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Jun 03 08 // Hyper-V, Microsoft, Windows Server 2008

Fredrik and I had the opportunity to build a proof of concept environment showcasing various aspects of federated web SSO for a customer. The requirements, while not overly strict, mandated that we build an environment consisting of three federation parties: ...
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May 27 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008
![The famous Microsoft iSCSI target]()
Jose Barreto has posted an article on how to install the iSCSI software target on Windows Server 2008 over on Technet blogs: http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/05/21/installing-the-vds-hardware-provider-for-the-microsoft-iscsi-software-target-on-windows-server-2008.aspx. What's kind of annoying is that the software is only released to OEM's and not available from ...
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Apr 02 08 // Microsoft, Uncategorized, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Core
![Server Core Cluster - How it’s done]()
Having received a bunch of emails (what's wrong with the comment-section?) about the failover-cluster construction, I've decided to explain it in a little bit more detail.
The basic network layout looks something like this
After that setup in Hyper-V I installed Starwind ...
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Mar 28 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008
![Windows Server 2008 - Commercials]()
Don't know if you've seen the videos about Windows Server 2008. Here are the three I've found so far:
The Command Line:
http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/sverige/ws2008/SXWK_0423H_512K_Stream.wmv
Crouching Robot:
http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/sverige/ws2008/SXWK_0424H_512K_Stream.wmv
Excerciser:
http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/sverige/ws2008/SXWK_0425H_512K_Stream.wmv
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Mar 05 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008
![Officially launched in Sweden…]()
Yesterday I attended the official launch of Windows Server 2008 in Sweden. The event was held at "Talk" in Älvsjö, right next to the boat-fair that goes every year. Spent the day there preparing my demos which I had some ...
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Feb 06 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008
![Windows Server 2008 RTM]()
If you've missed it, Windows Server 2008 was RTM:ed yesterday. You can read more over at the Windows Server Divisions blog, http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/02/04/windows-server-2008-rtm.aspx.
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Jan 23 08 // Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Core
![Upgrade paths]()
After receiving the question from a customer about upgrading, a process I haven't done in about five years I had to do some research.
The following table shows the valid paths, and there are a few caveats:
No cross-platform (32 bit to ...
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Jan 09 08 // Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Core
![Windows Server 2008 Escrow RTM]()
Last night Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 Escrow RTM. If all TAP members sign off on this one we'll probably see the RTM around the 16:th if one is to believe the rumours. This whole process is like watching a ...
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