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Finally back and how to watch the MMS 2010 keynotes live!

2010-04-16T16:35:00Z

Hello Virtualization Planet! I know in my last blog I wrote that I would be posting more but things have gotten very busy for me. As I told a colleague recently, if blogging and tweeting were my only job, it would be a lot easier. :) Still, things are freeing up and I hope to post more going forward (at least until baby #2 for me arrive)…. The big thing I wanted to post on is Microsoft Management Summit 2010. I’m heading out to Las Vegas for the show this weekend. I’ll be speaking on Tuesday...(read more)

Join the Microsoft Virtualization Community

2010-02-18T17:46:00Z

I’m back. I’ve been running a little slient recently but hopefully, I’ll get back to my regular rhythm (for those who follow me twitter , you may have seen what’s been driving me crazy!). Today, I wanted to highlight some of what Microsoft and a lot of people on my team have been working on for the last couple months. We are working hard to expand our outreach with the online community. We’ve worked hard on blogs and twitter feeds but we want to go well beyond. I think I can break down what we...(read more)

Guest Blog: How AMD and Microsoft Help Redefine “Efficiency”

2010-02-03T20:07:00Z

In late September I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend Microsoft’s “New Efficiency” event in San Francisco to talk about the importance of the new products they are bringing to market – including Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010. Each of these solutions brings an exciting new experience to the end user, and helps not only enhance the way they connect with their PCs, but also to target what’s most important in today’s enterprise environment: efficient computing...(read more)

Guest Blog: SQL Server Consolidation with Microsoft Virtualization

2010-01-26T00:02:00Z

Hello, my name is Vipul Shah and I’m a Senior Product Manager with the Virtualization Team. Due to its ability to drive down costs and drive up resource usage, Microsoft SQL Server consolidation is top of mind for our customers these days. Microsoft virtualization, which includes Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center, is one of the well known mechanisms to enable this. Today, Ted Kummert, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Business Platform Division , released a video (click here ) that...(read more)

How the Microsoft and HP Agreement Impacts Virtualization

2010-01-13T07:38:00Z

If you haven’t heard by now, today, Microsoft and HP announced a three-year, $250 Million agreement to build a strategic partnership to simplify technology for our customers. This agreement between Microsoft and HP will result in collaborations in engineering roadmaps, prepackaged application solutions, and comprehensive virtualization offerings and integrated management tools. To get more information on the actual announcement itself, the press releases, videos, and other details, click here...(read more)

Looking Back at Some Key News and Two New Whitepapers

2010-01-12T21:25:00Z

Hello Virtualization Planet followers! I’m back for a quick update on a couple of items from the past month a couple new ones. First, I made what I considered a really important post right before the holidays. The post, Cutting through the FUD: Facts you should know about Hyper-V and System Center , really is a response to some of the negative attacks that I saw late last year. Now, I want to stress again that this isn’t all the articles out there (it’s really in the minority), but I felt compelled...(read more)

More Case Studies: Companies in Norway and Switzerland Choose Microsoft Over VMware, Saving Money and Improving Efficiencies

2010-01-07T21:24:00Z

Happy New Year to all my readers. In keeper with the positive tone I’ve been on recently, I wanted to again highlight more case studies about Microsoft Virtualization. We recently published two case studies that exemplify the cost savings, scalability, and flexibility benefits that customers consistently realize with Microsoft virtualization. Both highlight the capabilities of Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. OTRUM is a Norwegian company that provides interactive...(read more)

Cutting through the FUD: Facts you should know about Hyper-V and System Center

2009-12-19T00:57:00Z

For those who follow this blog, you have noticed that the blog is much more about Microsoft Virtualization and why you should use it and less about what is negative with the competition. While I do write and make comparisons with VMware, my goal is to promote Microsoft Virtualization. Still, when I meet users and customers, especially at shows like TechEd EMEA and VMworld, I often get asked "why do comparison to VMware at all?" The honest answer is that we get asked for comparisons against VMware...(read more)

Great Technical Resources for Hyper-V: How to get started and find advanced configurations

2009-12-10T11:15:00Z

I wanted to highlight a couple new resources that are available for Hyper-V. The first is an amazing update to the Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources page on TechNet. There is great information for Hyper-V including: Installation Guides Deployment and Performance Guidance Deployment Guides Planning and Pre-deployment Tools Management Tools Workload Specific Guides, including Sharepoint, SQL, and Exchange whitepapers This is definitely a site to bookmark as a Hyper...(read more)

Hyper-V R2 Case Study - Podravka

2009-12-04T13:03:00Z

Hello again! I’m back with another Microsoft Virtualization case study. Here is another great real-world example of how much impact Microsoft virtualization can have on your business. This time, it’s Podravka , a Croatian food company competes with global giants like Kraft and Nestlé. Competing in this space means Podravka must be incredibly agile and lean. But, because every time Podravka rolled out a new product it needed additional infrastructure, its IT staff had a hard time keeping pace with...(read more)