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Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 R2 in October of last year. And ever since release it has been our flagship datacenter operating system, also known as Cloud OS. Like many of you I use Windows Server 2012 R2 for building virtual infrastructure. A lot of times we want to test certain scenarios and...

This guide details the steps required to perform a live migration of Hyper-V™ virtual machines from one node in a Windows Server® 2008 R2 failover cluster to another node. Live migration overview Live migration is a new Hyper-V feature in Windows Server 2008 R2, which requires the failover clustering...

The beta software is now available for download on Microsoft Connect. To download, simply go to our site on Connect and sign in with your Live Id. Call to action : Download either the Full Software install or the pre-configured VHD from https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=799 To get...

Many customers begin their virtualization journeys’ by virtualizing the low intensity, less critical workloads, such as File & Print Servers, or Web Servers, but as customer confidence in virtualization grows, customers need to understand the impact of virtualization, from a performance, scalability...

Hello, As you all know Microsoft released the Windows 7 BETA build 7000 for testing. Many of you must be excited about the much more enhanced version of the operating system. Windows 7 is much more faster that the Windows Vista and utilizes the resources more efficiently improving end user performance...

Hello Everyone, In my previous post I talked about the new Zeollar Platform from Microsoft India DPE, a new initiative. Recently we started IT Pro Channel and today I presented my first session on Native VHD Support and Boot from VHD. In my upcoming session on 10th March 2010, I will be demonstrating...

Welcome to the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (VMMSSP) 2.0 SP1 Beta program! As a Beta program member you have the opportunity to test drive the next version of VMMSSP—version 2.0 SP1! This new version includes some exciting new feature enhancements to help simplify your move...

Hello IT Professionals, Local P2V Migration Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 and Sysinternals Disk2VHD http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg516519(WS.10).aspx   Webcast on Edge http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/windows-xp-to-windows-7-local-p2v-migration-using-mdt-2010-and-sysinternals...

First of all, Thank YOU all for attending the Microsoft TechEd 2010 India. It was pleasure presenting in front of such a superb audience. I am extremely happy with the response for the TechEd 2010. I will talk about it in later posts. Now, as I promised for today’s session few of the resources and links...

This guide describes the considerations you should take into account when planning to deploy the Hyper-V™ technology, and provides installation and configuration details that will help you deploy Hyper-V. This guide provides Requirements, installation, and configuration information for Hyper-V. About...

In my last blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/aviraj/archive/2011/05/16/microsoft-download-center-microsoft-lync-server-2010-resources-part-i.aspx , I shared some of the most useful resources. Now, in this post I am planning to share some more resources about some specific deployment methods, troubleshooting...

Well, here we go…SCVMM SSP 2.0 SP1 RTM. Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1, you can respond more effectively—and at a lower cost—to the rapidly changing needs of your organization. Built on Windows Server® 2008 R2, Hyper-V™ technology, and System Center Virtual Machine...

Recently I presented on Virtualization 360 stack for the during an educational event for faculties. I would like to share the following resources to learn most around Virtualization Stack from Microsoft. Basically during my Virtualization Workshop I planned to cover the following stack of Microsoft Technologies...

The Hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) detection tool checks if the computer processor supports HAV and if this setting is enabled. Windows Virtual PC requires processors capable of hardware-assisted virtualization with AMD-V™, Intel® VT or VIA® VT turned on in the BIOS. The HAV detection tool helps...

This will be an "Ask the Expert" Session around Private Cloud & Windows Azure. In this session Microsoft expert speakers will answer all your questions around setting up your own Private Cloud Infrastructure using Hyper-V & System Center Management Tools. Also, we will cover how an...

Hello IT Professionals, Exactly a year back in May 2010 I had blogged about Microsoft PoC Jumpstart Kit v1.0 over here http://blogs.technet.com/b/aviraj/archive/2010/05/01/proof-of-concept-jumpstart-kit-v1-0.aspx Everyone liked the PoC Kit offered by Microsoft. Now, we have released Microsoft Proof of...

As per my previous post I have uploaded my 2 new screencasts on Native VHD and Boot from VHD in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. One of the best features that is being discussed around is the native support for VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) Yes the same VHD files that are used in virtualization platform...

As you are all aware Hyper-V is Microsoft’s Virtualization platform and we use VHD as the file format for installing operating systems. VHD stands for Virtual Hard Disk. Windows Server 2012 features new file format known as VHDX. You can read more about it over here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us...

It’s been a long time after my last post. Today, I received this white paper and I thought to share with you all. Following are the 10 Reasons why you should consider dedicated web hosting… 1. More physical security 2. More virtual security 3. More reliable bandwidth 4. More reliable processing 5. More...

Windows Virtualization Team Blog just announced the availability of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Download DOWNLOAD NOW And don’t forget that Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 also supports boot from flash for our OEM partners. Just to recap this release has the following features (a) High availability...

AppLocker is a new feature of Windows7 that allows administrators to define policies that can allow or deny a user’s ability to run or install executable, MSI, or script files. Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) separates the application from the operating system preventing application conflicts...

Hello, In my previous post i.e. Windows 7: Boot from VHD First Impression: Part 1 we seen creating and attaching the VHDs. Using the Disk Management or Diskpart utility we can attach the existing VHDs. In this part we will actually cover the boot from VHD feature. We will cover the different ways by...

I am sharing some of the resources that I had demonstrated during my session in Green-Hyper Virtualization session. Green-Hyper: Server energy savings calculator from http://www.hyper-green.com Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit for energy efficient computing http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us...

A set of drivers that enable synthetic device support in supported Linux virtual machines under Hyper-V. Overview When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration Components provide. Driver support: Linux Integration Services supports the network controller...

Hello, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is stand-alone product for virtualization for better utilization of your hardware reducing cost. Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 comes with lot of new features like Live Migration, Expanded Processor and Memory support for host machines. Along the ways single solution...