VMWare has announced the release of Beta 2 of their server product.
It is supposed to have improved performance, and include these new key features:
- Update VMWare Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface
- Independent virtual machine console
- Support for USB 2.0 devices
- Multi-Tiered permissions
- New Hardware editors
- Automatically start your virtual machines
This is the next generation of their free server product. I am downloading this beta right now to see how far along they are.
Visit their website, and Get your own copy today
Written by Steve Wiseman on April 8th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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We have a support contract with one of our software vendors. From time to time they need to login via Remote Desktop and make changes or updates for us.
I setup a special account that will notify me when they login to our server - that way I always know when they are on our system. They always work on it during business hours, and in the past they have always called us before doing any work.
This morning I see a notification email that they had logged in after 6pm last night. Grrr. I like them having their own account and password, and I don’t want to disable and enable their account each time they need to do work…so I decided to see if I could limit their allowed times for logging in.
It is actually much easier than I imagined. To do it you need to get on the domain controller, open up Active Directory Users and Computers, and double click on the user you want to limit (In this case I will use our support account)
Then move over to the accounts tab, and click on the button that says “Logon Hours”
Once you click on that button, a window will appear that allows you to select the hours the user can logon.
Simply make your choice, and now the user is limited to logon the hours you selected. If they try to logon during a restricted time, they will be greeted with this message:
Now you don’t have to worry about users sneaking in when they shouldn’t
Written by Steve Wiseman on April 8th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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