Monthly Archive for January, 2007

Windows-based Hosting v 4.5

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Peter Schmidt
on 30. January, 2007
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Microsoft has annonced a beta version of Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting v 4.5.
Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version 4.5 provides hosting service providers with tools, tested best practices, scripts, and code samples designed to efficiently deploy offerings on the Windows platform.

This Beta release of the solution includes only documentation and guidance. Solution components will available soon.

Download at source.

IIS Download Center

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Peter Schmidt
on 29. January, 2007
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Microsoft has introduced a new download center for the IIS community at IIS.net.

DownloadCENTER is a community hotspot for discovering, sharing, reviewing and promoting IIS-related solutions in a single place. Dozens of existing downloads, for all versions of IIS – both from Microsoft and the community – are already available in DownloadCENTER today.

Read more at the IIS.NET Community DownloadCENTER.

IE 7 Deployment Guide

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Peter Schmidt
on 25. January, 2007
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Microsoft has released beta 1 of the Internet Explorer Deployment Guide.

This guide helps you to plan and carry out a deployment of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The guide describes the system requirements and deployment methods, as well as the techniques to maintain and support Internet Explorer 7 after deployment.

Download it at source.

SharePoint Solution Accelerator Released

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Peter Schmidt
on 23. January, 2007
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Microsoft has released the final version of the Windows SharePoint Solution Accelerator. The solution contains toolkit, scripts and new upgraded application templates. The solution will provide guidance and tools needed to help upgrade customized sites or site templates from WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0.

The Solution Accelerator Team (SAT) has created a solution accelerator that provides guidance and tools to enable IT Professionals to successfully upgrade their Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 custom sites and templates. The result: a set of custom sites and templates that will operate in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment. This toolkit also includes a set of upgraded Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 application templates.

Read more and download at source.

MOSS 2007 & WSS v3 SDKs available in RTM

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Peter Schmidt
on 23. January, 2007
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Microsoft has released the SDKs of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3 to RTM.

  • SharePoint Server 2007 SDK
    The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
  • Windows SharePoint Services v3 SDK
    The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 software development kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Debug Diagnostic Tool updated

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Peter Schmidt
on 22. January, 2007
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Microsoft has released an updated version (1.1) of Debug Diagnostic Tool.

The Debug Diagnostic Tool (DebugDiag) is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as hangs, slow performance, memory leaks or fragmentation, and crashes in any Win32 user-mode process. The tool includes additional debugging scripts focused on Internet Information Services (IIS) applications, web data access components, COM+ and related Microsoft technologies.

DebugDiag 1.0 was released as part of the IIS Diagnostic toolkit and as a standalone tool. DebugDiag 1.1 is currently available as a standalone tool.

New features in the new version:

  • IE7 and Vista compatibility
  • Memory and handle leak tracking improvements
  • Analysis improvements
  • Managed call stacks resolution
  • .NET exceptions support
  • Debugger events support
  • Data access components and socket support
  • Custom actions in Crash Rules
  • Sample scripts included

Download it here.

Scott Gutherie talks about IIS 7

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Peter Schmidt
on 15. January, 2007
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New video interview on Channel 9 with Scott Gutherie, where he talks about IIS 7 among other things.

In this interview, we covered a lot of ground. Watch and learn about:

  • MIX07
  • What’s doing on the web technologies front
  • What’s so special about IIS 7.0
  • Why you should care about Orcas
  • What it’s like to go into meetings with executives like Gates, Ballmer, and Ozzie
  • How, even with as much status and power Scott has, he still doesn’t have his own parking spot (this made me feel a little better about myself and my lack of accomplishments)

And more, of course.

See the video at Channel 9: Scott Guthrie – MIX07, Work, and Personal Details Revealed.

Windows Home Server

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Peter Schmidt
on 12. January, 2007
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Microsoft is launching a Windows Home Server (WHS), it was previewed at CES in Las Vegas this week.

The first product to use Windows Home Server will come from HP and is called the HP MediaSmart Server. HP MediaSmart Server is scheduled to ship during the 2nd half of 2007. The server will be a headless box without mouse and keyboard.
Here’s some of the features of the Windows Home Server:

  • Windows Home Server aims to provide an easy way to store and organize digital content.
  • Windows Home Server will be able to automatically back up every Windows Vista or Windows XP based system in the home network. It will also be able to completely restore (“rewind”) a PC to a time when it was working just fine.Windows Home Server will act as a centralized way to monitor the health of all of your systems on your network and will report and notify the status to the home administrator of all Vista machines.
  • A system running Windows Home Server will be accessible across multiple devices including other Windows machines or even the XBOX 360 console. You can even access a Windows Home Server system over the web via a personalized Windows Live Internet Address
  • Printers can be connected and shared on a Windows Home Server system
  • Windows Home Server allows for expandable storage – no matter the storage type or interface. If you run out of storage on the Home Server – no problem. Simply add an additional hard drive or drives to the system
  • Comes with a set of predefined shared folders that are predefined for content – such as Photos, Videos, and Music. Users will also be able to create their own folders
  • All data can be duplicated on a different drive. Users have the option of deciding whether their data needs to be duplicated for backup purposes or not for RAID like functionality. If a file is marked for duplication, a separate copy of the file will be saved on a different drive on the system.

It looks really cool to me and I’m looking forward to see this product.
I hope there will be a IIS and FTP server, which I could fully control in this product, that could be cool.

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