Windows as a Service including Build Numbers, Names, and Versions

In case you were wondering what Windows 10.0.14393 actually corresponded to in regards to your version of Windows.

Build	Version	Name	CB Release Date	CBB Release Date	Support Until	Extended Support
10.0.10240	1507	First Release	July 29, 2015	July 29, 2015	May 9, 2017
10.0.10586	1511	November Update	November 12, 2015	April 8, 2016	October 10, 2017	April 10, 2018
10.0.14393	1607	Anniversary Update	August 2, 2016	November 14, 2016	April 10, 2018	October 9, 2018
10.0.15063	1703	Creators Update	April 11, 2017	July 11, 2017	October 9, 2018	April 9, 2019
10.0.16299	1709	Fall Creators Update	October 17, 2017	January 30, 2018*	April 9, 2019	October 8, 2019
10.0.17040	1803	"Redstone 4" Update	March 13, 2018*	June 26, 2018*	10/8/2019*
Expected	1810	"Redstone 5" Update	October 9, 2018*	January 22, 2019*	4/14/2020*

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Dates

Red Hat has their stuff together when documenting release history. This page is a great resource:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/3078

Oracle Database Version History and Release Dates

For some reason, most software vendors do not publish a simple chart of when major and minor versions of their software were released. Oracle is especially bad at organizing and releasing this information. As of June 10, 2016, this is the most accurate data I could compile by scouring the web and Oracle support pages.

12c Release 1
12.1.0.2 Sep 2015
12.1.0.1 Jul 2013

11g Release 2
11.2.0.4 Aug 2013
11.2.0.3 Sep 2011
11.2.0.2 Nov 2010
11.2.0.1 Sep 2009

11g Release 1
11.1.0.7 Sep 2008
11.1.0.6 Aug 2007

10g Release 2
10.2.0.5 Jul 2010
10.2.0.4 Feb 2008
10.2.0.3 Feb 2007
10.2.0.2 Jan 2006
10.2.0.1 Jul 2005

10g Release 1
10.1.0.5 Jan 2006
10.1.0.4 Mar 2005
10.1.0.2 Mar 2004

Export Specific File Types and Sizes

We recently went through a large PST migration to Office 365. As part of the project, we needed to identify the PST files on our file servers.

This command was useful to search the home directory of all of our users on that specific file server:

G:\Users> forfiles /s /M *.pst /c "cmd /c echo @path @fsize" > C:\temp\PST-Files.txt

The nice thing about this command is that exports the list into a format that includes full path and file size like this:

"G:\users\Jsmith\2006.pst" 1020650496
"G:\users\Jsmith\2007.pst" 1169466368
"G:\users\Jsmith\2009.pst" 1001604096
"G:\users\Jsmith\2010.pst" 97534976
"G:\users\Jsmith\2011.pst" 271360
"G:\users\Jsmith\2012.pst" 271360

Thanks to this post for the syntax help: http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5899

System Center Endpoint Protection Version Details

We are using Microsoft's System Center Endpoint Protection as our antivirus software. A recent report shows 6 different versions installed on approximately 6,000 desktops and laptops.

This lead me to determine the release dates of these versions. You would think Microsoft would have a simple chart showing the version, release date, KB articles, etc. This chart does not exist, so I have created one and posted it below. Please comment if you see errors or have information to add.

Thanks,
Reid

Version	Release Date	SCCM Info	Microsoft KB Article
4.3.215.0	Jun-2013		http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2865173
4.3.220.0	Oct-2013	SCCM 2012 R2
4.4.304.0	Nov-2013		http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2907566
4.5.216.0	Mar-2014	SCCM 2012 R2 CU1	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2952678
4.6.305.0	Oct-2014		http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2998627
4.7.205.0	Feb-2015		http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3036437
4.7.209.0	Feb-2015		http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3041687

Windows XP to Windows 7: Here’s where you BEGIN

The folks “at corporate” have done a great job with this.

If you are one of the many IT Pros out there who are just beginning to consider how you’re going to move your PCs from Windows XP to Windows 7, you definitely need to check out this guide:

Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration

The guide walks you through topics such as doing an inventory on and checking the compatibility of your applications, all the way through to the actual deployment process. You can navigate into just the area or the scenario solution that makes the most sense for you.

[From Windows XP to Windows 7: Here’s where you BEGIN]