quote:

---

Originally posted by dmarelia

just so I'm clear, you set this policy to "Disabled", right?

---

Function MapDrive(strDrive, strShare)'--------------------------------------
' Function to map network share to a drive letter.
' If User/Password needed, set strShare as bar delimited string "Path|User|Password"
' If the drive letter specified is already in use, the function
' attempts to remove the network connection.
' objFSO is the File System Object, with global scope.
' objNetwork is the Network object, with global scope.
' Returns True If drive mapped, False otherwise.

Dim objDrive, tmparr, strLogon, strPW

If InStr(strShare,"|")<>0 Then
	tmparr=split(strShare,"|")
	strShare=tmparr(0):strLogon=tmparr(1):strPW=tmparr(2)
End If
On Error Resume Next
If intDebug=1 Then On Error GoTo 0
Err.Clear
If objFSO.DriveExists(strDrive) Then
    Set objDrive = objFSO.GetDrive(strDrive)
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
      Err.Clear
      MapDrive = False
      Exit Function
    End If
    If CBool(objDrive.DriveType = 3) Then
      objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive strDrive, True, True
    Else
      MapDrive = False
      Exit Function
    End If
    Set objDrive = Nothing
End If
If strLogon <> "" Then 
	objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDrive, strShare, False, strLogon, strPW 
Else 
	objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDrive, strShare
End If
If Err.Number = 0 Then
    MapDrive = True
Else
    Err.Clear
    MapDrive = False
End If
If intDebug=1 Then On Error GoTo 0
End Function '-------------------------------------

quote:

---

Originally posted by Curt

....Lot's of folks think the MVPs are cool aid drinkers.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by wlazara

trying to get a hold of someone there who actually even knew what dns stands for took hours... But maybe I caught them on a bad week :)

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by lady_mcse

quote:

---

Originally posted by Curt

Ok, this is bad.

I saw something in Bill English MSFT book on it.

---

Um, do you mean that what I gone and done was really bad? Or are you saying that you know your answer is on the lame side?

(I write this with a smile, I totally do NOT mind being told to go RTFM!!! I have the Bill English book at home. I also have spent very little time on this, once I realized that just recreating Org2 would get things up and running.)

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by deandownsouth

quote:

---

Originally posted by jaxdave

Exactly!

Once Microsoft catches up

---

That, so far, is a long way off. It seems that in this case, MS' magic of being able to quickly replicate a technology and then try to give it away to dominate it has largely failed, at least in comparison to other things (i.e. browsers, file/print, office suites). .

They are still a *long* way off from where VMware is. There's no comparison.

One of the biggest mistakes was trying to bolt it on to MSCS and not having a good cluster file system.

I see 10, 15, 20 host clusters that are largely self managing with DRS and HA quietly moving things around as needed with most clients just letting it do its thing, once a good consultant has set it up, that is. :-)

And then there's the ability to do disaster recovery so easy, especially with stretch fabrics over many miles-doing VMotion/SVMotion from a site miles away is very cool and being able to fail over in minutes is great. I'm not saying Hyper-V can't do those things, I'm saying it ain't as easy, especially at the scale that ESX currently does.

quote:

---

Will they simply throw down the 475k or more yet again for the hypervisor

---

Well, let's be fair, they didn't pay 475K for "the hypervisor". And that seems to be where a lot of people make the mistake when comparing virtualization platforms. Like Hyper-V and Xen, the hypervisor is free. With all the offerings, if you want to do any type of enterprise management or have any fault tolerence, you will pay, and it ain't cheap. So, really, they paid for added features. It's no difference then paying for whatever features that Windows Server Enterprise gives you over Standard or Windows 7 Ultimate over Home edition.

quote:

---

I just saw a client upgrade all their vmware licenses to the tune of 475k. Now five years from now if hyper v is 90 percent there and it is time for Hardware refresh etc. Will they simply throw down the 475k or more yet again for the hypervisor when they already own Windows data-center licenses w hyper v?

---

This assumes that VMware will still be at a "high price"-one of the cool things about capitalism, is the market will ultimately dictate VMware's prices and as competitors get closer, unless they really want to fail, they will do one of two things (or both): add more features, further distinguishing them from others and/or reduce prices.

The premise also is that they will stay where they are and MS will 'catch up'. So far, all MS has been able to do is get where VMware was 4 years ago.

But I agree, it will be an interesting ride and IT folks need to know all the players to make good decisions. I may sound like a VMware schill (is that the word?) but I think I'm being as objective as I can be, and I do run Xen, KVM, and Hyper-V (and have done some implementations of them) but will readily admit that 90% of my work is with VMware in the enterprise.

One other thing, I still have not been able to see any client whince at the pricing. Of course, the quotes are all *after* the ROI has been clearly explained and features shown. While VMotion and HA still dazzle the suits, FT is the "new" wow at demonstrations.

---

This limit includes all transports and resource sharing protocols combined.

quote:

---

Originally posted by sixdoubleo

While I prefer Onenote for its interface and rich features, it does not have a mobile app and that is key for me. Evernote is very basic in terms of features, but having a mobile app makes it worth it.

---