Category Archives: Windows
Connecting Mobile Devices to Exchange 2010
My colleague had problems connecting his brand new Samsung Galaxy Advance, running Android 2.3.6, to the Enterprise mail server. After configuring his device he received the message: Congratulations! After connecting your mobile device to Exchange Server 2010, you can now send text messages from Outlook 2010 and Outlook Web App on your computer. You can [...]
DirectAccess breaks after installing UAG SP1 Update 1
Last week Microsoft released Forefront UAG SP1 Update 1 (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27604). After installing the update our DirectAccess clients lost corporate connectivity. A quick look on our UAG server learned that the DirectAccess Monitor reported the DNS64 as Not Healthy. Looking through the UAG services I discovered that the Microsoft Forefront UAG DNS64 Service was not running [...]
Teched Day 1
Today was the keynote session at Teched 2010 in Berlin. During this session Brad Anderson welcomed everybody and explained Microsoft’s vision. A lot of that vision is about the cloud and how the cloud can enhance the user experience.
08/11/2010 Microsoft, Teched, Web, Windows
Tags: Microsoft, Teched 2010, webservices, Windows 2008, Windows 7
Taking the Dell Latitude XT2 to 7 (and back again)
Last week I’ve received my Dell Latitude XT2. Standard the XT2 is equipped with Vista business and receives its multi-touch capabilities through the N-trig driver. Since Windows 7 has native support for multi-touch I decided to install Windows 7. Before staring the installation I made a manual full backup with my Windows home server and [...]
Making Core a bit less “hard”core
With the introduction of Windows Server 2008 the option has been introduced to do a Core installation. On a Core installation you will have no graphical interface and only limited roles and functions are supported. Why would you choose a Core installation? Reduced maintenance. The amount of supported roles is limited, there for the installation [...]
Is Windows 7 what Atom needs?
Last weekend I decided to install Windows 7 RC on my Kohjinsha SC3. The SC3 is an Intel Atom powered UMPC that comes standard with Windows Vista and is equipped with a 7″ rotatable touchscreen. I’ve always been a bit disappointed with the performance of this combination; the device was a bit too slow to [...]
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