyed it. However, those years are recorded vinyl history so you’ll have to relive them in the following screencast. Trust me, Chris…
How do you learn?
A recent Wall Street Journal article, “The New Workplace Rules: No Video-Watching” written by Bobby White highlights the fact that many people are watching videos at work. It’s even more interesting that the heaviest consumption of those videos takes place during the lunch hours. I worry about this for a couple of reasons. First, if…
Windows Server 2008 Core screencast – Installing Open Source Software
If you are going to run web workloads, you’d be remiss not to evaluate Windows Server 2008 and IIS7. In fact, Windows Server 2008 includes a Core installation option that is an excellent platform for a variety of computing workloads. One thing you might not have thought about is using open source software on our…
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V 10 Minute Tour – Redux
Windows Server 2008 is in the RTM process so for all practical purposes, it’s shipped. Inside is a beta of Hyper-V. Hyper-V will be setting the stage for a whole new wave of technologies so with that in mind, I thought I’d give you a quick peek at the product via a screencast video I…
http://edge.technet.com launches !!!
As you can see at http://edge.technet.com, we are launching a new online portal for IT Pros. Expect to see lots of content in the form of podcasts, screencasts and videos. I have some interesting stuff coming. My EDGE id is KingCobra. Head on over and register if you want a cool name, before all of…
Windows Server 2008 Core screencast series – watch all eight parts here
Windows Server 2008 includes an installation option we call Core. Core is a stripped down version of Windows Server 2008. It does not have a graphical shell like you’ve seen in Windows for years. But don’t let that fool you. Core is very powerful and allows you to create a server that does what servers…
Scope creep
Anyone who has ever developed a software product knows the term. Nearly anyone who has ever been responsible for project planning understands the term. People who work with other people to define a set of requirements for a contract understand it’s extremely difficult to have the magic crystal ball with pure clarity of vision at…