http://www.itedge.net/blog tech news, solutions and commentary Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:15:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en windows Live Search is accessible from your mobile phone via SMS texting. Just text your search words to "wlive" or "95483". Technorati Tags: search,mobile http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/27/use-texting-to-search-from-your-mobile/ Microsoft released ForeFront Client Security (FCS) SP1 today (August 28, 2008). This adds support for: Server role support and protection for Windows Server 2008 (excluding Server Core) Agent protection on Windows Server 2008 (including Server Core) Agent protection and server ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/26/forefront-client-security-sp1-released/ Microsoft has updated licensing for many server applications to be more in line with their Dynamic Systems Initiative. These chages that will take affect Septermber 1, 2008 will simplify moving application workloads between physical servers and more importantly among virtualized infrastructure. Anyone responsible for data center operations or server administration ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/25/new-microsoft-licensing-for-virtualization/ Microsoft is offering a free e-learning clinic on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v. The course is "Clinic 5935: Introducing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008" and is intended teach hyper-v management and implementation skills to IT pros. activate the free content here. Technorati Tags: virtualization,windows,training http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/20/free-hyper-v-training/ If you are running vmware ESX 3.5 Update 2 - you may want to check out this news from NeoWin.net. Quoted from the posted article... "This was first reported yesterday [August 11, 2008] evening on both the VMWare Community forums and on DeployLinux.com. From what anyone can tell, there is a bug in the ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/12/bug-in-vmware-esx-35-update-2/ the first update to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 (MDT 2008) is available for download. the big features added are: OEM preload scenarios for Lite Touch Installation and Zero Touch Installation with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 new management pack for System Center Operations ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/07/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2008-update-1/ Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 to RTM today, August 6, 2008. SQL 2008 Server provides powerful new capabilities such as: support for policy-based management auditing large-scale data warehousing geospatial data advanced reporting and analysis ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/08/06/sql-server-2008-released-to-manufacturing/ Microsoft engaged a focus group consisting of 140 people and had them use and rate Windows "Mojave". The results where interesting from several aspects... 94% of respondents rated Windows Mojave higher than they initially rated Windows Vista 0% rated Windows Mojave lower than ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/07/30/the-mojave-experiment/ Microsoft, which acquired Caligari, has recently made the new version of trueSpace (v7.6) available for FREE. you can now build high-resolution 3-D models for use in games, on your web site, in Virtual Earth and in other projects using this free high-powered software. the software, documentation, and video tutorials are ... http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/07/24/truespace-3-d-modeling-software-get-it-free/ Microsoft launched the "Evalu'08" promotion where you have the chance to win prizes for evaluating Microsoft professional software - either via download or virtual test drive. Take a test drive for a change to win http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/07/10/evalu08-promotion/