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Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on June 11, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)”
I will also be recording the demos as screencast videos. Watch my blog for when those go live on TechNet Edge.
I hope you find these resources useful!
-Kevin
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Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2.aspx
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2–Hyper-V Live Migration Overview and Architecture http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdd083c6-3fc7-470b-8569-7e6a19fb0fdf&DisplayLang=en
Enabling Server and Desktop Virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-virtualization.aspx
Internet Information Services 7.5 (Hierarchy of Managed Entities) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd364124.aspx
Windows PowerShell Snap-In for IIS 7.0 http://www.iis.net/extensions/PowerShell
What’s New in AppLocker http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378941.aspx
Making the Experience Better Together with Windows 7 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-better-together.aspx
Microsoft TechNet Springboard http://www.microsoft.com/springboard
Microsoft TechNet http://www.microsoft.com/technet
Live TechNet Events http://www.technetevents.com/
Microsoft Events page: http://www.microsoft.com/events
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Hey all,
Last week I delivered a couple of TechNet Webcasts, the first of which was on Windows 7. It was the first of a whole series of Windows 7 TechNet Webcasts. Immediately prior to the delivery of the webcast, I recorded my demos. I’m finally done editing/rendering them, so I thought you might find them useful. They’re up on TechNet Edge:
If you’re interested in seeing the entire webcast, you can see it HERE.
The resource page I put together for the webcast is HERE.
And HERE is the “Best of Q&A” from the webcast.
Kevin
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on June 4, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300)”
UP'DATE: I've just published the 4 screencast recordings I made of the 4 demos from this webcast. You can see them HERE.
Remote Desktop Services http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371765(VS.85).aspx
How to Install http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204630(VS.85).aspx
Windows Server 2008 – Active Directory http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/active-directory.aspx
Windows Server 2008 - Server Management http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/server-management.aspx
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As promised, here are the “Best of Q&A” from the webcast I delivered on June 3, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview (200)”
A BIG THANK YOU to Dan Stolts and Matt Hester for assisting in answering questions during the webcast. This blog post is primarily a result of their efforts.
Thanks for attending! ...and if you haven't seen the webcast yet, you can click on the link above (or the picture to the left) to get to the registration page.
UPDATE: I'm done posting the screencast recordings I made of the demos for this session. Check out THIS BLOG POST for the list of and links to the demo screencasts!
Also - Here the RESOURCES I pulled together for this webcast
I hope you find these useful!
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Questions and Answers
“I would like to know what the status is on supported drivers for Windows 7 i.e. what is the new figure above 47,000. Last time I was told "98 of the top 100 devices are now supported, and more than 47,000 drivers have been added since Windows Vista was released. 99% of Windows Vista PC’s have drivers for every single supported device installed.”
There are no available statistics as of yet, however 7 will retain Vista's driver model, ensuring hardware drivers written for Vista will work with the new operating system when it ships. I know also early on in the process we were required 64-bit device drivers to be signed. This was/is mandatory.
“Will Direct access allow for users on Windows 7 to reset their AD password against the DC”
Yes, the same ways you have done in the past. And yes, even while connected via DirectAccess.
“How does direct access work with a 2 factor authentication?”
Right now the only 2-factor authentication we allow for DirectAccess scenarios is SmartCard.
“Will the DirectAccess Server replace the NAP/NPS server feature of W2K8 SP1?”
DirectAccess is not directly related to NAP/NPS. DA is for connectivity – but using IPv6 across untrusted networks. NAP can be used in DA the same as you would use it on the LAN, for verifying health and granting access based on that health. But the one doesn’t replace the other.
“This technology (DirectAccess ) will be replace NAP?”
No, NAP or Network Access Protection confirms the machine meets all security requirements for corp policy. DirectAccess allows external machines to connect to the corp network.
“Is Windows 7 a new Windows 2010 OS?”
Windows 7 is a new OS from MS and will be available Oct-22-2009: http://blogs.technet.com/matthewms/archive/2009/06/03/windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-ga-and-rtm-dates-announced.aspx
Yes, Matt.. I’ll even let you promote your blog on my blog. (smile)
“Has the BrancheCache feature been tested against WAN Accelerators that do the same thing from a hardware perspective?”
Nothing I am aware off, but they really are for two different things, the WAN acclerators traditional help compress traffic on the wire, while branchcache's goal is to avoid having the traffic go on the wire, by storing the file locally. For example your WAN accelerator could help with the initial download of the file, but then branchcache systems in the branch office would handle any other requests for the file locally and not cause traffice on the WAN link.
I know there are WAN accelerators that do provide similar functionality, but the beauty of BranchCache is that A) it’s included with the OS, and B) it is not using any special protocol or special tunneling of traffic to make it work. Those hardware accelerators sometimes get in the way of standard networking. For example, they make it impossible (or at least difficult) to encrypt traffic end-to-end.
“Is only Windows client going to be available this year? When is new server version going to come out?”
Windows 7 will be released in Oct and Windows Server 2008 R2 is expected to be released at about the same time. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Jun09/06-02SteveGuggenheimer.mspx
(No promises here.. but I’m hoping they release it on the very same day – like they did with the Betas and the Release Candidates.)
“How is bitlocker to go compatible with previous versions of windows or even linux?”
For previous versions of windows they should be able to read the bitlocker unlocak file on the USB drive to be able to unlock the drive, I believe for all other OS's the drive will not be readable.
It’s actually pretty clever… there is an ordinarily hidden, very small partition on a BitlockerToGo encrypted drive. If I put it into, say, and XP machine (and who runs XP these days? Oh yeah.. almost everyone. L) , you’ll have the ability to run a little application from that partition that will add the ability to enter the password (or recovery key) and then read the drive. Smart stuff.
“If I purchase a new PC now, will I qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 7 or do I need to wait until October?”
I don’t think the timing on this has been officially announced, but there will likely be a day (soon) after which a purchase of Windows Vista (and likely only certain versions) will be freely upgradable to Windows 7.
“When is W7 RC2 available?”
There is no RC2. There is just RC. Beta was just beta. Next up: RTM
“What is recommended RAM for Windows 7?”
At the time of the RC, the requirements are:
“Is Windows 7 RC deployable through WDS?”
Absolutely. We’re using the same imaging technology. You definitely should look at http://www.microsoft.com/deployment for links and information about the current state of deployment, and the free tools and guides available. For example – there is a beta of the WAIK and of the Microsoft deployment Toolkit that have additional functionality to support deploying Windows 7. But even without additional updates, WDS will deploy a Windows 7 image as readily as it will a Windows Vista one.
“Will hardware drivers written for Vista work in Windows 7?”
Yes. Or more correctly, “it’s overwhelmingly likely”, since the driver model is the same.
“What is the airspeed velocity of an un-laden Swallow?”
What do you mean? An African or European Swallow?
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on June 3, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Feature Overview (Level 200)”
This is part 1 of a many-part series on Windows 7.
I have also recorded the demos as screencast videos. Watch my blog for when those go live on TechNet Edge. UPDATE: They're live! Check out THIS BLOG POST for the list of and links to the demo screencasts!
DirectAccess http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/dd420463.aspx
TechNet Edge Interview: BranchCache in Windows 7 http://edge.technet.com/Media/Branch-Cache-in-Windows-7/
Windows 7 for the Enterprise http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/search-information.aspx
Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/newin2.mspx
Windows 7 Walkthrough: AppLocker (Video Download) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a919629-4d8b-43c5-8115-78bc30a187c2&DisplayLang=en
Windows 7: Troubleshooting and Support http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349347.aspx
Windows 7 Energy Efficiency (“Engineering Windows 7” Blog) http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/01/06/windows-7-energy-efficiency.aspx
Okay.. ‘bout time for some shameless self-promotion…
Actually, and honestly.. I don’t look like this anymore. My hair is shorter, and I’ve decided to let the grey just be grey. This is what I look like now:
But that’s not what this post is about. It’s about you IT Managers. As you may (or may not) know, I’ve been helping to create some online resources for IT Managers, in the form or the new IT Manager Community Hub, and the IT Management Forum.
But Evren (Evren Toktas is the real hero here, doing all the heaviest lifting to make these things a reality) and I also thought it would be great if we could do some live chat sessions around topics that IT Managers would be interested in, and could even participate in.
So, using our old-favorite Office LiveMeeting, and doing a webcast-that-isn’t-really-a-webcast, but more of a recorded discussion / talk-radio kind of a thing, we’re rounding up industry and community experts (or just anybody with a strong opinion) to help us hold these live discussion sessions focusing on the topic areas listed.
One regular on the show with me will be Derek Schauland. Derek is a recognized Microsoft MVP ("Most Valued Professional”), and a prolific blogger and writer (for TechRepublic as well as contributions to the aforementioned IT Manager Community Hub). It will be great having Derek on-board.
We have four sessions scheduled for April and May, and would love it if you could join us:
IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Virtualization (Level 100) 4/9/2009 11:00 AM PST http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409138&Culture=en-US IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Business Intelligence (Level 100) 4/20/2009 11:00 AM PST http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409141&Culture=en-US IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (Level 100) 5/4/2009 11:00 AM PST http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409149&Culture=en-US IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Security (Level 100) 5/25/2009 11:00 AM PST http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409151&Culture=en-US
IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Virtualization (Level 100)
4/9/2009 11:00 AM PST
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409138&Culture=en-US
IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Business Intelligence (Level 100)
4/20/2009 11:00 AM PST
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409141&Culture=en-US
IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (Level 100)
5/4/2009 11:00 AM PST
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409149&Culture=en-US
IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin - Security (Level 100)
5/25/2009 11:00 AM PST
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032409151&Culture=en-US
And we want YOU to participate.
Send your questions in ahead of time to Evren (evrent@microsoft.com), or to me on my Contact page on this blog. (And if it’s not clear, make sure you mention which topic you’re asking the question about.) Or you can come to the event, and ask your questions of us there.
..and for links to these, plus other IT Manager-focused webcasts, check out the IT Manager Connections event page.
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on March 20, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Road Map for the Future of Virtualization (Level 300)”
This is part 19 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization. (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).
I also included links to resources that will help answer some of the Q&A that I had at the end of the webcast, and added the Q&A at the end of this blog post.
One more note: Those of you who watched the webcast know that I had no problem configuring for Live Migration – but that for some reason my migration didn’t run as expected. I promised during the webcast that I would make a recording of that demo and make it available here. I still intend to do that. Stay tuned.
I hope you find this information useful. And also watch me as I delivered parts 1, 5, and 7. See you there!
FAQs: Virtual Hard Disks in Windows 7 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440865.aspx
What’s New In Virtual Hard Disks? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440864.aspx
Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 (beta) – Includes the documentation for creating VHD Boot http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349343.aspx
WIM 2 VHD Converter http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wim2vhd/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=13
What’s New In Windows 7 for IT Pros (Beta) http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/0/1/1017E8C2-3117-4C82-9E6D-3B7C8E3AE256/Windows7_WhatsNew.doc
Excellent Blog Post: Creating a Cluster in Windows Server 2008 http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/archive/2008/01/18/7151154.aspx
Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731844.aspx
Hyper-V: Step-by-Step Guide to Using Live Migration in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446679.aspx
Microsoft Virtualization Website http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/default.mspx
Virtualization for Windows – A Technology Overview http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/virtwindows.mspx
Hyper-V http://www.microsoft.com/hyperv
What’s New in Hyper-V R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446676.aspx
Hyper-V Overview Whitepaper http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/HyperVOverviewWP.mspx?WT.srch=1&mode=1&CR_ID=-1&CR_TC=9OSUHTEXXE95SOC
Virtualization Management https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/solution-tech-management.mspx
Microsoft System Center https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/solution-product-sc.mspx
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/scvmm
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – Evaluation Download http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc793138.aspx
How Customers Are Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/wp-costsavings.mspx
White Paper: How Customers Are Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/wp-costsavings.mspx
White Paper: Flexible Desktop Computing http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/fdcwhitepaper.mspx
Windows Server 2008 – web, virtualization, security, and a solid foundation for your business workloads (training resources) http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx
Webcast Q&A
“Is there a document that outlines the proper steps to configure the environment to boot from the VHD?” Yes. Some of the Windows 7 resources above have the instructions on how to do this.
“When booting from a vhd file does this mean that none of that original server core OS is loaded, ie Do you have to have an OS of some kind (server 2008 r2, win 7, server core) on the physical machine for this to work?” No. As long as you can boot to the drive and have the bootloader re-configured to include the .vhd as one of the bootable drives, you’re good.
That said, one thing I should have made more clear in the webcast is that you are limited to what OS you can run from the .VHD. Currently it is Windows 7. That’s it.
Check out the FAQ link above on What’s new - Virtual Hard Disks in Windows 7. Here is the specific details on what’s new in “Native VHD Boot” http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440865.aspx#QRT2
“If booting from a VHD, does the OS have any direct access to hardware devices such as USB drives, bluetooth etc?” Yes, it does. It’s not running “virtual” per se. So yes, you’ll have hardware access. From the FAQ:
Are there any firmware requirements for native VHD boot? The platform firmware enumerates physical hard disk devices that are available to the Windows Boot Manager during power up. The Windows Boot Manager initiates the native VHD boot process as well as a normal boot process. The VHD file configured for native VHD boot must reside on a physical device that is enumerated by the firmware. Native VHD boot is supported on platforms that have either BIOS or UEFI firmware.
“You mentioned twice about compatible hardware, what does it mean?” The CPU needs to match between the two cluster node servers. Otherwise it’s a good idea to use the hardware validation wizard as described here: Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Validating Hardware for a Failover Cluster http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732035.aspx
And it’s a good idea to be familiar with this document, too: The Microsoft Support Policy for Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;943984
“I just want to clarify one thing, CSV is not required for Live Migration, Correct? CSV is just recommended but Live Migration can work with current Hyper-V storage setups.” CSV is required for Live Migration. The cluster nodes (both source and destination) have to share a volume in order to facilitate the live switch. Remember that it’s only the configuration and the “working set” of memory that is moved from one node to another. The .vhd and other files that make up the VM do not actually move.
“When is r2 due out and is it going to be a simple upgrade from r1 to r2?” No announcements have been made about the release date of Windows Server 2008 R2. And as for the support for an upgrade, that hasn’t been determined yet.
“What is the upgrade process for moving from 2008 clustered hyper-v to 2008 r2? inplace?” Yes, you’ll have the option to in-place upgrade a x64 Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V Role installed to Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. If you’re running Windows Server 2008 32-bit, you won’t be able to upgrade. Windows Server 2008 R2 is 64-bit only.
“Will users be able to use SAN based snapshots with CSVs?” Yes.
“So does this mean i could have servers which boot from a SAN which store these VHDs? if that is the case, do I need any storage at all in my physical servers, or do i need at least storage space for the boot files?” “Can I boot physical or VM off of a VHD file that is sitting on a SAN?” The .VHD has to be on a local hard disk. Actually, more correctly, the .VHD has to be on a locally accessible disk that the Windows Boot Manager has access to during power-up.
“During live migration, if you had a server which was using a lot of memory, constantly updating the memory pages (i cant think of an example where that happens, i dont know much about memory) im assuming the migration will take longer... is there a chance where the migration wouldnt succeed?” I suppose conceptually you could encounter a machine that was so over-worked that there was no chance the changes would be able to be duplicated.. but it is highly unlikely.
“I hear that you can’t use snapshots on virtual machines which are domain controllers because it can cause corruption in AD. Can you use live migration on domain controllers without any bad side affects?" Sure. The difference is that in the VM (or .VHD) file that you’ve snapshotted, the directory is going to have to come back online in an unknown state. The live migration of a running VM is actually just that – LIVE. It’s going to start running from the very point at which it stopped on the source machine… so there is no need to have anything on that machine in a back-up-able state or ready for snapshot, or anything.
“Will there eventually be support for different cpu architectures for live migration?” Extremely unlikely. As I said in the webcast, it’s as if we could take a running machine and suddenly tell the instructions currently happening, “*BOOM!* Now you’re running on a different processor with a different instruction set available.”
“Is there a minimum OS version required for the guest's for live migration to work, ie could those guests be win2k?”UPDATE: Got the answer. There is no OS minimum or anything special about the guest to support live migration. Any OS that is supported to run under Hyper-V is able to be migrated live. (Awesome!)
“Is the capability to boot from VHD only available on 64-bit computers or is the boot loader 32-bit compatible?” Either.
“Is there a plan to support multiple simultaneous live migrations from a single server?” Not that I’m aware of.
“Are there any risks associated with live migration? Is it transactional?”
Well, one of the good things about Live Migration is that you’re not actually moving files from or between disk systems – so the only corruption would potentially be in the memory – which is going to have to match exactly before the switch is thrown and the destination machine comes online in place of the source. So, while I’m not going to say “It’s 100% foolproof” (because NOTHING is), I’d say it’s pretty solid. And the worst that would happen would be having to restart the migrated machine.
“Do you know about Microsoft’s plans how the update from R2 Beta to R2 RTM will take place?” No, I don’t know of the plans.
“Can you tell multiple VMs to live migrate so they will automatically migrate one right after the other?” I don't know of a way to do it in the Cluster Manger, but in SCVMM 2008 you could use PowerShell, and make it a part of a script to do one after another. Actually, you can use PowerShell and WMI to do it without SCVMM 2008, but that is a little more tricky.
“Here is a really dumb question. what is a node and clustered node?” Not dumb.. I probably used the two interchangeably. That's my mistake. They both refer to a physical node (machine) in a Failover Cluster configuration.
“For CSV, are there specific storage hardware requirements, like specific FC controllers and/or switches? What about iSCSI or FCOIP?” I will find the req. documentation and link to it on my blog. Great question!
“Thank you for answering my question. Now, can you use 1 min to explain the inter relationship of VDI, TS, Hyper-V, App-V, remote desktop, etc.. quite confusing, but, you are the best, so :-)” LOL! I'm good.. but not that good. :) I'll see if I can expand upon it in my blog, however. And I recently participated in a "Thrive" webcast that included a "360 Virtualization Overview" section that outlined the different Virtualization types and products. Here it is: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/03/11/are-you-just-surviving-or-are-you-thriving-webcast-questions-and-answers.aspx
It is listed as an introduction to the Thrive web resources, which is also worth watching. My part starts about 25 minutes into the webcast.
“I know that this is a webcast series of virtualization. Where can i download the previous webcast, am really interested in learning more” Check out the top of this post. Yung Chou put a blog post up with all of the webcast links.
“Thank you very much, and great job in this webcast!” Thanks! ..and you're welcome!
Hello all,
Today finds me in Orlando Florida. I’m currently listening to Harold Wong talk about Exchange Disaster Recovery options (good stuff), but I’m not paying completely attention (obviously). But I thought I’d take a moment and direct you to the resources I put together for my three PowerShell talks I gave today. The related links, and an attached .zip file containing the script demo samples and the slide decks, can be found here:
Kevin’s Connections 2009 Event Resources
“So..what are you doing for the rest of the conference?”
Well.. after Harold gets done droning on and on about DR, I think several of us will play the pitch-n-putt course here at the resort. And then we’re going to have dinner with Esther S., a Sr. Marketing Manager at Microsoft.
Tomorrow I get to do “booth duty”, so come and find me near the Windows 7 station, or just wandering around in my Microsoft shirt answering questions.
And Wednesday night I go home.. so I’m thinking there may be some time poolside between now and then. (grin)
Today I had the pleasure of participating in the very first Thrive webcast. Lilyn Chang kicked it off with a good overview of what the Thrive program and website are all about (http://www.microsoft.com/thrivemicrosoft.com/thrive), Karen Forster (Director of Platform Vision at Advaiya, Inc.) discussed how you should avoid the costly mistakes that so many businesses make in how they miss huge business value opportunities, and then I gave a quick 360 degree overview of Microsoft’s Virtualization solutions.
(If you want to watch this webcast recording, you can go here. It should be available roughly 24 hours after the time of this blog post.)
At the end of the webcast we had some time for Q&A. All of the questions were right up my alley, so I answered them verbally, but also promised to post them here along with a summary of my answer.
So.. here they are…
“For small business with 5 - 10 users with a SBS2008 server installed would it cost more to deploy Office 2007 to the 10 employees as local desktop installs, Terminal Server deployment, or Virtualized Application deployment? If there is a difference in cost is it significant or very minor?”
As I said in the webcast, I’m not personally a licensing or cost expert (yet). You should work with your partner or contact (whoever you got SBS from) and see if they can help you with that calculation.
The MDOP product page does have a good ROI calculator that might help you with some of this: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/mdop-roi-tools.aspx
(If someone else reading this has a good resource or idea, please enter it in a comment!)
“Isn't RDS RemoteApp also application virtualization, as the application is isolated from the user's operating system even though it doesn't appear to be?”
Sure, you could look at it that way, I suppose. But I’m thinking the reason we call it “presentation virtualization” is that it is not actually running at all on the local machine. It’s just a presentation of what is running on the server or remote desktop. True Application Virtualization using something like App-V is running the application (albeit in its own sandbox) on the local machine.
“Where can I find out more about Med-V, costs, etc?” “How can I get the MDOP if I have software w/ SA?”
Here is the MDOP Product Overview: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/mdop.aspx
...and the “How to buy” page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/how-to-buy.aspx
The MDOP team has a blog, too: http://blogs.technet.com/mdop/. That will be a good one to watch for announcements. Trust me.
“Is PowerShell integrated in all MDOP?”
No. I’m pretty sure it’s not. A search on “PowerShell” on the MDOP blog turned up “No Results”, so I’m guessing not.
However, as I said in the webcast – there are foundational benefits in PowerShell that can be applied to configuration and management around the MDOP tools. If there is anything that can be driven through WMI, you can use PowerShell. If it can be run from the command-line, you can do it in PowerShell. So, don’t count out PowerShell if you’re looking for ways to automate MDOP management.
“Eta of both HV R2 and Server R2”
Not announced yet. Sorry. I’m still hearing that it could happen this calendar year.
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If you have any more comments or questions about the Thrive program and website resources, or have any suggestions for it, please send them to Lilyn Chang: lilync@microsoft.com
As promised (and long overdue), here are the “Best of Q&A” from the webcast I delivered on January 28, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)”
A BIG THANK YOU to John Baker and Yung Chou for assisting in answering questions during the webcast. This blog post is primarily a result of their efforts.
PS - Hare the RESOURCES I pulled together for this webcast
"What is the link to sign up for the other webcasts in this series?"
http://blogs.technet.com/yungchou/archive/2009/01/12/20-part-webcast-series-on-microsoft-virtualization-solutions.aspx
"Can VMM be installed on a virtual machine on a host it will be managing?"
Yes. That's how I was doing this demo, actually.
“Why has MS required a 64 bit OS for the VMM?”
I think you'll find all of our products witl have 64 bit requirement going forward, taking advantage of the benefits 64 bit brings for things like scale. Also, it means only having to compile and support one set of executables that run natively on a 64-bit platform.
“VMM can only be installed on a server in a domain correct it can't be a stand alone server?”
Check this whitepaper for different topologies: http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/8/9/089003c8-5b65-4e5b-bdf6-4b2e02968ad1/SCVMM2008_White_Paper_final_090208PD.pdf
“Will you cover how to virtualize an existing physical machine?”
Not in this webcast. But he does talk about it in part 7 of the series.
“If I perform a p2v conversion and data is being written to the physical, does it automatically load the virtual machine up and shutdown the physical so there is no service interruption?”
VMM will transfer the disk contents from source to the Hyper-V host with no interruption to the source. HOWEVER… the resultant VM is an EXACT copy of the source (including MAC, SID etc). You have the choice of starting the destination VM (for example if you are converting to a host with an isolated vSwitch.)
You also have the option of shutting down the source after P2V. However, none of this is orchestrated and is not meant to attain “no service interruption.” The user should perform a check on the resultant VM to make sure everything is working as expected before putting it on the production network (this involves the user shutting down the source to avoid potential conflicts on network)
“Is it best practice to host SCVMM within a Virtual machine, or to host it on a physical server?”
I would have to say a “better” practice would be to run it on a physical server, or at least on a virtual machine that is not managing itself. It’s a little contorted to run a virtual machine that runs a product that is managing the very same virtual machine.
“What are the steps for P-to-V conversion?”
We cover conversions in part 7 of the webcast series.
“I have 1 HOST server (2 - quad core) running 4 VM’s (each VM has 1 - quad core). With a CPU stress test tool I maximize the CPU on each VM. Task manager within each VM shows 100% CPU, however VMM2008 console shows each CPU average at 49%/ Lastly the CPU utilization on the HOST Server at the time is less then 2%. Any idea on this or how to test how many VM a HOST can handle?”
It's all on RAM, my friend. It also depends on what is loaded and running.
“Regarding this answer...." It's all on RAM, my friend. It also depends on what are loaded and running... so " What would you suggest to see just how many VM a HOST can handle, CPU wise?”
Certainly there are published OS requirements, however and this is my experience, you want to give the parent partition (or host partition if we incorrectly call it) really 2 and not 1 GB. For heavy workload like SharePoint and Exchange, you should plan just as if it is running on a physical box. It really depends on what you are running upon. Sorry I can’t be more specific
“Are there many exams I could take for virtualization? I have taken the one for configuring server virtualization and will take one for VMM, are there many more? I couldn’t see any more on the microsoft learning site.”
Well, if you’re watching the MS Learning site, then you’re looking in the right place. I don’t really have a better resource for you.
“With SCOM 2007 integration, is it a good idea to have SCOM virtualized and have SCOM monitoring a hyper V server?”
It’s your choice whether to virtualize it. Monitoring the Hyper-V server is a great idea.
“When I deploy an image via SCVMM, it is copied within 2-3 minutes. but then it takes about 10-15 minutes to start and be ready for use? Why?”
File copy and booting a machine is not the same. Also for SCVMM there are more handshakes and communications it needs to establish with its agents. And you’ll see different performance if you’re, say, just deploying a configured machine from the library versus deploying a template from the library, because the template has to go through the initial machine mini-setup before it is ready to use.
“If i remember correctly, if you do a p2v the phical server is left in a syspreped state or non useable form. It at some point during the transfer a job fails and p2v is stoppet in the middel, what happens to the physical machine? Is there a way to recover it? Will Kevin be demonstrating intelligent placement?”
Check this link, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764232.aspx it has info on what to do in case of a failure.
“Is there any eBooks that go into really good detail on how to use VMM2008 or Hyper-V?”
http://blogs.technet.com/yungchou/archive/2008/12/19/free-ebook-understanding-microsoft-virtualization-solutions.aspx
“Does vmm control licenses... like with 2008 enterprise and the limit of 4 vm's with it. or datacenter with unlimited or are there defaults we will need to adjust with our datacenter servers?”
Short answer: SCVMM doesn’t do anything to monitor, control, or enforce licensing. Here’s the licensing info: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/pricing-licensing.aspx
“Why does the sysprep take so long? It doesn't if i deploy to a physical machine. Handshake or not, 10-15 minutes is just too long.”
I don’t specifically know the reason why. I am only speculating that perhaps there are some steps that have no programmatic way to tell whether a certain task is completed or not, so there may be timeouts that have to be waited for, etc. Beyond that I really don’t know the answer.
“Are you aware of any Best Practice and or Performance Docs”
Here is a good “Performance and Capacity Requirements for Hyper-V” article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277865.aspx
“Can you use library server as a DFS share?”
If we`re talking about placing VMM library on a DFS share, it is not supported. Each library server has its own agent each resource in the library is given an unique GUID. Good post here: http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/2008/08/26/dfs-on-vmm-library.aspx If you want to use VMM library server AS member of DFS (without adding VMM library share to the DFS), I think it`s fine. DFS and library shares are separated in this case.
“In a physical server the boot disk can be SCSI or IDE, I understand that a virtual server boot disk needs to use the IDE adapter - does anyone know why the boot disk can’t use SCSI?”
For Hyper-V… because Hyper-V only exposes the SCSI controller as a synthetic device. Synthetic devices are new to Hyper-V. These types of devices load on the ‘VM Bus’ (new to Hyper-V as well). Emulated devices (like a NIC) load on the PCI Bus. To enable boot from SCSI… Hyper-V would need to expose an emulated SCSI device. Also… there is no benefit in supporting boot from scsi. In Hyper-V performance is the same. Of course this was not the case with VS2005.
“Once you have a 2 node Hyper V cluster with some Hyper-V servers made highly available, is it possible to create a Virtual Machine to use local storage on one of the Hyper V hosts? Of course this Virtual machine would not be high available.”
Yes. Check http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732181.aspx#BKMK_Machine. If you don’t use shared storage you will not be able to make the machine highly available as you describe.
“Regarding clustering, which Exchange Server clustering options are supported for virtualization/virtual management? (SCC, CCR, DAG?)”
Microsoft does not support combining Exchange clustering solutions (namely, cluster continuous replication (CCR) and single copy clusters (SCC)) with hypervisor-based availability or migration solutions (for example, Hyper-V's quick migration). Both CCR and SCC are supported in hardware virtualization environments provided that the virtualization environment does not employ clustered virtualization servers. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794548.aspx
“Are there going to be any future presentations that actually shows administration of VMWare machines via VMM?”
Yes. I discuss and demonstrate that in part 7.
“Is there a reason why the integration tools would not install on a Windows 2003 x86 VM when it installs on a Windows 2003 x64 VM?”
Sometimes the moved machine, even though you’ve installed the Integration Components, doesn’t know enough to check the HAL for the change. You can resolve within that virtual machine by running “MSCONFIG”, going to the “Boot” tab, clicking on “Advanced Options”, and checking the “Detect HAL” checkbox.
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on January 28, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Building on Your Existing Virtual Environment (Level 300)”
This is part 7 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization. (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).
I hope you find these links useful. And watch for me also delivering part 1, 5, and 19. See you there!
P2V: Converting Physical Computers to Virtual Machines in VMM http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764232.aspx
V2V: Converting Virtual Machines in VMM http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc793147.aspx
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Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on January 28, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)”
This is part 5 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization. (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).
I hope you find these links useful. And watch for me also delivering part 1, 7, and 19. See you there!
Below are the best of the questions and answers that occurred during our TechNet Webcast entitled, "TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell (Level 300)”
PS - here are the RESOURCES I pulled together for this webcast
"Who is handling q&a today?" Keith Combs, Dan Stolts, John Baker, Yung Chou and Harold Wong (THANKS GUYS!)
"Is this a VMware ad?" No, of course not. (This was obviously in response to my honest acknowledgement that VMware is the market leader. And as I said, "For now.")
"What about rapid deployment of images?" That will be Microsoft Deployment.
"What is the minimum physical memory recommended to run a Hyper-V enviroment? The memory so one can be fairly performant." For a test environment?
"For maintaining a domain with about 100 computers, usually for login and file sharing support." Take a look at the Hyper-V planning and deployment guide at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794762.aspx
"I have viewed the deployment Guide and it covers the maximum amounts of memory, processors and hard drive space but does not address minimum recommended configurations." If you look at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816844.aspx it gives you hardware considerations for the host machine running Hyper-V, including CPU, memory, networking and storage. How much you need is dependent on how many guest machines you'll be running and how they'll be configured.
"Do you have cluster hyper-v demo? SCVMM manages Cluster hyper-v?" Yes, we'll have some clustering demos later in the series. I believe we'll be showing a Hyper-V Cluster and possibly an ESX cluster
"Are there any resources available to help in sizing Hyper-V implementations?" Yes, There is a webcast http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032392907
"The application files that are being streamed, are the in application data folder or a san kind of folder like appstream?" It really doesn't matter. You don't have to store it on a SAN - so long as it is accessible.
"With Paint for example, would all files saved with the remote instance save to a remote location only, or can files be saved locally and remotely?" Wherever is accessible to you.
"Sorry the SAN box is a concept of folder structure that is applied with thinstall or thinapp. But the DLL's and the help files, etc. Are they local? And what folder are they being streamed to? What local directory?" Sorry, I misunderstood. For Application Virtualization, the files are streamed to the client and then stored locally in the user's profile for faster access. They are not "installed" into the user's program files directory or Windows directory.
"Any possibility to do Virtual PC (hyper-v compatible) for vista x64 or Windows 7 x64?" Hyper-V is the only product we have that runs x64 virtual machines. But if you're asking if we'll ever have a desktop version of Hyper-V, that I don't know.
"VMware Workstation 6.5 doesn't have support for the WDDM drivers needed for Aero, Do you all have no issue with the video including 3d effects." I don't understand the question. I am not aware of any virtualization product anywhere that supports AERO.
"I missed it, does the Virtual Machine Manager work with Virtual Server 2005 R2?" Yes. I don't think you missed it. I actually don't think the webcast specifically said. Thanks for asking!
"There is also a Hyper-V book coming out by John Kelbley that is available for Advance order http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Server-2008-Hyper-V-Microsofts/dp/0470440961/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231259146&sr=8-1" Thanks, Dan!
"Will this virtual server contains all the facilities of VMWare?" SCVMM 2008 lets you import the VMWare Virtual Center arrangement of your virtual machines and their configuration.. and it uses all of the same APIs, so it gives you FULL management of VMWare as well as Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
"I have been using the Self Service Portal and I have a question about the access to the virtual machine. There are two ways: Connect to VM and Remote Desktop. A normal user can access remotely to the machines when they are configured with external network. Can they access to virtual machines that are configured with an internal or private network?" No. It's not going to do some magical pass-thru kind of RDP connection for you there. Remember that the Self Service Portal doesn't have to be an SCVMM Management Server. It just has to be a web server with that web application configured and connected to SCVMM. Your RDP connection will be attempted from your location, to the address of that machine. If you can’t see or don’t have a way to use RDP to that machine, you won’t be connecting that way. The portal was designed with intranets in mind. The self service portal simply hosts the VMConnect, RDP and VMWare Control which execute on the user client. It doesn’t do any sort of network bridging. The controls need clear network access to the host or guest in the case of RDP.
One idea for you would be to use Terminal Services Web Access to bridge that gap, and expose the browser client to the SSP hosted internally.
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Thanks again for all the great questions. See you in future webcasts!
This is cool. Free learning is always good.
Microsoft Learning is giving away free e-Books. Microsoft Press is celebrating their 25th anniversary. So they’re offering a way to sign-up for and receive notifications about free offers, and additional books, for the next several months.
The book available at the time of this blog post is this one:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/virtualization.mspx
This is very timely, as we just launched a 20 part Virtualization Webcast Series a couple days ago. (You can view the on-demand part 1 webcast here. Yeah, that’s me. <grin>)
Read the book. Attend the webcasts. You’ll virtually be a virtualization expert.
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on January 14, 2009, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Virtualization in a Nutshell (Level 300)”
This is part 1 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization. (Yung Chou blogged the entire schedule HERE).
I hope you find these links useful. And watch for me also delivering part 5, 7, and 19. See you there!
PS: UPDATE: Here is where you can find the "Best of Q&A" from the live webcast.
Terminal Services https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/solution-product-ts.mspx
App-V https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/solution-product-sgav.mspx
Live TechNet Events http://www.technetevents.com
If you manage an IT team or organization, and if you want some good resources on building your business – or even your career – using Microsoft technologies, you should check out this webcast series going on now.
Here’s the link to the series landing page.
A number of webcasts and podcasts have been recorded and are available on-demand, as well as many yet to happen. You can find out the schedule and attend the webcasts live.
“Sounds cool, Kevin. But do you have a sample of a webcast that’s coming soon?”
Of course. How about a December 3rd, 2008 webcast for IT Managers all about “Virtualization and Infrastructure Management”
Platform Solution Blueprints: Virtualization and Infrastructure Management Tune in to learn how Microsoft virtualization solutions enable organizations to expand their infrastructure options without sacrificing existing investments. If you need to do more with less, watch this webcast and see how Microsoft virtualization enables you to turn tactical decisions into strategy. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032396335&Culture=en-US
Platform Solution Blueprints: Virtualization and Infrastructure Management
Tune in to learn how Microsoft virtualization solutions enable organizations to expand their infrastructure options without sacrificing existing investments. If you need to do more with less, watch this webcast and see how Microsoft virtualization enables you to turn tactical decisions into strategy.
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032396335&Culture=en-US
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on November 5, 2008, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista in Your Organization with CONFIDENCE! (Level 300)”
I hope you find them useful.
Microsoft Deployment Deployment Feature Team Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb960434.aspx
Microsoft Deployment Home http://www.microsoft.com/deployment
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89&displaylang=en&tm
TechNet Desktop Deployment TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/desktopdeployment/default.aspx
TechNet Server Deployment TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/serverdeployment/default.aspx
Assessment Scenarios http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc297227.aspx
Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa905102.aspx
Windows Vista Security Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507874.aspx
About the Software Update Process http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb694059.aspx
Configuring Software Updates http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633119.aspx
Windows Deployment Services http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc265612.aspx
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/sccm
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Cool! Just noticed that one of my webcast recordings is listed in the current “Top 10 Webcasts” again. This time it was the one I did about Network Access Protection (part 18 of our 24 hours of Windows Server 2008 series).
Click HERE for the webcast recording.
And HERE for my webcast resources page.
And finally, HERE for the best of the Q&A from the webcast.
From the ol' mail bag...
I just received this e-mail, and thought I'd share it plus my response here on my blog:
Hi Kevin, I find your virtualization webcasts very good. I plan to investigate setting a DR solution using Hyper V with our systems in a different site Currently we have approx 12 physical boxes (mainly windows boxes) and I would like to setup some sort of failover mechanism which ideally would form as a DR solution or individual node failover. I was wondering whether there are any limitations with using this new technology as to system incompatibilities or will it be pretty solid. I guess the answer is to test although for this we will have to purchase a 64 bit machine. If you have any further info which could help me it would be great. We’re currently running a HP EVA SAN. Many Thanks, Stan the Bat**
Hi Kevin,
I find your virtualization webcasts very good. I plan to investigate setting a DR solution using Hyper V with our systems in a different site Currently we have approx 12 physical boxes (mainly windows boxes) and I would like to setup some sort of failover mechanism which ideally would form as a DR solution or individual node failover.
I was wondering whether there are any limitations with using this new technology as to system incompatibilities or will it be pretty solid. I guess the answer is to test although for this we will have to purchase a 64 bit machine.
If you have any further info which could help me it would be great. We’re currently running a HP EVA SAN.
Many Thanks,
Stan the Bat**
(**Not his real name.. but you get extra credit if you can tell me in a comment here just where a "Stan the Bat" reference might come from.)
Well Stan (if that is your real name), I have to first remind you that, it is indeed a very new technology (as you say).. so new in fact that I can't officially recommend that you run it in production just yet. It is still in RC0 (RC1 may be coming soon), and is on track to release "within 180 days of the release of Windows Server 2008", which was February 5th. That said, I'm hearing GREAT THINGS about its stability. Microsoft is indeed using it in production to host some very public customer facing applications (I don't know that I'm allowed to share with you specifically which ones they are, so I'll err on the side of keeping my job <grin>).
As for resources, I definitely hope you took advantage of the resource links I created for that webcast. Those can be found here. You'll find links to related resources there.
I would also add that a good blog to watch is the Windows Virtualization Team Blog. In particular (with regard to your question on Disaster Recovery), here is a post entitled "Disaster Recovery - not a nightmare with virtualization"
Below are the best of the questions and answers that occurred during our TechNet Webcast entitled, "24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 18 of 24): Network Access Protection"
“I am running XP SP3. how could find NAP client? I did look in the mmc and could not find the NAP Client snap-in.”
First of all – to those of you who heard me say on the webcast that you should be able to find it that way, I apologize. And I was correct in one sense.. that’s where it SHOULD be. But I hadn’t personally worked with XP SP3 yet (probably won’t ever, quite honestly). The reality of it is that you will need to configure the NAP Enforcement Client using NETSH. (Another reason to just go with Vista.)
To enable the NAP Client on XP SP3 you need to do the following three things:
You will need to replace the ##### with the ID based on whichever enforcement method you are using. You can use the following IDs for the various enforcement methods:
Credit where credit is due: BIG thanks to “The Lazy Admin” for the article I “borrowed” this answer from.
“Can NAP be used to prevent people from using computers on our network that are not joined to our domain (without breaking UNIX boxes, printers, etc. that cannot be domain members)?”
Great question!
I believe you would need to define policies to make exceptions to the rules that block other non-domain members on behalf of those machines that you trust. For DHCP-based NAP, it’s easy. Just give ‘em static addresses (which they probably already have). For IPSec, manually configure the cert (provided the devices support it).. though it’s not often that you’ll need to protect a sensitive server from a printer.
“Does the usage of health certificates in ‘IPSec - mode of the NAP’ require an existing PKI structure and auto-enrollment configured?”
Yes, it does. Auto-Enrollment will be how your "NAP Exempt" machines (such as the protected servers and your policy servers) get their health cert.. and you'll also configure the security settings on the Cert Server to allow the machine that is your HRA (Health Registration Authority) to be able to enroll for certificates on behalf of the clients have requested access and were found to be healthy.
“NAP replaces ISA?”
Nope. Two different things. ISA = Internet Security and Acceleration Server, which is a great corporate firewall solution (among other things). When I talk “firewall” in the context of NAP, I’m referring to the “host firewall”; the firewall protecting an individual server or workstation. And don’t be confused when I say “IAS”. That’s the old Internet Acceleration Server that contained RADIUS and RRAS capability.. which has been superseded in Windows Server 2008 by NPS (Network Policy Server), to include those old functionalities, as well as the NAP supporting role services.
Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on May 2nd, 2008, entitled "TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 18 of 24): Network Access Protection (Level 200)"
Network Policy Server (NPS) http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/9af0667e-aa7d-4b1f-a054-7102a85eb2bc1033.mspx
Network Policy Server Infrastructure http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/b1a177e6-fd36-4396-9fe7-314460d83c3f1033.mspx?mfr=true
First Look: Getting Started With Security and Policy in Windows Server 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/syllabi/en-us/6406afinal.mspx
NPS Network Access Protection http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/b1a177e6-fd36-4396-9fe7-314460d83c3f1033.mspx?mfr=true
Introduction to Network Access Protection (document) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/nap/napoverview.mspx
Network Access Protection (NAP) for Windows Server 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/network-access-protection.mspx
NAP Server Architecture http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369707.aspx
Network Access Protection Technology Center http://www.microsoft.com/nap
Network Access Protection (NAP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/nap/napfaq.mspx
TechNet Virtual Lab: Network Access Protection with IPSec Enforcement http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032345136&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Network Access Protection Partners http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/nap-partners.mspx
Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 (download) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=18B1D59D-F4D8-4213-8D17-2F6DDE7D7AAC&displaylang=en
Frequently Asked Questions about Network Monitor http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294818
How to use Network Monitor to capture network traffic http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812953
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Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on March 24, 2008, entitled "TechNet Webcast: Offline Files and Folder Redirection in Windows Vista".
What’s New In Offline Files for Windows Vista http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/bb819260-0fdc-4003-bc23-04beac2108bd1033.mspx?mfr=true
Vista Folder Redirection (non-Microsoft Blog) http://www.realtime-vista.com/administration/2007/09/vista_folder_redirection.htm
Understanding Offline Files http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/93a550df-34cd-4497-85d0-8732602f59591033.mspx
Offline Files in Windows Vista from “The Filing Cabinet” – The Storage Team Blog about file services and storage features in Windows Server, Windows XP, and Windows Vista http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/07/11/441131.aspx
Clever Stuff with Offline Files in Windows Vista from “James.Random()” blog http://blogs.technet.com/james/archive/2006/10/05/Clever-stuff-with-Offline-Files-in-Windows-Vista.aspx
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Below are the best of the questions and answers that occurred during our TechNet Webcast entitled, "24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 02 of 24): Server Virtualization with Hyper-V Features and Architecture"
John Weston, Keith Combs, and newest team-member (and very GROOVEy guy) Yung Chou, were kind enough to help out with the questions and answers during the webcast. Much of what you see below is either specifically their answers, or based on the answers they gave during the session. I've expanded some of them, and added answers to questions we didn't get to answer or were answered verbally on the webcast. But basically this was possible as a result of their efforts, and I wanted to give them credit here.
Thanks, my friends!
“I have been testing Hyper-V and recently had this issue. I have a VHD of SBS2003 I setup Server 2008 and Hyper-V and then tried to run this existing VHD. But the VHD would not except the Network Adapter. How do I setup the driver inside an existing VHD with out the driver files. This btw worked just find on a XP VHD. Thanks”
You will most likely need to use the "Legacy" network adaptor.
“Are there any tools to convert from VMWare Server to Hyper V? Or will there be at release?”
The answer is yes if you are running the next generation of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM); but that isn't yet ready for public beta testing. (Announcements coming soon.) Same as V2V now with SCVMM managing Virtual Server 2005, where you can migration VMWare to Virtual Server 2005 machines, you’ll have the same ability to go straight to Hyper-V-based guest/child machines.
“Is it possible to work with external USB devices inside virtual machine?”
Today the answer is no unless the device can be shared across a RDP session to the VM. It's high on the list of feature requests for some of the upcoming versions of the virtualization products.
“Will Virtual Machine Manager be able to manage VS within a cluster, unlike with Server 2003?”
Hyper-V is a cluster-aware feature within Windows Server 2008, offering native support for VM high availability.
“But, will Virtual Machine Manager be able to manage Hyper-V virtual servers within the cluster?”
When the next generation of SCVMM ships; yes.
“What is the current planned release of the Hyper-V?”
Within 180 days from the release of Windows Server 2008 (which was released early February). So the clock is ticking!
“How will the Release version of Hyper-V be available (Microsoft Update, Download, etc)?”
Microsoft / Windows Update
“I do not see Hyper - V feature in my windows 2008 machine. I do not see it in roles either . Where do i look for it . Also I do not have my NIC Card enabled. Seems like the drivers are not enabled by default. Could this be related to Hyper-V problem?”
What machine and CPU are you using? Does it have hardware assisted virtualization turned on?
“I am using a VmWare . Win2008 is installed in a vmware . The host machine has 4 Gb ram. 1 Gb is dedicated to windows 2008 Vmware . The host machine is a Dell Optiplex GX 270”
The Hyper-V role cannot be installed inside a virtual machine. It must be on a physical machine.
“Will there be another beta ‘refresh’ or release before it is made public?”
I am not aware of the plans if there will be an RC (release candidate) or other betas or not. I don't think we have announced anything on that one.
“What client can connect to External option?”
What do you mean by client? Connections to the VM's can occur with the secure client or via RDP. In the case of RDP, it's just like a physical machine.
“You said - Make sure you install integration components, is that exact name, what is the url?”
Sorry I didn’t make this more clear. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, under the “Action” menu, there is a “Insert Integration Services Setup Disk” option. That will “insert” a “DVD” (actually an .iso in the virtualized disc tray), which will auto-run. Installing this is very much like installing Virtual Machine Additions works in Virtual Server 2005 and Virtual PC 2007.
NOTE: It’s not the same thing, though. In fact, if you’re moving a machine to Hyper-V from Virtual Server or Virtual PC, it’s a good idea to remove the Virtual Machine additions first. Then once your machine is running under Hyper-V, you add the Integration Services.
“Hyper-V is limited to Windows Server 2008 Core and 64 bits?”
Not exactly. Yes, it needs to be 64 bit. But Hyper-V is available on most versions of Server (Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter), whether being installed as full or core installations. So it’s not just Core.
CLICK HERE for a good chart showing which roles are available in which versions of Windows Server 2008.
Remember – “Core” isn’t a SKU or version of Windows Server 2008. Installing a core machine is an option when you’re installing the version that you purchased (Standard, Enterprise, etc.) You don’t just by something called “Windows Server 2008 Core Edition”. That doesn’t exist.
“Can Hyper-V be installed on a Server Core installation? If so, are you then required to use VMM or can you manage it other ways?”
Yes, Windows Server 2008 Core will be strong installation choice (platform) for Hyper-V. SCVMM is not required. As I showed in the session, the Hyper-V manager allows you to connect to other machines. Using the new WS-Mgmt based remote management, it works just like any other MMC works.. allowing you to securely connect to other servers – and those other servers may be just running as core servers.
“Can the VM's be stored on a NFS storage? And is there high availability possible through the use of clustering?”
I do not know if a NFS store will be supported. SAN support is obviously a must, but I am unsure on NFS. Clustering will be a key supported scenario.
“Do you still have to pay full licensing costs for guests that are running 2008 server on a server running Hyper V?”
Windows Server 2008 license on Standard and Enterprise allow for 4 copies of that OS to run on that machine under Hyper-v with just the one license you purchased. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter edition has a different license (unlimited virtual machines, baby!). So basically, no you don't for up to the first 4 copies.
Here's the original retail pricing and SKU announcement.
“Does Legacy support connections to Windows CE-4 and DOS / Win16 machines”
I don't believe we've released the full list of supported guest operating systems for Hyper-V, but I seriously doubt those operating systems will be supported.
“Can you have physical Domain Controllers and DC's that are VM's with out running into time issues?”
Absolutely. Active Directory is going to be a key supported scenario.
“What is the minimal and recommended physical memory for each Virtual Machine?”
Whatever is required by the OS running on it.
“Will Exchange 2007 be supported by Microsoft to run in Hyper-V?”
CORRECTION to my original answer here: I replied incorrectly that Exchange 2007 was supported in Virtual Server- which of course is stupid, because Exchange 2007 is 64-bit, and Virtual Server 2005 only does 32-bit guests.
No announcements have yet been made about Exchange 2007 support in Hyper-V.
“Can you use a dynamic vhd and install an O/S on it?”
Absolutely
“Hyper-V can run over 8 CORE? Meaning over 8 virtual servers?”
I think you misunderstood what I meant by 8 cores. I’m talking about processors and processor cores. If you are running a multi-proc/multi-core parent/host Server, you can have your virtual machines recognize as many as 8 of them (or less if you choose). So you have some great flexibility and great power/performance available to the virtual machines now.
“Ok so a dynamic expanding disk can be used to install the O/S on?”
Yes indeed.
“What is the maximum amount of RAM available to a Guest?”
64 Gig (provided you have that to spare in your host/parent)
“Comment - You cannot run Hyper-V in a VMware environment - the Enable-Hardware-Virtualization setting doesn't come thru their simulated BIOS.”
Right. Thanks. Yes, you can't host or "parent" virtualization within a virtual machine - no matter what virtualization technology you're using.
“Will Hyper-V manager included in the windows 2008 enterprise? Or we have to purchase it separately?”
The Hyper-V manager is installable as a feature, included under the features called Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). You can the specific tools you need; ADUC, DNS, DHCP, and yes, Hyper-V manager, even without installing that particular role, so that you can manage other servers.
Incidentally, these same RSAT tools will be available soon for Windows Vista SP1 as well. Now.. I’m thinking that it may even be that you can manage hyper-v machines from a Windows Vista SP1 desktop.
“Can you hear the sound on a vm?”
Yes.
But really.. If a virtual machine beeps in the server room, and there’s no one there to hear it… ?
“Does Hyper-V provide comparable features of VMware such as HA, DRS ?”
We will ship Hyper-V so that it has at or near feature parity with the VMWare products. Since it is still in development and testing, the final feature set isn't... set.
“Can you control a NIC so that it is not advertised? IE I want to setup a network that no one else can connect to.”
Isolating network can be easily done. You saw that I had three choices: External, Internal, and Private.
1. External: Connect to the physical NIC on the host. Advertise away.
2. Internal: Connect to a “virtual” switch, so that only other VMs using that switch (and also the parent/host) can see me.
3. Private: Connect to a “virtual” switch, but in this case even the host/parent can see me. Other VMs using that switch can, however.
“Is there a document that lists the hardware requirements for running Hyper-V?”
Right now that is in the RELEASE NOTES. See http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/8/e48d5cff-53d2-4eed-85bf-4af50e25b78c/relnotes.htm
“So I could prevent one NIC from being a choice?”
Yes, you simply do not add or disconnect that particular NIC to the VM.
“Where can I find details on the SCVMM extensibility interfaces?”
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/02/21/hyper-v-extensibility-and-apis.aspx is a great place to start
“Can the COM ports be used to access a USB device? If not, what will their main purpose be?”
I have never used one but I assume it would be for some sort of serial device, or devices that map drives to a COM port.
“Is it possible to install hyper V on windows 2008 cluster?”
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2610236&SiteID=17 has good discussion on the topic
“Just want to say ‘Really Great Webcast!!’”
Thanks very much! I hope you put that on the evaluation! <smile>
“Can you bring w2k8 into your domain as a domain controller without converting all of existing servers to w2k8?”
Not really the topic of this webcast… but yes.
“How are you organizing your files on the host. Configuration and VHD in same folder or some other schem?”
This depends on the storage systems and disks you have. For instance, you may have the .VHD's on a SAN LUN.
“Kevin explains things good.”
Thanks! Yes, he's ok so we'll keep him.
“When SCVMM for Hyper-v will be able to download?”
It's still a ways off before public release but I would imagine you'll hear something definitive coming out of the Microsoft Management Summit 2008”
“When would you use Hyper-V manager as opposed to System Center VMM?”
If you have purchased SCVMM, then you really wouldn’t need to use Hyper-V manager. I suppose there may be times where you don’t have the SCVMM tools handy, but everything that you can do with Hyper-V manager will be doable in the new SCVMM.
“I understand Systems Center also has Operations Component are they are separate product from Systems Center Virtual Manager? What other product under Systems Center?”
Monitoring and Reporting is via System Center Operations Manager and the VM management pack. For all the details on the System Center suite, go to http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter
“If the hyper-V host hosted 4 VMs is dead, is there a HA for this?”
Clustering Hyper-V hosts would obviously bring those VM's up on the other cluster node. And of course the new SCVMM (when it ships) will allow movement (“quick migration”) of the VM's as well.
“Virtual Server does not have USB access, what about Hyper-V - can we access USB?”
In the first release of Hyper-V, I’m afraid not.
“When I transfer VM to another server the hardware configuration should be identitical?”
Do you mean the host or the guest? If you mean the host, it doesn’t matter. As long as the destination “parent partition” is capable, you can transfer the machine just fine.
If you mean the “child partition” (guest) machine – you export the machine, then import it onto the destination. And the configuration goes along with it.
You CAN just move the .vhd file (delete the machine from one host/parent first, in case there is snapshot data that hasn’t merged with the .vhd files), and then create a new machine and point to the original .vhd. That’s no different than, say, taking a .vhd formerly running under Virtual Server 2005 or Virtual PC 2007 and creating a new machine from that. But you’ll have to redefine the machine and it’s configuration first.
“Is System Center Operations Manager one product and you have to purchase VM management pack?”
System Center Operations Manager is indeed a product. You need the product license as well as the management licenses for the machines you’re monitoring. But Management Packs are free (if they’re from Microsoft).
“In a cluster W2k8 with hyper V can we move ONE virtual machine from a node to another node?”
Yes. Check out this awesome post by Robert Larson about creating a cluster and configuring Hyper-V. Lot’s of great screenshots. http://blogs.technet.com/roblarson/archive/2007/12/17/building-a-host-cluster-with-hyper-v-beta-1.aspx
You will export the machine and the configuration is carried over.
“Can we install Virtual Server on Server 2008?”
Yes, you can install Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008, but it is not going to be a supported configuration. It doesn't work very well. The services for both Virtual Server 2005 and Hyper-V cannot be running at the same time.
“System Center Operations Manager one product and you have to purchase VM management pack?”
Management packs are generally free although we have partners that develop mgmt packs that are for a fee. Microsoft mgmt packs are free downloads.
“Can the Hyper-V environment support mulitple physical NIC adapters?”
Yes. You would create additional “networks” associated with those NICs, and then associate virtual network adapters you put in your VMs with those NICs. So in that way you can even have a virtual machine using more than one NIC (virtual OR actual physical) as well.
“What about Licensing for Standard? Do you get any VMs for that?”
Yes.. In the webcast I said FOUR for Enterprise, and I wasn’t sure about Standard. It turns out that you get FOUR for Standard as well! Yay!
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: My source for that information was incorrect. With Standard, you get ONE virtual instance license.
“When Hyper-V comes out will it replace the VM Manager or only if you have 64 bit?”
Hyper-V is definitely 64-bit only but I don't know if System Center Virtual Machine Manager will be. It does not "replace" anything as they'll run side-by-side.
“Can the Hyper-V environment support multiple physical NIC adapters?”
Yes
"Can you use system center essentials with the managaement packs to manage vm's similar to the full product of system center”
System Center Essentials will have monitoring of the Hyper-V service on the host/parent. Yes. And any monitoring and managing of the services running on the virtual machines themselves will work exactly as if they were physical servers.
“As a follow-up to my prior question, which COM ports are the VMs ‘mapped’ to? The hardware COM ports on the host?”
"Will you need a license per physical processor? Fantastic Presentation A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ to Kevin and the support team”
Wow.. I rarely got A’s in school (“You don’t apply yourself!”) so that’s the first A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I’ve ever received. THANKS!
UPDATE: You can give me a D-minus, though, for my original answer to your per-processor question. Datacenter and Itanium versions of Windows Server 2008 are licensed per-processor (not core). All other versions are licensed per-Server, no matter how many processors you have in them.
Here are some resources relating to part 2 of the "24 Hours of Windows Server 2008" webcast series, entitled "Server Virtualization with Hyper-V Features and Architecture".
Event Series Landing Page http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx
Windows Server Web Site http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008
Windows Server 2008 Reviewer’s Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008/bb414776.aspx
Top 10 Reason’s to Upgrade http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/why-upgrade.aspx
Virtualization and Consolidation http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx
Scripting with PowerShell http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx
Windows Server Hyper-V FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx
Fun stuff: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=61e0d4b6-5d6e-47c5-9ad0-d48310db5e91