One of the little know facts about the latest terminal service client 6.0 is that you can do monitor spanning. This allows you to stretch your server desktop across multiple monitors. This can come in very handy when you are trouble shooting a server problem and would like to have several windows open at the same time. There are a couple of things that you have to take into consideration. The first is that both monitors must be set to the same resolution and also must be set under 4096 x 2048 pixels. The second thing is that the monitors have to be aligned side-by-side.
Microsoft KB Article - RDP 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by mizzou_robman | No Comments »
There is a great post on the VMware blogs that talks about how ESXi is not only easier to install but is quicker to install then Hyper-v from Microsoft. One of the more interesting stats that they have is that hyper-v takes seven reboots compared to one reboot of ESXi. It will be interesting to see the improvements that Microsoft will make in the coming months to their product. One thing for certain is that VMware still has a dominant lead over Microsoft in visualization technology.
VMware blog post
http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/09/vmware-vmware-v.html
Install video of ESXi vs. Hyper-V
http://www.vmware.com/technology/whyvmware/resources/esxi-hyper-v-installation.html
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by admin | No Comments »