Bonus Chapter 1 - Scripting Group Policy Operations with Windows PowerShell (co-written with PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.) Bonus Chapter 2 - Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPMv4) Bonus Chapter 3 - Full Lockdown with Windows SteadyState
………. order this book, it’s worth the money, I have the previous published GPO books and they have been extremely useful so far.
If you are in the process of deciding whether to deploy Office 2010 32-bit or 64-bit, I recommend to read through the following content. Note that Microsoft recommends installing Office 32 Bit even on Windows 7 64 bit.
If you’re planning on deploying App-V, but still busy with thinking of how you will get the virtualized applications to your end users I strongly recommend that you read the whitepaper “Choosing the right App-V Delivery Model” from Ment van der Plas.
The document provides an excellent overview of the different App-V delivery scenarios and their pros and cons.
This design guide provides information about BranchCache in both distributed cache mode and hosted cache mode that assists you in determining the best way to deploy BranchCache on your network.
The AppLocker Technical Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provides technical guidance about understanding how AppLocker works and how to effectively plan and deploy AppLocker policies.
The download contains two documents:
BETA – AppLocker Frequently Asked Questions.pdf
BETA – Planning and Deploying Windows AppLocker Policies.pdf
As I wrote the previous blog entry I started thinking about all the other products I come across in my daily professional life and started creating the table shown below.
For those that are still running Windows 2000 Server systems, it’s about time to start migrating these because next year the extended support will end.
On April 14th mainstream support for Windows XP will end. for the next 5 years the operating system goes into extended support. The table below illustrates the differences between mainstream and extended support.
The Microsoft Windows XP product page explains it as following:
Mainstream Support delivers complimentary and paid support, free security updates, and bug fixes to all Windows customers who purchase a retail copy of Windows XP (i.e., a shrink-wrapped, not pre-installed copy). Mainstream Support for Windows XP will continue through April 2009.
Extended Support delivers free security updates to all Windows customers. Customers can also pay for support on a per incident basis. Extended Support for Windows XP will continue until April 2014. New bug fixes require the Extended Hotfix Support program.
With the release of the Office 2007 suite, Microsoft made some radical changes to the UI. Gone were the menus and toolbars, replaced by the “Ribbon”
I’ve seen many users (including myself) struggling with the new user interface. It’s not that the concept of the Ribbon isn’t good, it’s rather the time it takes until you find the new location within the Ribbon to do something you have been doing for years with the old classic menu with just a few clicks.
Once you have familiarized yourself with the new UI, I personally find it quite easy to use and intuitive as well. During one of my web-surfing tours I came across a website where one has created a nice little free utility that adds the classic menu and toolbars back into Word 2007.
Although I encourage everyone to get used with the Ribbon, sometimes things just need to go quick, and here the Word Menu utility can be really a life and time saver.
Talking about WinWord, did you know that Word has a history of nearly 28 years?.
I wanted to go back in history a bit and found a couple of interesting links:
