Microsoft vs. VMware: analyst says Microsoft has a performance leg-up

Consortiums seem to be back in vogue

Massive new server project at BMW to be based on Virtual Server 2003

Microsoft allows XP to ship on brawnier low-cost PCs

FROM OUR BLOGGERS:

Mitchell Ashley: Converging on Microsoft
EMC puts Microsoft exec in VMware CEO seat
What happens when your over inflated stock price of $120 per share dips down to one-third of its value (and still might be over inflated)? The CEO gets the "you have a very bright future ahead of you, just not at this company" speech. That's what happened to Diane Greene, now former CEO of VMware.

Tyson Kopczynski: Hidden Microsoft
How do you clean up credential roaming?
How much space does Credential Roaming really take? Based on the information provided in a previous post, you can get an idea for the amount of space all those wonderful credentials are now taking up in your Active Directory ntds.dit file.

Ron Barrett: A Better Windows World
Recover My Files: Nothing is lost forever!
In an age of “real time” snapshots and terabytes of storage, one might start to reason “As long as I live, I will never lose data again.”

Alex Lewis: Windows into Silicon Valley
Imagine Cup 2008 is LIVE
My boss at Convergent Computing, Rand Morimoto, is the head judge for the 2008 Imagine Cup competition -- his fourth year running.  He’ll be blogging live from the competition.

Brian Egler: SQL Server Strategies
SSMS 2008 Debug – very cool
SQL Query Analyzer had a neat debug facility for Stored Procedures in SQL 2000. It went missing in SSMS 2005 but now in SQL 2008 we have the debug facility in SSMS itself and it's for more than just for Stored Procedures. 

Randy Muller: All about Microsoft Certifications
The next class for our newest IT members
We are continuing our discussion about what classes new IT professionals should take after the CCNA. Before newbies  jump into a series of Microsoft classes, we need to further their education a little – namely with a good grounding in security.

Glenn Weadock: Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V RTM
Microsoft has just released the final version of its Hyper-V virtualization engine. I'm so interested in how it works that I'm gearing up to do some serious testing on my road warrior machine (Dell Latitude D830). Rumor has it that Server 2008 makes a better workstation OS than Vista.

Chip Wenz: Microsoft Training Insider
New certificate level from Microsoft lets you be the ‘Master’ of your own domain (or SQL or Exchange)
At the TechEd conference last month Microsoft announced that they would be adding a new certificate level to their existing list. The new certificate level, the ‘Master’ level, is designed to be a stepping off point between the IT Professional and the Architect levels.

Sue Hanley: Essential SharePoint
Great advice – 11 ways to make your SharePoint site more user-friendly
I highly recommend a post from Sadie Van Buren’s blog and I want to share the story of how I met Sadie through a combination of Web 1.0 and 2.0 technologies. 

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Turning IPv6 off

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