Friday, February 2, 2018

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*



Friday, June 10, 2016

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For some reason, most software vendors do not publish a simple chart of when major and minor versions of their software were released.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

Monday, November 23, 2015

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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

4.3.220.0
Oct-2013
SCCM 2012 R2

4.4.304.0
Nov-2013

4.5.216.0
Mar-2014
SCCM 2012 R2 CU1
4.6.305.0
Oct-2014

4.7.205.0
Feb-2015

4.7.209.0
Feb-2015

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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


Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration 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]