Questo testo è un ottimo strumento per chi desidera avere informazioni circa le novità della nuova versione di Sql Server. Il testo è composto da 10 capitoli:

PARTE 1   DATABASE ADMINISTRATION (by Ross Mistry)

1. SQL Server 2012 Editions and Engine Enhancements
2. High-Availability and Disaster-Recovery Enhancements
3. Performance and Scalability
4. Security Enhancements
5. Programmability and Beyond-Relational Enhancements

PARTE 2   BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT (by Stacia Misner)

1. Integration Services
2. Data Quality Services
3. Master Data Services
4. Analysis Services and PowerPivot
5. Reporting Services

E’ possibile scaricare l’ebook in formato PDF dal portale Microsoft Press.

Il tool permette di:

·         Fornire una modalità veloce per gli utenti VMware di testare rapidamente le soluzioni su Hyper-V

·         Convertire VM VMware, virtual disks e configurazioni, (memory, virtual processor, etc.) direttamente da Vsphere verso Hyper-V

·         Disinstallare automaticamente i Vmware Tools installati nella sorgente ed installa automaticamente gli Integration Services di Hyper-V

·         Include un semplice wizard per la conversione guidata
La versione attuale MVMC Beta supporta la conversione di Virtual machine ospitate su:

·         VMware vSphere 4.1

·         VMware vSphere 5.0

Rendendole disponibili per:

·         Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V

·         Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1
Attualmente non è previsto nessun supporto per Windows Server “8” Hyper-V, ma sarà inserito nelle prossime versioni.

Per il download è necessario iscriversi al programma Connect qui:  https://connect.microsoft.com/site14/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=7594&InvitationID=MVMC-PK9Q-BR47

Exchange 2007 a differenza di Exchange 2010 non ha nessuno snap-in grafico per gestire questi certificati digitali: bisogna fare tutto quindi da riga di comando tramite Powershell. Per i più pigri adesso è disponibile un tool di terze parti gratuito che colma questa lacuna.

Il tool vi permette di vedere gli attuali certificati installati, capire se sono autogenerati, a che servizi sono associati; installare e modificare nuovi e vecchi certificati. Download da qui -> http://www.u-btech.com/products/certificate-manager-for-exchange-2007.html

esistono un paio di possibilità:

- una utilizzando un apposito tool della Sysinternals - NotMyFault, utility a riga di comando che tramite l’esecuzione con lo switch /crash permette di ottenere un dump di tipo “Stop D1 error”

- l’altra possibilità tramite tastiera:

• Creando nel registry la seguente entry: CrashOnCtrlScroll

  For more information about how to generate a memory dump file by using the keyboard, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  244139  Windows feature lets you generate a memory dump file by using the keyboard

• If you are using a USB keyboard, this feature is not supported in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 until you install hotfix KB 971284. For more information about using the hotfix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:971284  A hotfix is available to enable crash on CTRL-SCROLL support on Vista S about using the hotfix and Windows Server 2008 on a USB keyboard

  
  

Lo script richiederà semplicemente il nome del server Hyper-V da interrogare, il nome della VM e la directory su cui effettuare l’esportazione.

Download da qui

Il whitepaper “Microsoft private cloud, a comparative look at functionality, benefits and economics” è scaricabile da qui. Se andiamo ad analizzare le soluzioni, possiamo notare se facciamo riferimento a quanto riportato da Gartner che non menzioni i servizi di  data protection/disaster recovery come parte di una soluzione di “private cloud”, cosa che invece Microsoft nel suo documento fa.

Microsoft effettua una comparazione tra VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) come equivalente alla combinazione di Data Protection Manager e Orchestrator. Le soluzioni sono effettivamente differenti e non possono essere confrontate direttamente: le funzionalità di replica di VMware SRM forniscono servizi di replica delle virtual machine utilizzando le funzionalità di storage replication o di replica basate su host, fornendo una copia speculare delle VM in un ambiente geograficamente separato; dall’altro lato DPM di Microsoft è principalmente un tool di backup che tra l’altro come schedulazione minima di intervallo di replica non può scendere al di sotto dei 15 minuti. Altro paragone non effettuabile è quello della sicurezza, laddove Microsoft identifica la protezione degli endpoint effettuata dalla suite System Center senza introdurre nella conta i costi di Forefront TMG (la soluzione firewall), con la soluzione Vshield di VMware che invece è pensata per proteggere le applicazioni a livello di  Virtual Datacenter contro thread a livello network.

L’utility in questione permette in maniera grafica di gestire i vari processi che altrimenti andrebbero eseguiti dai vari comandi: Dism, BcdEdit, ecc.,ecc. Tramite il tool gratuito, funzionante praticamente su tutte le piattaforme Windows, sarà possibile gestire le configurazioni di Debug, quelle relative allo UAC, management delle variabili e la gestione su Windows 7 w 2008R2 del boot nativo da file .vhd

Download -> BellaVista v 1.1.0.66 for Windows NT 4.0 – Windows Seven (32-bit and 64-bit, English version, 143 KB)

Issues that the update rollup resolves

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

• 2465015  You cannot view or download an image on a Windows Mobile-based device that is synchronized with an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
• 2492066  An automatic reply message is still sent after you clear the “Allow automatic replies” check box for a remote domain on an Exchange Server 2010 server
• 2492082  An Outlook 2003 user cannot view the free/busy information of a resource mailbox in a mixed Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2007 environment
• 2543850  A GAL related client-only message rule does not take effect in Outlook in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2545231  Users in a source forest cannot view the free/busy information of mailboxes in a target forest in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2549255  A meeting item displays incorrectly as multiple all-day events when you synchronize a mobile device on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
• 2549286  Inline contents disposition is removed when you send a “Content-Disposition: inline” email message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2556113  It takes a long time for a user to download an OAB in an Exchange Server 2010 organization
• 2557323  Problems when viewing an Exchange Server 2003 user’s free/busy information in a mixed Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2563245  A user who has a linked mailbox cannot use a new profile to access another linked mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2579051  You cannot move certain mailboxes from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server
• 2579982  You cannot view the message delivery report of a signed email message by using Outlook or OWA in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2585649  The StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 script fails in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2588121  You cannot manage a mail-enabled public folder in a mixed Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2589982  The cmdlet extension agent cannot process multiple objects in a pipeline in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2591572  ”Junk e-mail validation error” error message when you manage the junk email rule for a user’s mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2593011  Warning 2074 and Error 2153 are logged on DAG member servers in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2598985  You cannot move a mailbox from a remote legacy Exchange forest to an Exchange Server 2010 forest
• 2599434  A Public Folder Calendar folder is missing in the Public Folder Favorites list of an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox
• 2599663  The Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes when you send an email message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2600034  A user can still open an IRM-protected email message after you remove the user from the associated AD RMS rights policy template in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2600289  A user in an exclusive scope cannot manage his mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2600943  EMC takes a long time to return results when you manage full access permissions in an Exchange Server 2010 organization that has many users
• 2601483  ”Can’t open this item” error message when you use Outlook 2003 in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2604039  The MSExchangeMailboxAssistants.exe process crashes frequently after you move mailboxes that contain IRM-protect email messages to an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 mailbox server
• 2604713  ECP crashes when a RBAC role assignee tries to manage another user’s mailbox by using ECP in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2614698  A display name that contains DBCS characters is corrupted in the “Sent Items” folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2616124  Empty message body when replying to a saved message file in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
• 2616230  IMAP4 clients cannot log on to Exchange Server 2003 servers when the Exchange Server 2010 Client Access server is used to handle proxy requests
• 2616361  Multi-Mailbox Search fails if the MemberOfGroup property is used for the management scope in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2616365  Event ID 4999 when the Store.exe process crashes on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox server
• 2619237  Event ID 4999 when the Exchange Mailbox Assistants service crashes in Exchange 2010
• 2620361  An encrypted or digitally-signed message cannot be printed when S/MIME control is installed in OWA in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
• 2620441  Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup or Start-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup cmdlet fails when run together with the DomainController parameter in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2621266  An Exchange Server 2010 database store grows unexpectedly large
• 2621403  ”None” recipient status in Outlook when a recipient responds to a meeting request in a short period of time in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2628154  ”The action couldn’t be completed. Please try again.” error message when you use OWA to perform an AQS search that contains “Sent” or “Received” in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
• 2628622  The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2628693  Multi-Mailbox Search fails if you specify multiple users in the “Message To or From Specific E-Mail Addresses” option in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2629713  Incorrect number of items for each keyword when you search for multiple keywords in mailboxes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2629777  The Microsoft Exchange Replication service crashes on Exchange Server 2010 DAG members
• 2630708  A UM auto attendant times out and generates an invalid extension number error message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2630967  A journal report is not sent to a journaling mailbox when you use journaling rules on distribution groups in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2632206  Message items rescanned in the background in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2633044  The Number of Items in Retry Table counter displays an incorrect value that causes SCOM alerts in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 organization
• 2639150  The MSExchangeSyncAppPool application pool crashes in a mixed Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2640218  The hierarchy of a new public folder database does not replicate on an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 server
• 2641077   The Store.exe process crashes on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox server during Exchange database online maintenance
• 2642189  The RPC Client Access service may crash when you import a .pst file by using the New-MailboxImportRequest cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2643950  A seed operation might not succeed when the source mailbox database has many log files in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 DAG
• 2644047  Active Directory schema attributes are cleared after you disable a user’s mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2644264  Disabling or removing a mailbox fails in an Exchange Server 2010 environment that has Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Lync Server 2010 deployed
• 2648682  An email message body is garbled when you save or send the email message in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2649727  Client Access servers cannot serve other Mailbox servers when a Mailbox server encounters a problem in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2649734  Mailbox replication latency may occur when users perform a Multi-Mailbox Search function against a DAG in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• 2649735  Warning of undefined recipient type of a user after the linked mailbox is moved from an Exchange Server 2007 forest to an Exchange Server 2010 forest
• 2652849  The MailboxCountQuota policy is not enforced correctly in an Exchange Server 2010 hosting mode
• 2665115  Event ID 4999 is logged on an Exchange Server 2010 Client Access server (CAS)