I can't count the times that Sysinternals tools have
provided me with the much needed insight into Windows and why it insisted on
making me pull my hair out. Process Monitor has been the most helpful tool in
that respect (probably the sole reason I have any hair left today).Recently it
was updated to version 2.0.
The Remote Desktop connection Web Connection used to be a (popular) option to provide access to Terminal Servers in Windows 2003.With Windows Server 2008 and it’s new TS features this can be utilized in more professional fashion by making TS Web Access Remote Desktop Web Connection work over TS Gateway.
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft (dare I say finally) released Softgrid 4.5, which is officially called App-V. This feature has a number of new features but one of the most important features is the support of streaming of applications over HTTP.
Some time ago I mentioned that are particularly popular tool for Windows Server Core, CoreConfigurator, had been discontinued. In that same article I suggested that someone else would continue the development of this tool, because it seems to be so popular. Well, as it turns out, someone has!
Recently Microsoft spiced up the Microsoft-Vmware hypervisor show with the announcement that they will be offering a “bare-metal” version of Hyper-V for free called: Hyper-V Server 2008. Coincidentally this was announced just before VMworld 2008. The download was going to be available later. Later is now.