RunAs Radio

Richard and Greg talk to Sean Siler from Microsoft about IPv6. Sean talks about what Microsoft is doing to make IPv6 work and how IPv4 and IPv6 will be living side-by-side for many years.

Richard and Greg dig into Hyper-V with guest Anil Desai. Hyper-V is the virtualization product that shipped as a beta with Windows Server 2008, the release version to be available 180 days later. This show was recorded while Hyper-V was still a release candidate. Anil digs into the strengths and weaknesses of Hyper-V and how it compares to products like VMWare's ESX Server.

Richard and Greg talk to Val Matison about Microsoft's Business Intelligence technologies. Val digs into the fundamentals of why you would want to use BI software and how the different products Microsoft makes work together.

Richard and Greg talk to Nelson and Danielle Ruest of Resolution Enterprises (www.reso-net.com) about implementing virtualization technologies in small businesses. Nelson and Danielle are the authors of the book Microsoft Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference.

Richard and Greg talk to Michael Manos, Senior Director of Data Center Services at Microsoft about building efficient data centers. Michael talks about how Microsoft is doubling its data center capacity every year and sees no end in sight, putting a heavy requirement on building efficiently. The conversation explores making greener data centers as well as the process of measuring efficiency in the data center.

Richard and Greg talk to Chad Jones about Microsoft Application Virtualization - formerly known as SoftGrid. The conversation explores the differences in various kinds of virtualization and how application virtualization fits into the picture.

Richard and Greg talk to Noel Bruton about the challenges of help desks and tech support in general. The interview digs down into the real value of great tech support in your organization. Check out Noel's web site at www.noelbruton.com.

Richard and Greg talk to Marco Shaw about the growth of PowerShell in the Windows server community. Marco's blog at marcoshaw.blogspot.com provides info on PowerShell and his virtual user group meetings on PowerShell. We also dig into the role of WMI in PowerShell and Microsoft's focus on making PowerShell a key tool for managing all Microsoft products in the future.

Richard and Greg talk to Adam Cogan about extracting and reporting data from Exchange Server. Adam's consulting business, SSW, uses Exchange as the primary communication method to their customers - even phone calls are logged as emails. This has led Adam to discover some great KPIs from his Exchange data. You can learn more about ExchangeReporter at www.ssw.com.au.

Richard and Greg talk to Scott Kveton about OpenID. OpenID is a single sign-on solution that could very well make the classic username and password obsolete. This is a fast half hour - you'll find yourself wanting to listen again!