How to install VMware ESX from a USB stick
Requirements A copy of VMware ESX 4. Download an evaluation copy from here (free VMware logon required) A copy of UNetbootin from here. UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions including VMware ESX 4. A USB stick. Nothing special is required here,Read More →
Configuring Exchange 2007 to be an Edge Transport Server
There is a lot more to setting up an edge transport server than just inserting a CD and running Setup. Even so, that s how you will have to begin the process, just to see where you stand. When you run Setup, you will see a screen that s similar to theRead More →
How to Slipstream a Service Pack into a Windows OS Install CD
For those people not want to use nlite or vlite : To slipstream a Service Pack into a Windows OS Install means taking a Service Pack installer and applying it to the Windows Install Files so that the Windows Install is now pre-loaded with the Service Pack. This means thatRead More →
Creating a RSS feed of an Exchange inbox folder
Check out this interesting article at http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2007/02/creating-rss-feed-of-exchange-2007.htmlRead More →
New version of vReference card (vSphere 4.0) v2
Download it here of here : vReference-vSphere4card2.0Read More →
VMware RSS Feeds
Check out this site from VMware, stay ahead on the news using RSS!Read More →
MCITP: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator
New exams on the development schedule: * 70-659: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization * 70-669: TS: Desktop Virtualization * 70-693: Pro: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator Passing all three exams will earn you the MCITP: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator credential. Check out the folowing link: http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/2009/11/virtualization-exam-updatewhats-in-the-boxRead More →
VMware: Cleanup bootloader after upgrading from ESX 3.x to vSphere 4.0
After upgrading from VMware ESX 3.x to ESX 4.0 you can cleanup the bootloader from the older ESX 3.5 installation. You can do this from the console of by connection the host with ssh, give the command “cleanup-esx3”Read More →
Using the Microsoft Mobile Device Emulator to test ActiveSync
Download the following : Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0, Windows Mobile Device Images (can be found HERE. The images will have a .BIN extension, PPC_USA.BIN, for example.) and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (can be downloaded HERE) To test ActiveSync: Open a command window. Navigate to the c:\program files\microsoft device emulator\1.0 directory.Read More →
Windows Server Virtualization Validation Program
Check out this url to check if your virtualization platform supports a Microsoft application. For example Windows 2008 x64 running Exchange 2007 SP1 on vSphere :Read More →