Archive for the 'Enterprise' Category
Managing Windows Vista Group Policy (Part 1)
Sunday, November 12th, 2006Windows Vista includes some important changes from earlier Windows operating systems in regards to Group Policy (GP). This article introduces you to how ADM files evolved into multi-lingual files by the use of XML (ADMX/ADML files) and the Central Store with all its glory.
Welcome to the constantly expanding Microsoft Group Policy universe.
ADM files were first [...]
Which Vista Is the Right Vista?
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006That’s not an idle question. I knew several businesses that were burned by XP Home when it first came out because they’d assumed they could save a hundred bucks a box and use XP Home PCs on their domain and AD (Active Directory)-based networks.
They were dead wrong. You can’t do it, unless you didn’t mind [...]
Microsoft Preps XP-To-Vista App Migration Tool
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Microsoft will unveil a tool to help Windows XP users migrate not only files and settings, but also applications to Windows Vista when the operating system launches, a company worker said.
In a blog entry, Anthony Clendenen, a Systems Management Server (SMS) engineer at Microsoft, announced that the "Windows Easy Transfer Companion" will go into public [...]
Common Sense on Vista Adoption
Saturday, October 14th, 2006Let’s get ready for the usual routine: No matter how good Vista is, corporate adoption will be very slow, and for good reason.
Every time a new version of Windows comes out we dance the same dance about adoption rates. Microsoft promises large benefits to its enterprise customers. ISVs gear up support. Advocates for [...]
Dont install Windows Vista until 2008
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Windows Vista is expected to ship early next year, but companies shouldn’t even think about deploying the new operating system until well into 2008, according to Gartner analyst Michael Silver.
Speaking to several hundred IT executives at the Gartner Symposium/ITExpo, Silver said companies need a good 12 to 18 months to plan, test and pilot Vista [...]
Buzz: Vista to cost $5,000 per user? No way
Monday, October 9th, 2006How much will it cost to upgrade businesses to Windows Vista? Anyone who works in IT knows that pinning a number down for a question like this is a nigh-impossible task. Are you replacing hardware? Do you need to retrain users? What software are you using, anyway?
Thursday James Gaskin of ITworld wrote an article claiming [...]
New Anti-Piracy Tools Will Delay Enterprise Adoption of Vista
Saturday, October 7th, 2006The new anti-piracy and validation tools that Microsoft plans to ship starting with Windows Vista and Longhorn Server will help ensure that there will be little corporate uptake of these operating systems in 2007, according to analysts. That is because when Windows Vista is released to manufacturing in the next month, it will include the [...]
Businesses Seek Security In Windows Vista
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006With only two months (barring further delays) until Windows Vista is due for business availability, InformationWeek surveyed 672 business technology managers to gauge their plans for the operating system. Microsoft should be happy to know that 39% of the businesses we surveyed plan to upgrade to Vista within the first year of availability. The top [...]
Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) isn’t the only Microsoft anti-piracy scheme that might raise the hackles of future Vista customers. Volume Activation 2.0 is worrying some Vista testers who’ve had a chance to dabble with early versions of that technology.
Potential false positives – Microsoft labeling legitimate copies of Windows as “pirated” — akin to those which [...]
Creating a core Longhorn server
Thursday, September 21st, 2006There is a law of computing that states that the larger the footprint of code that’s running on a server, the better the chance that the code will contain an exploitable security hole. In spite of this law, both operating systems and applications tend to become more bloated with every new release. Longhorn Server puts [...]
