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SCVMM 2008 R2 downloadable docs are available now!
Greetings, folks! I'm pleased to let you all know that our documentation team has just published the doanloadable version of SCVMM 2008 R2 documents at here : http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=162764 Available documents for download are: · Deployment Read More...
It's here - SCVMM 2008 R2 RTM'ed.
Greetings folks! This is one of the very exciting mements that I have to drop whatever I'm doing and tell you about this. :-) I've been busy on a few things. So sorry for not able to post much information lately. And I'll tell you about what I was working Read More...
VMM 2008 R2 Upgrade Guide
As part of the VMM 2008 R2 launch, I'm inviting my colleague, Kerim, to provide you some information on how you can upgrade your existing VMM 2008 / VMM 2008 R2 RC versions to the VMM 2008 R2 RTM version. Here comes Kerim: =================== Hi everyone, Read More...
What’s new in VMM 2008 R2 RC?
Greetings, folks! Hope you had a good Mother's Day weekend (if you celebrate that holiday)! Since VMM R2 Beta was released, the team has been working hard in incorporating feedback from customers. Here is a nice blog from Vishwa that explains the new Read More...
VMM Network Location and Network Tag
Hello there! Today I got a guest poster, my colleague, David Armour. David is a senior program manager responsible for SCVMM 2008's Networking feature. Based on the questions he has seen on the Technet SCVMM forum , he wanted to post this information Read More...
Got a "Bad Gateway"?
Greetings, folks! Hope you had a great Easter on last Sunday, if you celebrate that holiday! My kids certainly enjoyed hunting eggs in a typical Seattle drizzling Saturday morning. J This blog entry is for folks who use or plan to use VMM to manage VMware Read More...
What you need to know about Maintenance Mode
Hello folks, As you can see from the news , we’ve released our beta for SCVMM 2008 R2, which offers support to Windows Server 2008 R2 (live migration, etc.) and a bunch of exciting new features. Today, I wanted to introduce to you our new VMM Maintenance Read More...
SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta is released!
Greetings folks! I’m pleased to announce that the public Beta of SCVMM 2008 R2 is now available for download at our connect site . Since shipping SCVMM 2008 in last October, our team has been busy working on an update that supports Windows 2008 R2, takes Read More...
VMM Security content is posted on Technet.
Greeting folks! Hot off press – Our content team has worked hard to produce a set of documents around how to secure your VMM 2008 environment, which includes interesting topics: · Basics of VMM security · Hardening VMM components (from VMM Server to the Read More...
NIC teaming and VMM
Greetings folks, NIC Teaming , also called “Load Balancing and Fail-Over” (LBFO) or “Link Aggregation” or “IEEE 802.1AX-2008”, groups multiple interfaces to provide fault tolerance and load balancing for Network Interface Cards (NIC) connecting Windows Read More...
When should I consider running my VMM Service by using a domain account?
Greetings folks! Hope you all had a good Valentine weekend last week! If you noticed, during your VMM Server installation, there is an option of allowing you to select a different account to run VMM Server service (VMMService) from the default computer Read More...
Hyper-V Security Guide – beta now available
The Hyper-V Security Guide can help you elevate the security of virtualized Windows Server environments to meet your business-critical needs. This accelerator provides IT professionals like you with recommendations to address your key security concerns Read More...
VMM 2008 MP is available for download!
Greetings, My colleague, Alan Goodman, has published a blog entry about the release of VMM 2008 MP , which consists of the following exciting reports: · Virtualization Candidates - Helps identify physical computers that are good candidates for conversion Read More...
Managing VM hosts in a disjoint namespace environment
Greetings folks and Happy Chinese New Year to you if you celebrate that cultural tradition! Today, I wanted to talk about a topic that many of our TAP customers have requested support for during our VMM 2008 release development phase. We’ve seen customers Read More...
Multiple VMs per LUN
Hi there, Rakesh just posted a new blog , through which he explains the ins and outs about the model where users create multiple VMs by using the same LUN. He also points out that, with the new Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) support in Windows Server 2008 Read More...
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