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Running Active Directory in a Virtual machine + SQL

Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 3:58 PM by Clive_Watson
Ok...so in the last 3 weeks I've been asked this numerous times (and to save emailing it again!), the article you need is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794/en-us .  I guess just recently we've seen a step up in the workloads being virtualized Read More...
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Win7, up to 256 cores, SQL and boot from VHD

Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 1:15 PM by Clive_Watson
Mark speaks about new kernel constructs in Windows 7 and the dismantling of the Dispatcher Spin Lock and redesign and implementation of its functionality into separate components. Resulting in Windows 7 being able to scale to 256 processors, along with Read More...
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PDC 2008 - What is PDC all about?

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:37 PM by Clive_Watson
This is the Software + Services PDC - but what else will be talking about, what surprises are in store? There are 20 Windows 7 sessions...I'll keep you posted on other topics and content.  Believe me this isn't to be missed!!! For a heads-up take Read More...
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In case you missed Live Migration on Monday

Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:06 PM by Clive_Watson
Bob Muglia showcases the Hyper-V Live Migration platform. Bellevue, Wash., Sept. 8, 2008. You can view the video here     Technorati Tags: Hyper-V , Live Migration , Virtualizationi   Read More...
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Server Core Configuration tool - now available

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:30 AM by Clive_Watson
Some of you may remember a free tool that you could use to configure Windows Server 2008 core (basically a simple GUI that allowed you to setup the system), unfortunately this tool was removed from the web . This *new* tool is uncomplied code (Script Read More...
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Hyper-V !

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:54 PM by Clive_Watson
http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/archive/2008/06/26/it-s-here-windows-server-2008-hyper-v-is-available-for-download.aspx NeedI say more, but of course you know this already :-) Also: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/06/26/wu-hoo-only-12-days-to-wu.aspx Read More...
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Environment

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:22 PM by Clive_Watson
This web site has recently gone live http://www.microsoft.com/environment/ - there is lots of great content - basically a one stop shop for all things environmental.     Technorati Tags: Green IT Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker Drive Encryption

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:52 AM by Clive_Watson
BitLocker allows as you know Operating System boot and disk drive encryption. How you can use this for Hyper-V and virtual machines is documented in this white paper here       Technorati Tags: Hyper-V , virtualization Read More...
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Do you need a MAP?

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:22 PM by Clive_Watson
The answer is yes! More details here The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team has just released the third-generation of the agent-less infrastructure assessment platform called Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator 3.0 (or simply MAP). Read More...
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Hyper-V beta is now available

Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:19 PM by Clive_Watson
No doubt you've already seen this announcement, being keen all things virtualization people... http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/12/12/Yes_2C00_-Virginia_2C00_-there-is-a-Hyper_2D00_V-beta.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2007/12/13/happy-holidays-windows-server-2008-hyper-v-beta-now-available.aspx Read More...
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New Podcast site (to me anyway)

Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 11:43 PM by Clive_Watson
An email today mentioned a website I'd not heard of before; there are some big names in Windows Virtualization that have provided interviews. I've only managed to listen to Mark so far... Dr. Mark Russinovich , Microsoft Technical Fellow Eric Traut , Read More...
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Virtualisation webcasts

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:56 PM by Clive_Watson
Thanks John for posting all the links , that should keep us all busy! These are the webcasts associated with Windows Server 2008 RC0 and the virtualization preview Technorati tags: ws2008 , virtualization , wsv Read More...
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Windows Server RC0 - yes it is...

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:20 AM by Clive_Watson
So that's confirmed then RC0 of Windows Server (with those WSv/viridian bits!) is now available to download: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-24windowserverrc0.mspx Ben has some guidelines that you must consider if you're planning Read More...
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Is Windows Server 2008 RC0 available next week?

Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 2:04 PM by Clive_Watson
According to this source Mike Neil - General Manager of Virtualization, said "We expect the release candidate next week". I've not seen this reported first-hand...so can't confirm the statement. With its built-in server Virtualization technology, Windows Read More...
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More cookbooks anyone?

Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:11 AM by Clive_Watson
Exactly a month ago we had the first Virtual Server R2 SP1 cookbooks, the next course :-) has just been delivered to the table download site . Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager The goal Read More...
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