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  • Blog Post: Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 Beta is now available

      To learn more about VMST 2012, click here . To download the tool, click here . VMST 2012 streamlines the process of keeping your offline virtual machines, templates and VHDs up-to-date with the latest operating system and application updates, without introducing vulnerabilities into your IT infrastructure...
    on7 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: Hyper-V and VMware Technology and Terminology Comparison

    In many cases we compare Hyper-V and VMware technologies. But do we always know that we compare apples with apples ?  The following table helps to map Microsoft Hyper-V technologies and  terminologies to VMware terminologies. Hyper-V VMware Parent Partition Service Console VHD (Virtual Hard...
    on4 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Veeam's V-Index report shows one-third of enterprises plan to switch primary hypervisor platform

    http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtualization/vmware-may-be-losing-dominance-in-server-virtualization-178252   (By David Marshall | InfoWorld )   The survey comes from Veeam Software, a third-party virtualization backup, disaster recovery, and management solution provider that has made quite a...
    on10 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: Virtualizing SQL

    Running SQL Server with Hyper-V Dynamic Memory - Best Practices and Considerations http://sqlcat.com/sqlcat/b/whitepapers/archive/2011/08/02/running-sql-server-with-hyper-v-dynamic-memory-best-practices-and-considerations.aspx   Onboarding SQL Server Private Cloud Environment http://sqlcat.com/sqlcat...
    on15 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: WINDOWS SERVER 8 HYPER-V OVERVIEW

    In case you see didn’t this blog post http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2011/10/11/windows-server-8-hyper-v-overview.aspx
    on15 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: MORE QUALITY ISSUES FOR VMWARE...

    Virtualization Nation, Shortly on the heels of their latest vSphere 5.0 release, VMware has already recalled one of their new features, telling people to disable it manually and developing a patch to disable the feature. This is the latest in a long string of QA SNAFUs for VMware. In this latest incident...
    on13 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: Optimizing Branch Office Servers by Using Windows Server® 2008 R2

    Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Optimizing Branch Office Servers by Using Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V which discusses how Microsoft IT uses Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V to provide a secure, future-proof platform on which to provide key services to users...
    on10 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: Virtualization Career Training Opportunities

      Please check out these two exciting virtualization & infrastructure career training opportunities: http://mctreadiness.com/MicrosoftCareerConferenceRegistration.aspx?pid=270 .   Virtualization Career Training On Tuesday, October 4 th Technical Evangelists Symon Perriman and Rick Claus...
    on21 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Some more Windows 8 , Hyper-V 3.0 facts

      I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND you read this Michael Otey’s blog on Windows Server 8. http://www.windowsitpro.com/content1/tabid/57/catpath/virtualization/topic/windows-server-8-hyperv-30-evens-odds-vsphere-140573   Windows Server 8: Hyper-V 3.0 Evens the Odds with vSphere   At the recent...
    on17 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Nexus 1000 and other Cisco technologies are coming to Windows Server 8 Hyper-V

      Cisco publicly announced today that the Nexus 1000 and other Cisco technologies are coming to Windows Server 8 Hyper-V. Here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1154/index.html and here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns955/ns963/solution_overview_c22-687087...
    on17 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: WINDOWS SERVER 8 SESSION VIDEO...

    This session will introduce the next release of Windows Server, code-named Windows Server “8”. Microsoft will talk about the engineering investments we have done in this release along with their benefits.  This session will include lots of demos illustrating how Windows Server 8 lets our customers...
    on17 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Hyper-V vs. VMware ESX & vSphere Operations & Management Cost Analysis

    This White Paper is already one year old, but still valid! The Microsoft War on Cost team conducted research to determine the on-going operations and management costs for Hyper-V in comparison with VMware’s ESX and vSphere products. The research intended to answer two questions: which platform is less...
    on17 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Virtualization Self Service Portal 2.0 SP1 RTM

    Follow the links below for further information. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26701 Now Available - System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 http://blogs.technet.com/b/vmmssp/archive...
    on16 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: Free Private Cloud trainings

      Here are some  private cloud trainings which is available on the www.MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com training site.  This content is available without registration on TechNet Edge . Platform o 01: Virtualization Overview o 02: Differentiating Microsoft & VMware o 03a: Hyper-V Deployment...
    on7 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: NEW VIRTUALIZATION TRAINING CONTENT @ MS VIRTUAL ACADEMY

    Microsoft released a series of virtualization training videos and assessments on the Microsoft Virtual Academy: www.MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com .   Virtualization Overview Differentiating Microsoft & VMware Hyper-V Deployment Options & Architecture High-Availability & Clustering The...
    on21 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Announcing Enhanced Hardware Virtualization Support for Exchange 2010

    The Microsoft Exchange team is enhancing positioning by including additional supported scenarios regarding Exchange Server 2010 running under hardware virtualization software. Now the following support scenarios are being updated, for Exchange 2010 SP1, and later: · The Unified Messaging server role...
    on21 May 2011

  • Blog Post: MICROSOFT HYPER-V SERVER 2008 R2 SP1 RELEASED!

    The good news just keeps coming and we’re pleased to keep the momentum rolling with the latest release of our rock stable, feature rich, standalone Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1! For those who need a refresher on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, it includes key features based...
    on13 Apr 2011

  • Blog Post: Which applications can Server Application Virtualization virtualize as part of System Center 2012?

    Microsoft is prioritizing business applications such as ERP applications. As with Microsoft Application Virtualization for the desktop there is not a list of applications that Server Application Virtualization will support.  However, there are a number of architectural attributes that the initial...
    on26 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: TechEd Dubai– 2011 (8-10March)- Presenting 3 sessions

    I just like to inform you that I will present this year following session at TechEd in Dubai I will update this post after Teched and provide the download of the presentations and the provided Powershell scripts   Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2: Advanced Virtualization Management...
    on8 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals – Free Online Classes – March 29 – 31

      Just one week after Microsoft Management Summit 2011 (MMS), Microsoft Learning will be hosting an exclusive three-day Jump Start class specially tailored for VMware and Microsoft virtualization technology pros.  Registration for “ Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals ” is open...
    on8 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Architecture Brief

    External Source: View article... Private Cloud Concepts Resiliency over Redundancy Mindset – This concept moves the high-availability responsibility up the stack from hardware to software. This allows costly physical redundancy within the facilities and hardware to be removed and increases...
    on22 Feb 2011

  • Blog Post: Hyper-V DYNAMIC MEMORY INFO

    Part 1: Dynamic Memory announcement . This blog announces the new Hyper-V Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V R2 SP1. It also discussed the explicit requirements that we received from our customers. http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2010/03/18/dynamic-memory-coming-to-hyper-v.aspx Part 2: Capacity...
    on5 Feb 2011

  • Blog Post: Microsoft IT Datacenter Virtualization Past, Present and Futures

    external content: www.microsoft.com/technet/itshowcase This article will cover a combination of present machine and infrastructure virtualization technologies implemented by MSIT and our thoughts on what the future may bring.  Coverage of present technologies will include what we have implemented...
    on25 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: CSV Free Disk Space (and other info)

    external content: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2010/06/19/10027366.aspx Here are the CSV volumes in my cluster. Note that Cluster Disk 10 has two partitions. To find the free disk space through PowerShell, the information is available inside the objects returned by Get-ClusterSharedVolume...
    on12 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: How to manage VMware with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

    Various Technet article: · Managing a VMware Infrastructure in VMM (conceptual overview and management discussion) · Configuring VMM to Manage a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment (Step by Step approach, from VMM Help) · Configuring Security for a Managed VMware Environment in VMM   Here is a great...
    on12 Jan 2011
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