The BUILD conference video's mentioned something about disk de-duplication for the virtual guests was awesomeness but I haven't had time to follow up on that. My manager is making some of us go to a nearby-ish SC launch event at the end of the month so perhaps the will cover it in the marketing there.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:02 PM, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve started playing with Server 8. I like the new server manager already > but haven’t used much else yet.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 March 2012 12:03 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > I keep looking up and the sky is still there.**** > > **** > > I've been using it on hardware at home since Thursday (not nearly long > enough). People are doing the same thing they do anytime there is a > change. The Internetz hate it because (it's different/not what I am used > to/how dare they). **** > > **** > > Whatever.**** > > **** > > It took me 30-60 minutes to adjust to navigating around the interface. I > don't miss the Start button, I just pop down where I used to and wow, there > something is. As to the metro apps, I am trying them. So far (baring the > oddities of my live id setup) they are working ok and I am adjusting to the > operational differences. I figured I would give it more then 5 days of > intermittent use before I actually declared I was going back to the good > old days of DOS!**** > > **** > > I haven't installed Office yet, but once I do that, poof, there goes most > of the reason I would launch a metro app anyway. Except Xbox companion, > and a few games, and the people hub is interesting, oh, the picture hub > too.... **** > > **** > > This is the first public generation of the Metro UI. We're completing our > migration to Windows 7 this year at work. It would have been last year > except internal politics and the new manager seems to have things on time > this round. Enterprise will adjust slowly however, our management is > making sure we are watching this change but we don't plan to leap into it. > We are also not saying no yet as a gut reaction. We seriously won't even > decide this until next year in any case, however, we will be watching it > and the corporate stuff that will come with it.**** > > **** > > I am going to do the VHD load on my wife's laptop this weekend since she > is so interested in trying it out. She is not a techie, usually she just > tolerates it when I update her technology at home. This time, she is > intrigued and wants to play with it.**** > > **** > > > http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToGuideToInstallingAndBootingWindows8ConsumerPreviewOffAVHDVirtualHardDisk.aspx > **** > > **** > > I have met some of the MS UI folks when they came out and interviewed a > bunch of our team last year. It was interesting. They seemed like > competent professionals. I am willing to wait and see if I can deal with > this change in a calm rational manner when we get more information on the > interesting stuff. GPOs customization options, etc. later this year.**** > > **** > > I suspect that in the end we will get the same people pulling out that > tired old meme (every other OS is a failure) which isn't really true, or > pulling out the graphics comparing Windows 8 to some early version of > Windows that actually ran on DOS with the hot dog theme set and pretending > like there is some relevant comparison between shortcuts and Live Tiles, > memory management and underlying capabilities. These will all be the same > people who said Microsoft must address the iPads and smart phones or they > will be fail. Now mostly, these same people are saying Microsoft is all > sorts of fail when they actually took a bold step in re-imaging their > entire line up in a way, that is starting to look pretty darn interesting > (SkyDrive for everyone)**** > > **** > > Fortunately, we should see the trend in a year. Maybe some of you with 10 > GB list archives will remind us who gets to gloat eh? I wonder what the > list discussion will be like when people start talking about server 8.**** > > **** > > Steven Peck**** > > http://www.blkmtn.org**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > > > **** > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Very much agree with this sentiment. > > Joe Heaton > ITB - Windows Server Support**** > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 2:22 PM > To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?**** > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jeff Brown <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yeah, there's a learning curve, yes it looks different but how > > cool/USEFUL will it be to have the same access to [data] on your phone > > that you have on your desktop?? Or tablet? > > I don't get this sentiment. It's perfectly possible to have access to > the same data on multiple platforms without running the same software on > all of them. Indeed, there are plenty of people doing that now, with MSFT > on the desktop and RIM/APPL/GOOG for mobile. > > Additionally, I don't think trying to force the same UI paradigm > everywhere is a good idea. When I'm sitting at my workstation, I have lots > of display real-estate, a full-sized keyboard. Lots of windows, lots of > foreground multi-tasking, lots of in-depth work sessions. > Touchscreen is less useful (gorilla arm). For my handheld, it's more of a > quick reference or fast note taking thing. I'm a lot less likely to be > doing multiple foreground tasks at once. Screen real estate is at a > premium. Touchscreen is preferred. > > While I think it makes a lot of sense for Microsoft to try and > standardize on one platform, I think trying to force the same UI on > everyone everywhere would be a mistake. > > -- Ben > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
