Hyper-V on the Windows client is a feature that we were all waiting for. By default this feature is not enabled, so you will need to do the following steps in order to activate Hyper-V on Windows 8 Client.
Before you start make sure that your machines supports Hardware Server Virtualization and that it has has been enabled in the BIOS
On the Metro screen enter “Programs” and search for it under “Settings”
Select “Programs and features” and you will see the well known screen where you can add features to Windows 8 Customer Preview
Select the Hyper- V role as shown in the screenshot below, in order to install Hyper-V on Windows 8
After successful installation the machine will need a reboot.
After the reboot, you will see Hyper-V Manager and Hyper-V Connection Manager on the Metro Interface
Using Hyper-V Manager to configure Virtual Machines
When you are planning to host Virtual machines which has been created on Windows 8 later on Windows 2008 R2 Server make sure that you following Knowledge Base article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526776 in order to avoid Blue Screens
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Installation of Windows Server 2012 Beta WSUS is a easy and straight forward task, which you can do via Server Manager or remotely by adding the required Role.
After I installed WSUS it worked immediately without any issues, but when I tried to open one of the computer reports I got following message.
So I thought no problem. I download report viewer from Microsoft website and I will install it. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=577
But when I tried to install it told me I need .Net Framework 2.0 . But you can’t install .Net framework redistributable bits on Windows Server 2012 Beta , since .Net Framework 4 is already installed. And when you try to install the redistributable files Windows will tell you that you should add it via roles and features. So what to do ?
Here is the solution. You will need the Windows 2012 Server Beta Installation sources. In my case in Drive D:
Starting Command prompt as Administrator
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /featurename:NetFx3ServerFeatures /Source:D:\sources\sxs Note: D: is the drive letter of DVD drive on the computer, adjust it accordingly.
after running successful .Net Installation via DSIM you can run the installation of Report Viewer tools without a problem
Now Reports works fine !
AAW uses System Center 2012 - Orchestrator between Configuration Manager and Service Manager to sync Configuration Manager applications, leverage Service Manager workflows, and post the approval status back to Configuration Manager. We created wizards in Service Manager to configure custom service request template-matching criteria. User and application properties received in the approval request from Configuration Manager are used to select a service request template containing an approver list and activities that best fit your business process.
Key features:
Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2
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If you need to create and configure virtual machines on a regular basis, using Windows PowerShell to do so can speed up the process.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh922967.aspx?prod=zWSz&tech=zvirtz&prog=zTNMz
This strategy assumes you’re working on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system that meets the requirements for the Hyper-V role. After following these steps, the system will be ready for Hyper-V scripting:
To verify you’ve successfully installed the cmdlets and they’re functioning properly, use the Get-Command cmdlet to see a list of the commands available to you (Get-Command –Module Hyperv). As with other modules, each cmdlet comes with helpful information about its functions and examples on how to use it (Get-Help New-VM –Detailed and Get-Help New-VM –Examples). There’s additional documentation available on CodePlex.
Once your Windows PowerShell environment is ready, you can start building new VMs. Make sure you start with Administrator permissions to use elevated privileges for these commands. The script uses Hyper-V cmdlets to create a new VM based on five variables (see Figure 1) you provide during setup. Each variable has a pre-assigned default value that will be used if one isn’t provided.
Figure 1 Descriptions of the variables defined during Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) setup.
$SRV1 VM name
$SRAM Amount of memory assigned to the VM
$SRV1VHD Size of the virtual hard drive the VM is using
$VMLOC Location of where you want to create the VM virtual hard drive
$Network1 VM virtual network connection
After defining those variables, the New-Image.ps1 script (see Figure 2) configures the Hyper-V Virtual Network using the value assigned to the $Network1 variable. Before defining the new private network with the New-VMPrivateSwitchcmdlet, remove it with Remove-VMSwitch, whether or not it already existed. This ensures you don’t define duplicate networks with the same name.
Figure 2 The New-Image.ps1 script that creates new virtual machines.
# This script creates a new Hyper-V machine with hard drive, memory & network resources configured. # Variables $SRV1 = Read-Host "Enter the Virtual Machine name (Press [Enter] to choose Server01): " if ($SRV1 -eq ""){$SRV1="Server01"} ; if ($SRV1 -eq $NULL){$SRV1="Server01"} $SRAM = Read-Host "Enter the size of the Virtual Machine Memory (Press [Enter] to choose 512MB): " if ($SRAM -eq ""){$SRAM=512MB} ; if ($SRAM -eq $NULL){$SRAM=512MB} $SRV1VHD = Read-Host "Enter the size of the Virtual Machine Hard Drive (Press [Enter] to choose 40GB): " if ($SRV1VHD -eq ""){$SRV1VHD=40GB} ; if ($SRV1VHD -eq $NULL){$SRV1VHD=40GB} $VMLOC = Read-Host "Enter the location of the Virtual Machine file (Press [Enter] to choose C:\HyperV): " if ($VMLOC -eq ""){$VMLOC="C:\HyperV"} ; if ($VMLOC -eq $NULL){$VMLOC="C:\HyperV"} $Network1 = Read-Host "Enter the name of the Virtual Machine Network (Press [Enter] to choose Network1): " if ($Network1 -eq ""){$Network1="Network1"} ; if ($Network1 -eq $NULL){$Network1="Network1"} # Configure Hyper-V Virtual Network remove-vmswitch $Network1 -force -erroractionsilentlycontinue new-vmprivateswitch $Network1 # Create Virtual Machines MD $VMLoc -erroractionsilentlycontinue new-vm $SRV1 -path $VMLoc new-vhd -vhdpaths $VMLoc\$SRV1 -size $SRV1VHD add-vmdisk -vm $SRV1 -controllerid 0 -lun 0 -path $VMLoc\$SRV1 get-vm $SRV1 | add-vmdrive -controllerid 1 -lun 0 -dvd get-vm $SRV1 | set-vmmemory -memory $SRAM get-vm $SRV1 | add-vmnic -virtualswitch $Network1
The final part of the process where you actually create the VM is simple. Create the directory location for the virtual hard drive (VHD). Then six cmdlets create and configure the new VM.
The New-VM command defines the machine and its location. New-VHD creates the VHD file and Add-VMDisk assigns it to the VM. Add-VMDrive adds a DVD drive to the machine, Set-VMMemory defines the amount of RAM and Add-VMNIC configures the network card.
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In collaboration with IEEE Computer Society, the Cloud Security Alliance and Dell, Microsoft is hosting a 24 Hours in a Private Cloud virtual event that will start at 8:00AM GMT on May 10, 2012.
The event was built by the community for the community. Microsoft is the host of this event. Session content and product demos will be focused on our private cloud products (Windows Server, Hyper-V, System Center). Attendees will learn about:
Hear from top industry and technical professionals from around the world to help you better understand the private cloud technology solutions that are available today. You will engage with industry organizations to understand their view of the public cloud and how the role of the IT Professional will evolve as more and more organizations begin a private cloud transformation. You will have access to a number of technical professionals who will be on hand talking about the required components to simplify private cloud creation and management. As a part of this event, you can expand the dialog with your peers on numerous topics focused on operational efficiencies that come from deploying a private cloud.
Through the virtual event experience, you will come away with the knowledge and experience to help you in your private cloud infrastructure decisions and be ready to have thought-leadership based discussions focused on building and managing your organization's agile and efficient private cloud environment. After the event, we welcome you to download and test our private cloud products from the TechNet Evaluation Center and leverage our private cloud promoted assets which listed above.
Cloud Security Alliance will discuss their research and industry guidance which Microsoft has been a major contributor toward. The IEEE Computer Society will showcase their cloud content and guidance to help IT Professionals understand the dynamics of a Cloud computing. Dell will promote their private cloud hardware, solutions and services.
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Keynote Speakers:
Jim Reavis, Executive Director, Cloud Security Alliance
For many years, Jim Reavis has worked in the information security industry as an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, technologist and business strategist. Jim's innovative thinking about emerging security trends have been published and presented widely throughout the industry and have influenced many. Jim is helping shape the future of information security as co-founder, executive director and driving force of the Cloud Security Alliance. Jim was recently named as one of the Top 10 cloud computing leaders by SearchCloudComputing.com.
Jim is the President of Reavis Consulting Group, LLC, where he advises security companies, large enterprises and other organizations on the implications of new trends such as Cloud and how to take advantage of them. He has previously been an international board member of the ISSA, a global not for profit association of information security professionals and formerly served as the association's Executive Director. Jim is a co-founder of the Alliance for Enterprise Security Risk Management, a partnership between the ISSA, ISACA and ASIS, formed to address the enterprise risk issues associated with the convergence of logical and traditional security. He currently serves in an advisory capacity for many of the industry's most successful companies and is also a partner with the MetroSITE Group.
Jim founded SecurityPortal in 1998 and has been an advisor on the launch of many industry ventures. Jim is widely quoted in the press and has worked with hundreds of corporations on their information security strategy and technology roadmap. Jim has a background in networking technologies, marketing, product management and systems integration. Jim received a B.A. in Business Administration / Computer Science from Western Washington University in 1987 and serves on WWU's alumni board.
Dr. Dejan Milojicic, Sr. Research Manager, HP Labs
Dr. Dejan Milojicic is the founding editor of IEEE Computing Society's Computing Now. He has served on the editorial boards of IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technologies, IEEE Concurrency, IEEE Distributed Systems Online, and IEEE Internet Computing magazines. He chaired the IEEE Technical Committee on Operating Systems and has been involved with several other technical committees and Computer Society-sponsored conferences.
Dejan is a senior research manager at HP Labs. He has worked in the areas of operating systems and distributed systems for more than 20 years. Dejan is the managing director of the Open Cirrus testbed, a consortium sponsored by HP, Intel, and Yahoo. In the past, he has led many activities in HP Labs, such as incident reduction, shared services platform, virtual desktop systems, adaptive monitoring, service deployment standards, a number of pervasive computing projects, and multi-computer systems. Dejan has been engaged in standardization bodies, such as OMG and GGF. He received his BSc and MSc from University of Belgrade and PhD from University of Kaiserslautern.
The Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Guides (UTG) help IT administrators and architects develop awareness of key technical concepts, functionality, and troubleshooting techniques. This understanding enables a successful early adoption experience during the product evaluation phase.
The following UTGs are available:
Understand and Troubleshoot Activation Technologies in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot AD DS Simplified Administration in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot BitLocker in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot DHCP Failover in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Dynamic Access Control Understand and Troubleshoot High Availability Printing in Windows “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot IP Address Management (IPAM) in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Microsoft Online Backup Service in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Printing in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Remote Access in Windows Server "8" Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Remote Desktop Services Desktop Virtualization in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Scale-Out File Servers in Windows Server "8" Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Servicing in Windows Server “8” Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Storage Spaces and Pools in Windows Server "8" Beta Understand and Troubleshoot Virtualized Domain Controller (VDC) in Windows Server “8” Beta
Learn how to configure and demonstrate Windows Server “8” Beta features, technologies, and scenarios in a standardized and simplified test lab environment.
The Windows Server “8” Beta Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are a set of documents that describe how to configure and demonstrate the new features and functionality in Windows Server “8” Beta in a simplified and standardized test lab environment.
The test lab starts with the Windows Server “8” Beta Base Configuration test lab, which can consist of two subnets representing a simplified intranet and simulated Internet. The following figure shows the initial setup of the Windows Server “8” Beta test lab based on the Test Lab Guide: Windows Server “8” Beta Base Configuration .
The TLGs for Windows Server “8” Beta are the following:
For more information about the TLG initiative and a list of all the TLGs, see Test Lab Guides in the TechNet Wiki. For the latest information about TLGs for Windows Server “8” Beta, see the Test Lab Guides blog .
The following will help you get started and continue with each of the System Center 2012 solution.
App Controller
http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2011/10/28/app-controller-enabling-application-self-service.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh546834.aspx
Configuration Manager
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/configuration-manager-2012.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682041.aspx
Data Protection Manager
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/data-protection-manager.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh758173.aspx
Operations Manager
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/operations-manager.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh205987.aspx
http://media.ch9.ms/teched/na/2011/ppt/SIM355.pptx
http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/home
Orchestrator
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/opalis.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh237242.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/Video/hh509042
http://media.ch9.ms/teched/na/2011/ppt/SIM207.pptx
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/showcase/details.aspx?uuid=e965776e-8052-4337-8913-b374f251ba58
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-center/understanding-system-center-orchestrator-2012-141144
http://orchestrator.codeplex.com/
IP - http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/applications/system-center-orchestrator-2012-release-candidate-integration-packs-12884928230
Service Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305220.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/8113.system-center-2012-service-manager-survival-guide.aspx
http://scug.be/blogs/scsm/archive/2011/05/02/system-center-service-manager-information-blog-overview.aspx
Unified Installer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh751266.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh751290.aspx
Virtual Machine Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610610.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/09/30/scvmm-2012-quickstart-deployment-guide.aspx
Good link to help you on your learning:
http://www.MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com