Described by the UC Guys, you can now install OCS 2007 R2 on the latest Microsoft OS, Windows 2008 R2.

The next Social Media Connector for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (currently still beta) is present. It’s the connector for MySpace.

Other Outlook Social Media Connectors are :

• Outlook Social Media Connector for LinkedIn

When receiving an e-mail from a person or looking at a contact, you immediately see the Social Media Bar in Outlook. Here it states all the communication you had with that person, conversation history, activities, meetings etc.

Now with the MySpace add-on, you can invite someone directly to your MySpace profile and you get more information about these contacts.

For the Outlook 2010 beta users – Installation requires you to first uninstall the Outlook Social Connector and click on Not Available. Then download the Social Media Connector (here).

Also download and install the MySpace connector.

Note – The connector is currently only available for Outlook 2010 32-bit systems! It also doesn’t include the Sharepoint 2010 connection.

The first official Social Media Connector for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (currently still beta) is present. It’s the connector for LinkedIn.

Other Outlook Social Media Connectors are :

• Outlook Social Media Connector for MySpace

When receiving an e-mail from a person or looking at a contact, you immediately see the Social Media Bar in Outlook. Here it states all the communication you had with that person, conversation history, activities, meetings etc.

Now with the LinkedIn add-on, you can invite someone directly to your LinkedIn profile and you get more information about these contacts.

For the Outlook 2010 beta users – Installation requires you to first uninstall the Outlook Social Connector and click on Not Available. Then download the Social Media Connector (here).

Also download and install the Linked connector.

Note – The connector is currently only available for Outlook 2010 32-bit systems! It also doesn’t include the Sharepoint 2010 connection.

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On a Windows 2003 Server, I had the following problem. When looking at the properties of the disk and then the “Shadow Copies” tab, we received an error :

Error 0×8004230f:  the shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while trying to process the specified operation.

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While there is a Windows 2008 Core Configurator with a GUI interface, in Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft added a new command-line tool named SCONFIG.EXE.

With this command tool configuration of the Core Server is simplified. It allows you to do all the initial configuration tasks, text menu based. For example, you can :

• Configure Networking – static vs. DHCP and for multiple NICs
• Configure Remote – Enable management via Server Manager and PowerShell, including properly configuring the firewall
• Configure Windows Update
• Enable Remote Desktop
• Join a domain
• Rename a computer

Still want to know the normal Windows 2008 Core commands or use the GUI?

If you don’t want to know the Windows 2008 Core commands, then you would be pleased with the Core Configurator. This GUI tool can be used for :

• Add & Remove Drivers
• DCPromo Tool
• Display Settings
• Firewall Settings
• ISCSI Settings
• Networking Features
• Product Licencing
• Screensaver Settings
• Server Roles and Features
• Share Creation and Deletion
• User and Group Permissions
• Windows Updates (Including WSUS)
  …more…

Download the tool CoreConfig from codeplex. (link)

Also, make sure you check out the sconfig.exe.

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To solve this issue start the following Continue reading »