I don't normally post on PowerShell as these days I seldom get the chance to do anything out of the ordinary but looking for some ways to use PowerShell to control some automation I came across WASP Windows Automation Snapin for PowerShell - Home which looks very promising indeed.
If like me you installed the December CTP and chose an install language other than en-US and Hyper-V failed to start the sad news is you like me will have to scrap the install and redo leaving the language as US English and change the language and keyboard layout post install and then re-add the Hyper-V role.
Very annoying as this bug was just closed on Connect as resolved with no further info and the RC1 and previous builds for the last couple of months did not behave this way working flawlessly.
Hyper-V apart from this is a dream on my Lenovo X61s with very good performance in my humble.
Anyone contemplating deployment, evaluation etc. of Server 2008 should read the Microsoft document over at [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=173e6e9b-4d3e-4fd4-a2cf-73684fa46b60&DisplayLang=en] which details in 336 pages the changes you will encounter on your journey from Server 2003. A good document I am reading yet again as it like Server 2008 itself still beta so keep an eye out for changes as they happen.
Those of you still using Windows 2000 are in for a lot more work I am afraid as although the changes, in my opinion, from Server 2000 to Server 2003 and from Server 2003 to Server 2008 are not insurmountable my gut instinct is that Windows 2000 'shops' are going to feel some real pain going from Server 2000 to Server 2008 unless they prepare.
One of my current projects has been working through the Microsoft Software Lifecycle [http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect] and 2010 will be an interesting year, interesting as in the Chinese curse of "may you live in interesting times". Server 2000 will exit Extended support in 2010 and effectively be unsupported and Server 2003 will have transitioned from Mainstream to Extended support as well based on the assumption that Server 2008 will indeed ship in 2008.
Leaving the big question for organisations still using Server 2000, not a small number in my experience here in the UK, what will be your strategy? If you and your organisation do not have at least a plan get one and be prepared to revise it as time moves forward which takes me back to the Microsoft document on changed functionality - reading this and understanding one of the options for your organisations future comes highly recommended.
Just finished reading this article and would recommend it to anyone supporting Domain Services who suffer the the routine dumping of everyone else's problems into their support queue.
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https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/wizard.aspx?wizid=1b393ae8-7c1e-4e79-8602-3830cdd08ee1&lcid=2057 is the link to follow to get registered for several hours pre-notice of the registration site going live for the launch which will be in Birmingham at the ICC on the 19th of March.
If you are already signed in with a Live ID it appears to just go straight through to the MS home page otherwise you will need to login with a Live ID etc.
The launch will be for Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL 2008 and will have a maximum capacity of 2000 IT Pro's as I understand it and from what I have been told all attendees will receive 'product'.
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