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"Over the past month I have installed and tested almost every single tool on my previous blog post of A List of FREE VMware vSphere Tools." -Kendrick Coleman

"CalCheck - The Outlook Calendar Checking Tool"

Free Windows utility to share multiple computers with one mouse and keyboard. Similar to Synergy or Input Director. Also allows copy/paste, simultaneous lock/logon across systems, and screenshots sent from one computer to another.

ESXi 5 really makes it easier to "properly" remove a LUN from hosts.

Blog explaining Microsoft Licensing rules for various Microsoft software.

"The following is a list of common Exchange Server 2010 features that are managed in the Exchange Management Console (EMC), as documented by Microsoft."

"The good news is that businesses don't need to wait any longer to deploy Google Chrome. Today, we're announcing that Chrome offers controls that enable IT administrators to easily configure and deploy the browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux according to their business requirements. We've created an MSI installer that enables businesses who use standard deployment tools to install Chrome for all their managed users. We've also added support for managed group policy with a list of policies and a set of templates that allow administrators to easily customize browser settings to manage security and privacy."

"A physical server needs drivers to talk to it's hardware. A virtualized server, in essence, does the same thing. VMware presents new hardware to allow the virtual machine to talk to it's hypervisor. Think of the driver issue in a P2V migration like removing a video card and installing a new one. The drivers and hidden hardware are still there just in case you feel like popping the video card back in. A P2V will still have all of the old hardware in the virtual machine. Don't forget about services that physical servers used, namely HP server management services."

"Look no further. I've created a collaboration of, yet again, FREE TOOLS for virtual machines within your VMware environment. All of the tools in this package were pooled together for performing advanced tasks to optimize performance, reclaim lost space, and clean up your virtual machine. The goal of this project was to mount the ISO to your VM and run the scripts or tools that are packaged. Of course not all of these tools will run from a VM, but most can."

"Beyond the previous post of general complaints of slowness and sluggishness in Outlook and Exchange, the other complaint I hear frequently these days is specific to Calendaring.  Part of it is calendaring performance (where it might take 20-30 seconds to open up somebody else's calendar to view their calendar) which all of the points I note in the other blog post referenced above will apply to performance issues in calendaring."

"Synopsis: The mechanics of BIOS password locks present in current generation laptops are briefly outlined. Trivial mechanisms have been put in place by most vendors to bypass such passwords, rendering the protection void. A set of master password generators and hands-on instructions are given to disable BIOS passwords."

"High-Density Wi-Fi Design Part 1 - Forecasting AP Capacity "

For those times you find yourself in a pinch and need some features you can't afford!

How to script Microsoft DHCP Server reservations using netsh.

"David Mikhail, one of Fairfax County Public Schools' top Windows engineers had put together a master list of software to blacklist via GPO.  This gives us the flexibility to allow users local admin right with some comfort that known bad software can't be installed."

"The problem has to do with organizations having calendar appointments and meeting requests "disappear", get corrupt, meeting delegates (boss/assistant) having challenges with appointments showing up, disappearing, reappearing, etc." Link courtesy of Ed Buford

"Solving Exchange Outlook Calendaring Delegation Lost Meeting Problems"

"iBoot + MultiBeast: Install Mac OS X on any Intel-based PC"