tudy .ro – Tudor Damian
I plan to live forever. So far, so good.
Windows 7 – academic launch
Nov 5th
After last week’s Microsoft Academic Program opening in UBB Cluj, this week is time for the official academic launch of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I’ll be the one talking a bit about the latter (Win 2008). 
More details on the launch announcement page.
Free eBook: Deploying Windows 7
Oct 29th
A very useful free eBook is available on Microsoft Downloads: Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance
Overview:
Microsoft’s eBook Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine combine selected chapters written by industry experts Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northrup, Jerry Honeycutt, Ed Wilson, and the Windows 7 Team with select Windows 7 articles from TechNet Magazine. Sample topics include: Deployment Platform, Planning Deployment, Testing Application Compatability, and 8 Common Issues in Windows 7 Migrations.
So, what’s the deal with tudy.ro?
Oct 20th
Since there’ve been some recent (heated, but rather missing the point) discussions about this, I’d like to set some things straight about the very purpose of this site:
tudy.ro is, and has always been, a personal blog. It’s not (I say again, NOT) a technical blog, nor does it want to be, and it’s not a method of promoting myself or my technical skills through articles of any kind. It’s just a place where I keep the texts I’ve written over the years, and where I write about (or point to) whatever else I read or find of interest. A place where I write about my life, in general. I also use it as sort of a coding playground, from time to time.
Given all the above, I don’t believe this site has *any* relevance as far as my technical skills and knowledge are concerned. It may however be relevant as far as my literary talents (if any) go. People believing otherwise are entitled to do so by their own free will…
Hopefully, this sheds some light on the matter!
ATC – Green IT
Oct 19th
This Wednesday (October 21st, 2009), I’ll be in Bucharest, attending the Agora Technology Conferences – Green IT session, where I’ve been invited as a speaker. So, if you’re in the area, you’re free and you’re interested in the topic, you might consider attending.
LATER EDIT: Here’s the full presentation (I used a shorter version during the event itself):
LATER EDIT 2: Here’s some pictures and videos from the event.
Online webcast: Enterprise Virtualization
Oct 12th
On Wednesday (October 14th, 11:00am Romanian time), I’ll be holding I held an online webcast on Enterprise virtualization. I will be discussing I have discussed the main differences between the current virtualization platforms (Hyper-V R2, ESX(i)/vSphere, XenServer & Virtuozzo/OpenVZ), and I’ll be going I went a bit in depth on System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 and it’s newest features.
See you there!
UPDATE: Here’s the presentation:
RECORDING HERE (the recording should be available roughly 24 hours after the broadcast)
Using a Wireless connection in Hyper-V
Oct 10th
If you’ve ever installed Microsoft Hyper-V on a server that has a wireless network card and has the Wireless LAN feature enabled, you have probably noticed Hyper-V does not support connecting virtual machines to wireless network adapters (it only lists the existing wired physical adapters when offered the option to create the Virtual Adapters).
The technical reason for this is really simple: in order to perform the virtual networking required by Hyper-V, Microsoft implemented an OSI layer 2 filter driver that creates network packets with the MAC address of the appropriate virtual machine. Unfortunately the wireless networking standard explicitly forbids the creation of network packets with different MAC addresses to that of the physical computer (for obvious security purposes).
As a primarily server-focused product, this is a reasonable limitation for Hyper-V. But all is not lost, as it is actually possible to setup an internal virtual network and use Internet Connection Sharing to make this work. The first thing to do is to create a new internal virtual network switch:
- Open the Hyper-V Manager and select your server.
- Select Virtual Network Manager… from the action pane (on the right).
- Select New virtual network and choose to Add an Internal network.
- Give the new virtual network the name you want and then click OK.
Now, onwards to setting up Internet Connection Sharing:
- Open the Control Panel and open Network and Sharing Center.
- Select Manage network connections (or Change adapter settings in Windows 2008 R2) from the list on the left.
- Locate the icon for your wireless network adapter, right click on it and select Properties.
- Go to the Sharing tab.
- Check the Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection option.
- If you have multiple network adapters, you will need to select the specific entry for the internal virtual network switch you’ve created earlier, and click OK.
You will now be able to connect virtual machines to the internal virtual network and allow them to access the Internet through your wireless network adapter.
Hope this helps!
I am a Microsoft MVP!
Oct 1st
Today, I found out I was chosen to be a part of the Microsoft MVP program, as a technical expert on virtualization. The official announcement did not include any names, since those are not made public – unless we choose to publicly post it in our blogs (which I’m now doing) and/or create my MVP profile (that’s still a work in progress).
I’ve also got an electronic MVP Executive Recognition Letter along with the welcome email, and I should also be receiving my MVP Award Kit via courier during the next few days.
Other than that, the MVP program comes with quite a few perks. But until I finish signing the NDA and making sure I’m fully aware of what I can and cannot do while in this program, I’m just gonna keep it at that.
