An Intel Modular Server Has Arrived Here

Recently, a lot of our posts have focused on the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 cluster that we prepared here in the shop. We went on to deliver and set up that cluster on site a little over a week a go.

Things have been going quite will there and they have noticed a _huge_ increase in their overall network and line of business application performance.

Since we were in close contact with a few key Intel folks during the whole configuration process we dropped the question about having an Intel Modular Server sent to us for demonstration purposes.

We have received a base demo unit that requires some tweaking as far as the setup is concerned before we can move forward with it.

Thanks to Colt Flitton at Intel that put us in touch with David Perez who is on the Intel Modular Server team. Between the two of them we received awesome guidance on working with the IMS product.

And now, we will have a demo IMS here in the shop for the next month courtesy of Intel!

We are hoping that time allows for the following things to happen with the IMS here in the shop:

• A series of cluster configuration LiveMeetings.
• The SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 live migration LiveMeeting.
• Got any ideas? :)

We are pretty excited to have the unit here and are looking forward to developing some good Hyper-V clustering resources while it is here!

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book

*Our original iMac was stolen (previous blog post). We now have a new MacBook Pro courtesy of Vlad Mazek, owner of OWN.

Windows Live Writer

Steve Ballmer’s Windows 7 Launch Event Keynote

Didn’t catch this morning’s Windows 7 Launch keynote by Steve Ballmer?

• Windows 7 Launch Event On-Demand Keynote

Mr. Ballmer gets introduced by Kylie who is the little girl in one of the I’m A PC ads.

It is a really good all around presentation on Windows 7 along with demonstrations of the various Windows 7 features with various PC and PC Component products.

The keynote runs at 54 minutes, so keep that in mind when it comes to checking it out.

• YouTube: Kylie’s I’m A PC Ad

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book

*Our original iMac was stolen (previous blog post). We now have a new MacBook Pro courtesy of Vlad Mazek, owner of OWN.

Windows Live Writer

Helping Rodney Buike present on SBS 2008 tomorrow

I will be helping Rodney Buike present on SBS 2008 at the Edmonton Microsoft User Group meeting held at the NAIT campus tomorrow evening.

Barring baby number 3's deciding to enter the world at that time that is! ;)

Click to Attend link: Small Business Server 2008 – What’s new and what you need to know!

Also, don't forget that you can check out the beta exam for SBS 2008 tomorrow. Check out Prometric's Web site for details and an exam location near you. I will hopefully be writing it in the morning.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists

*All Mac on SBS posts are posted on our in-house iMac via the Safari Web browser.

Further to MDOP ... Info for you to download

Feeling the need to look into the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (previous blog post) a little more but only have a couple of minutes?

Then check this out: Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Demonstration By Christopher Perez Estonina, MDOP Specialist, Microsoft Asia Pacific Presentation Deck by Christopher Perez Estonina who is an MDOP specialist. Note that registration will be required.

You will find 16 slides that will give you a quick and simple presentation of some of the key MDOP features ... check it out ... it is well worth the time.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists

*All Mac on SBS posts are posted on our in-house iMac via the Safari Web browser.