Rob’s Ragg…. Tech Talk & Cool Toys for Grown up Boys & Girls

Virtualization and Security??

rwagg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:32:57 GMT

I’ve talked a lot about Virtualization, I’ve talked about security, but do these topics converge? Absolutely! I found a good (and short) article that talks about the rise of Virtual...

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More security breaches hit midsize companies – Like we don’t have enough to do already??

rwagg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:57:51 GMT

I just saw this headline and thought to myself, “Like we don’t have enough to do already??“ More security breaches hit midsize companies . I don’t want to become myopic on security, I...

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Windows 7 hit the shelves yesterday…

rwagg — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:39:36 GMT

Today is Day 2 of the Windows 7 era and personally, I’m glad it’s here. I’ve been running Windows 7 since the Beta release and I really enjoy the improvements it includes. Not only is it...

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How do I make my Server 2008 (or R2) a router?

rwagg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:23:18 GMT

I met a partner yesterday that said he tried to move his Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 and was having problems. As we talked, it became clear that he was...

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BitLocker to Go!

rwagg — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:14:19 GMT

Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate gave us BitLocker . Now Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate BitLocker to go . BitLocker to go gives us the ability to encrypt our removable media; your...

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My new Case Logic backpack has made a big difference to me!

rwagg — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:47:09 GMT

I’ve been traveling a lot lately and I wanted to share one travel tool that I’ve really appreciated. A few months ago I was asked to give a new back pack a try. It was smaller than my old...

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Windows 7 Load Fest

rwagg — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:36:27 GMT

I was lucky enough to present the Windows 7 Load Fest in Bellevue, WA today and I told the attendees that I’d blog about the location of the slide deck we used. My teammate has already posted...

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Will work for Bandwidth??

rwagg — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:17:31 GMT

This is my daughters first year at college. We were there this weekend for Family Weekend and I saw this great license plate frame. I just thought that I needed to share this little bit...

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Windows 7 Template Creation Error

rwagg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:47:31 GMT

I tried to create a Windows 7 template in SCVMM and it kept failing, but it would not give me an error message, it would just fail. I did some digging around and found that sysprep was failing...

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I bought a Zune HD!

rwagg — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:51:05 GMT

I said that I wanted a new Zune HD , but I honestly expected I’d wait a few months before I actually bought one. Yesterday I just couldn’t wait any longer. I waited until yesterday...

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How long does it take your customer to deploy a new server based business application?

rwagg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:26:45 GMT

As you know, I really like Hyper-V, but that’s technical. Where’s the value to our customers? Back to my original question: “How long does it take your customer to deploy a new server...

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Schema Extensions

rwagg — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:11:27 GMT

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes new features that require a schema upgrade. You do not have to upgrade your schema if you want to run Windows Server 2008 R2 in your environment, but you do need...

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Supported Guest OS’

rwagg — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:57:07 GMT

We have a page that lists our supported OS’ under Hyper-V here . This is where I need to explain the difference between supported and Yes it works . Supported means that we will help...

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Licensing

rwagg — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:36:49 GMT

We have a good page that discusses the licensing updates we made for Windows Server 2008 R2 here . Here are the high points: If you have Software Assurance (SA) on your Windows Server 2008...

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Aero Glass on Remote Desktop Services?

rwagg — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:11:37 GMT

As you’ve already read , we’ve renamed Terminal Services to Remote Desktop Services (RDS) in Windows Server 2008 R2. RDS also gives us the ability to leverage Aero Glass from a Remote Desktop...

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