Lee emailed me to ask: I've been interested in trying out some of the Microsoft Virtualization software but I'm somewhat confused by the product and wonder if you can set the record for me. I have setup a test server running W2003 Server with Virtual...

Rakesh Malhotra - Group Program Manager for SCVMM has started to blog . It looks like you'll get some great content so add him to your RSS feed now. Technorati tags: scvmm

Thanks John for posting all the links , that should keep us all busy! These are the webcasts associated with Windows Server 2008 RC0 and the virtualization preview Technorati tags: ws2008 , virtualization , wsv

So that's confirmed then RC0 of Windows Server (with those WSv/viridian bits!) is now available to download: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-24windowserverrc0.mspx Ben has some guidelines that you must consider if you're planning...

According to this source Mike Neil - General Manager of Virtualization, said "We expect the release candidate next week". I've not seen this reported first-hand...so can't confirm the statement. With its built-in server Virtualization technology, Windows...

Exactly a month ago we had the first Virtual Server R2 SP1 cookbooks, the next course :-) has just been delivered to the table download site . Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager The goal...

As Tony says the evaluation pieces are now available, if you want a 120day trial version already loaded in a VHD take a look at his post. Remember to take a look at the getting started material and the How-To videos , accessible from here . Technorati...

Thanks to Ben for this one, the Quickstart site is for Microsoft gold partners This is what it is all about Hello and welcome to the Quickstart for Get Virtual Portal! We invite you to become a part of Quickstart for Get Virtual. This is the easiest and...

Keith has provided a screencast/blogcast (or whatever you wish to call it) on Windows Server virtualization, so if you have 10mins to spare, take a look here: Windows Server 2008 screencast - Virtualization 10 Minute Tour Also if you need to try this...

How To Videos are brief walkthroughs of specific features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Product experts from the VMM team demonstrate basic tasks within the product. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scvmm/bb688094.aspx Technorati tags...

Finally SCVMM RTM's. It seems like ages ago (18mths+) since I first discovered that project 'Carmine' existed. I had a customer asking for a solution to manage their large Virtual Server estate, so off I went to discover our plans - at the time the...

VolkerW posted the following links to some upcoming Webcasts on Windows Server 2008 and Virtualization, more details on his blog . I'll also repost the link to the Virtual Server performance tips (slightly dated) but has some great planning advice: http...

"These are the first of several cookbooks to help SI partner consultants get up to speed to deploy virtualisation solutions in record time. These are step-by-step, one-stop documents with all the details, tips/tricks to build a working solution" For more...

The main website has undergone a major overhaul - take a look here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualization/default.mspx I particularly like the look of the new layout, the resources seem easy to find (which wasn't always the case...

In the course of a working week with customers and partners the term ' Paravirtualization ' comes up frequently. I've linked to what wikipedia has to say about it and also show a snippet from Ben Armstrong where he answered a question on Paravirtualization...

As you've probably seen Vista has received a few improvements available in these KB articles. I particularly like the fact that the issue: " When you copy or move a large file, the estimated time remaining takes a long time to be calculated and displayed...

....resume Sorry for the blog drought in the last month or so, a combination of holiday, work events and the normal yearly week long (9days actually) training trip to Seattle last week have kept me busy. In addition I've moved role - I'm now a Server...

I've always tried to use the tools available that ship with products but sometimes a better alternative exists. We have had this tool internally for some time, it's great to see it available to all. The Tabbed interface and the fact it's not a web page...

One of my favorite pieces of software (or should that be feature rich OS) has just hit Release Candidate status, the Windows Home Server blog has all the details. 100,000+ of you have already had the chance to beta this, more places will be made available...

The wait is over, you can now download from here . Extra details can be found here and in the FAQ from where I pulled out these details on the new features. Bink.nu also has more of a write up than time allows me to produce today What's New in This...

Thanks to Kurt (at Quest) for this pointer, I had a quick play with this tool yesterday...may be a possible GUI for some bespoke SCVMM scripts :-) More details below: Quest has created a graphical user interface for PowerShell, PowerGUI ; built PowerShell...

I stumbled on this today , it seems there is a second calculator now available (the first was made available in January ). The licensing page has been updated to reflect the two calculators: Calculator 1 - is designed to estimate the licenses and cost...

So the name just got announced at WinHEC during Bill's keynote, Windows Server "'longhorn" will be Windows Server 2008 ...were you surprised? Clive Technorati tags: windowsserversystem

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/default.mspx Last years WinHEC had some great Virtualization details, lets hope for more of the same this year Technorati tags: virtualization

Half the fun (and sometimes pain) is installing new products and getting them to work...however if you don't have that mentality or the time you can now download SCVMM Beta2 as a VHD . I'm downloading my copy now: All you need is a Windows Live ID to...