In this first of a series on Hyper-V, Paul looks at squeezing the best performance out of the hypervisor through the right mix of processing power both virtual and physical.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 01/12/2012
Microsoft officials said sales of PCs may have fallen more drastically than analyst predictions and that the decline will continue in the coming quarters.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/12/2012
Plus: Symantec sued for scaring up business, Stuxnet siblings ready to be unleashed.
Applies to the "Developing Web Parts and Controls" objective of Exam 70-573.
As expected, Microsoft released seven security bulletins for this month.
When looking for cmdlet help, PowerShell 3 goes beyond version 2 with an Update-Help cmdlet.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 01/09/2012
Microsoft revealed that Windows 8 will have a sophisticated "storage spaces" feature that works with NTFS.
Applies to the "Developing Web Parts and Controls" objective of Exam 70-573.
Let's start off 2012 with a tip I learned just recently: Using the PowerShell $FormatEnumerationLimit variable to customize the number of entries viewable via the Dir command.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 01/05/2012
It's a brand-new database world. Witness Oracle's release of a data provider that allows Oracle coders to work in .NET.
January's Security Update from Microsoft will feature six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools, according to the company's advance notice.
Rumors have Acer, Lenovo planning tablets running Windows 8 on Intel's x86 "Clover Trail" system-on-chip silicon, which may be available as early as June.
Windows Update didn't update my Windows servers like it's supposed to, so here's the process I went through to get my servers back up to speed.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 12/23/2011
Here's something nifty: you don't have uninstall PowerShell 2 to use version 3.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/20/2011
Microsoft may become the big data provider, especially if the government's data sources lose funding.
Microsoft will start silent updates of users' Internet Explorer browsers next month.
Microsoft's growth spurt peaked about a decade ago, says the analyst firm, and they add that the company faces potentially "disruptive" competition, mostly from Apple and Google.
Plus: Fictionalizing the zero-day attack; Be careful what you type when shopping.
PowerShell 3 adds new console redirection operators for streaming pipeline output.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/13/2011
December's security update comes with 13 bulletins fixing a range of Microsoft products. The good news? Only three are rated critical.