Category Archives: Windows-HPC

Event Annoucement: Microsoft Azure Compute Tutorial

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

This time I am going to announce an event to which we never had a similar predecessor: On November 5th, 2012, we will conduct a Microsoft Azure Compute Tutorial with speakers from the European Microsoft Innovation Center in Aachen. What … Continue reading →

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Several Event Annoucements

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

These are just some announcements of upcoming events in which I am involved in a varying degree. The first two will be take place at RWTH Aachen University and attendance is free of charge, the second is part of the … Continue reading →

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On the future of HPC on Windows

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Just a few weeks ago during SC11 Microsoft released two new or updated HPC products, namely Windows Azure HPC Scheduler and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP3. However, what I saw and heard during the last few months as well … Continue reading →

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Dan Reed on Technical (Cloud) Computing with Microsoft: Vision

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

During ISC 2011 in Hamburg I got the opportunity to talk to Microsoft’s Dan Reed, Corporate Vice President, Technology Policy and Extreme Computing Group. It was a very nice discussion soon targeting towards HPC in the Cloud, touching the topics … Continue reading →

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An Update on Building and Using BOOST.MPI on Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

My 2008 blog post on Building and Using BOOST.MPI on Windows HPC Server 2008 still generates quite some traffic. Since some things have changed since then, I thought it could help those visitors to provide an updated howto. Again, this … Continue reading →

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HPC Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster deployment guide

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

I just learned about a Deployment of HPC Server 2008 R2 failover cluster, including a detailed step-by-step guide on how to configure head node failover and remote database installation to employ a SQL server failover cluster. This document has been … Continue reading →

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Recap of the 4th Meeting of the German Windows-HPC User Group

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

The 4th Meeting of the German Windows-HPC User Group took place on March 31st and April 1st in Karlsruhe, hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT). The event was attended by over 70 participants from Industry and Academia. This … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Events in March 2011

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Let me point you to some HPC events in March 2011. 3rd Parallel Programming in Computational Engineering and Science (PPCES) Workshop. This event will continue the tradition of previous annual week-long events taking place in Aachen every spring since 2001, … Continue reading →

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Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 is ready

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

All members of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 just got mail that build number 2369 is ready for release. It is available via MS Connect already and will be made available via the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

A few days ago I got notified that Microsoft recognised me as an MVP for my contributions in 2009. More information on this program may be found here: MVP Exec Summary.

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