Passed the Microsoft Virtualization Administrator exam…

What a great day for me….I passed the 70-693 PRO: Microsoft Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator! After two hours I pressed the END button, and finished with a score of 850/1000. 🙂

To complete all the virtualization modules, I also want to pass the 70-669 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization. This is a target before the summer this year 😉

Passed the Microsoft Virtualization Administrator exam…

What a great day for me….I passed the 70-693 PRO: Microsoft Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator! After two hours I pressed the END button, and finished with a score of 850/1000. 🙂

To complete all the virtualization modules, I also want to pass the 70-669 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization. This is a target before the summer this year 😉

HP takes the next step and provides ready-made driver packages for MDT and SCCM

HP takes the next step and provides ready-made driver packages for MDT and SCCM for the business models of notebooks, desktops and workstations. The packages can be obtained via SoftPaq Download Manager (SDM) or from the HP support website. It appears they are primarily for the current generation of products.
To get the download manager, navigate to the HP manageability website: www.hp.com/go/easydeploy or directly to www.hp.com/go/sdm
Here are screenshots from the new packages in SoftPaq Download Manager and from the HP support website.

Optimizing your VDI machine

When you’re optimizing your VDI machines, one of the challanges are the Windows Themes. The Windows Themes are generating a lot of IOPS, so maybe you want to prevent users to change the Windows Theme.

You can use the following command to disable the Windows Themes Service:

Powershell Set-Service ‘Themes’ -startuptype “disabled”

You can also create a script that runs at computer startup.

       

Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Microsoft has published a FREE ebook of Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

You can download the ebook here.

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 includes 10 chapters:

PART I   DATABASE ADMINISTRATION (by Ross Mistry)

1. SQL Server 2012 Editions and Engine Enhancements
2. High-Availability and Disaster-Recovery Enhancements
3. Performance and Scalability
4. Security Enhancements
5. Programmability and Beyond-Relational Enhancements

PART II   BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT (by Stacia Misner)

6. Integration Service
7.   Data Quality Services
8.   Master Data Services
9.   Analysis Services and PowerPivot  1
10.   Reporting Services

Microsoft Lync 2010 Poster

This poster shows each workload in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software, describing relationships, dependencies, flow of information, and certificate requirements.

You can download the Microsoft Lync 2010 poster here