26 apr 2012

Esame di Certificazione 70-659, TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization

Era da un po’ che non sostenevo esami di certificazione e così eccoci di nuovo qui con un nuovo esame, il 70-659 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization.

Anche se questa certificazione non è particolarmente complessa, il “buon punteggio”  è stato ottenuto anche grazie alla partecipazione ad IT CAMPS, un corso che vi consiglio anche per la presenza di validissimi Speaker. 

Per chi non lo conoscesse, IT Camp é un momento di formazione gratuita in cui Sistemisti e Professionisti IT si incontrano per approfondire le tecnologie Microsoft di infrastruttura.

Ringrazio Microsoft ed in particolare Renato Francesco Giorgini per avermi suggerito di partecipare a IT CAMPS.

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19 apr 2012

Microsoft Exchange PST Capture 1.0

PST Capture is an interesting tool that is used to discover and import Outlook Personal Folder (.pst) File Format files into Exchange Server and Exchange Online. PST Capture helps an organization that wishes to gain more control over their email data repositories by placing them into Exchange. By optionally installing PST Capture Agents on target machines, administrators can determine where .pst files are located and who their file owner is via the PST Capture Console. Administrators can import .pst files via Import Lists to Exchange Server or Exchange Online. Data can be directly imported into the primary mailbox or associated archive mailbox.
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You need to install an Agent before perform a PST Search. It is available both for x86 and x64.
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16 apr 2012

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC)

The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) provides a Microsoft-supported, freely available, standalone solution for converting VMware virtual machines (VMs) and VMware virtual disks (VMDKs) to Hyper-V virtual machines and Hyper-V virtual hard disks (VHDs). MVMC supports converting virtual machines using the following guest operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows 7

System Requirements

The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter converts VMware virtual machines created with:

  • VMware vSphere 4.1
  • VMware vSphere 5.0

To virtual machines for:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1

Details

The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter:

  • Provides a quick, low-risk option for VMware customers to evaluate Hyper-V
  • Converts the virtual disks and the VMware VMs configuration, such as memory, virtual processor, and other machine settings from the source
  • Uninstalls the VMware tools on the source VM and installs the Hyper-V Integration Services as appropriate
  • Includes an easy-to-use wizard-driven GUI simplifying VM conversion
  • Supports offline conversions of VMware virtual hard disks (VMDK) to a Hyper-V based virtual hard disk file format (VHD)
  • Includes a scriptable Command Line Interfaces (CLI) for performing machine conversion and offline disk conversion which integrates with datacenter automation workflows, such as those authored and executed within System Center Orchestrator. The command line can also be invoked through PowerShell.

Download:  (at time of writing, the product is still in beta)

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