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14 August 2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM on Technet & MSDN
After the Windows 7 RTM release was published last week, it was joined by Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM for Technet and MSDN subscribers this morning. Woo hoo! Have fun with Hyper-V and all the great new features and improvements. Cheers, John. Read More...
11 August 2009
Windows 7 RSAT final build available for download
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 RTM have been released to microsoft.com. These include the Hyper-V tools for remote management of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. You can download them from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en Read More...
07 August 2009
HVRemote refresh
So after some 22,000 downloads (thank you) in the 8 months since first released, HVRemote has undergone a refresh to make it even easier to configure Hyper-V Remote Management and diagnose issues. The major change in version 0.7 is the ability to perform Read More...
21 July 2009
Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V - Two announcements
Yesterday, we announced that the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V have been released under a GPL v2 license for inclusion in future versions of the Linux kernel. More information on this can be found in the presspass article here . The second Read More...
05 May 2009
Hyper-V RC Release Download Links
Today, the last of the download links for the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (Release Candidate) release, Windows 7 client and the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 RC have gone live. Windows Server 2008 Read More...
31 March 2009
Hyper-V Security Guide available
The Hyper-V Security Guide is now available online or for download as a Word document. It covers hardening, delegation (including using SCVMM), and protection mechanisms for virtual machines. You can read it online here , or download the Word document(s) Read More...
24 March 2009
Hyper-V KB967902 on Windows Update today
Just a quick heads up – as posted on our team blog earlier this month, KB967902 resolves an issue in Hyper-V regarding a certificate expiration issue. This was released earlier today on Windows Update. A restart will be required to complete the installation. Read More...
24 March 2009
Hyper-V: Mouse Integration Components for SUSE available now
News just in – the VSC (Virtualization Service Client) component providing mouse integration for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running as a guest operating system under Hyper-V has been released. The VSC is supported on SLES 10 SP2, x86 and x64 versions Read More...
24 March 2009
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
OK, so I'm a couple of months behind the times.... but in case you aren't already aware, there's a free 400+ page Microsoft Press E-Book available online. It makes interesting reading and has an all-up view of Microsoft virtualization covering Hyper-V, Read More...
23 March 2009
Hyper-V Fixed VHD creation
As Ben mentioned last year, creating a large fixed size VHD in Hyper-V can be a lengthy operation as we zero out the contents of the file during the creation process. In Hyper-V itself, there is no workaround to this. However Chris, a developer on our Read More...
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14 November 2008
Configure Hyper-V Remote Management in seconds
Update 19th Nov - v0.3 now released! It has been a little quiet on the blog front, but sometimes, at least in this case, I hope I've come up with something worth waiting for. Announcing "HVRemote"...., a tool to "automagically" configure Hyper-V Remote Read More...
09 July 2008
Hyper-V: RTM available on Windows Update
Just a quick note to mention that Hyper-V RTM (KB950050) was made available on Windows Update yesterday. See here for more information on the RTM release. Note that the Vista SP1 management tools are not currently available through Windows Update and Read More...
26 June 2008
Hyper-V RTM announcement. Available today from the Microsoft Download Centre
In the Hyper-V shiproom this morning, we signed off on Hyper-V RTM (Release To Manufacturing). The build and articles are actively working their way through the systems and will be available from Microsoft Download Centre from around noon Pacific time. Read More...
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