Browse by Tags

All Tags » Downloads » Virtual Server, Virtual PC   (RSS)
18 April 2006
Updated MOM Management Pack for Virtual Server 2005 R2 Released
A revised version of the MOM management pack for Virtual Server 2005 R2 was released late last week. It can be used against hosts running Virtual Server 2005 RTM and R2. Overview This Management Pack provides monitoring and reporting for the following Read More...
2 Comments  
15 February 2006
"Going Deep" on virtualisation
I noticed this earlier today and have just finished listening to it - Mike Neil, Jim Ni and Jeff Woolsey from the Windows Virtualisation Product Group have been interviewd by Charles Torre about what the current products are (ie Virtual PC, Virtual Server), Read More...
0 Comments  
16 January 2006
WSSRA Virtual Environments for Dev + Test Released
Just got back in the UK after being over in Seattle for 8 days for an internal Microsoft conference - not many blog posts last week as the Internet connection was a little flakey in the hotel. The jetlag is still in force - it's 2AM on Monday morning Read More...
1 Comments  
06 December 2005
Download Virtual Machine additions for Virtual Server 2005 R2
As so many of you emailed me directly after previous entries who found it difficult to get hold of the Virtual Machine additions hotfix from KB 900076 (which is still unfortunately out of date), I'm relieved to say the version of the virtual machine additions Read More...
0 Comments  
27 November 2005
Virtual Server 2005 R2 Release Notes available online
The title says it all - here's the download link for the release notes to Virtual Server 2005 R2. For my summary instructions on the upgrade process, take a look here . Read More...
0 Comments  
10 November 2005
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and iSCSI
And while on the subject of official Virtual Server 2005 R2 information starting to becoming public , we now support iSCSI for VHD storage and clustering shared storage. Typically iSCSI can be a far cheaper alternative to fibre channel attached storage, Read More...
1 Comments  
10 October 2005
Self Managing Dynamic Systems update
Following my last post , here's a few links on microsoft.com which provide more information. A brief on virtualisation is here , and a whitepaper on virtualisation can be found here . But wait... just found more. This is the official press release. There's Read More...
2 Comments  
31 August 2005
Edit VHD, VUD and VFD files directly
Gilles Vollant of WinImage fame contacted me a few weeks ago to have a look at the latest beta of WinImage. I've been playing with it for a while now and it's been acting flawlessly. Why would this be of particular interest to me? One very good reason Read More...
3 Comments  
05 August 2005
Using Virtual Server 2005 at Microsoft IT - the webcast
After posting up the link to the whitepaper about how Microsoft IT is using Virtual Server internally, I've now found out about a webcast on 16th August which will give the opportunity to ask the "what's and why's" about the implementation. I've included Read More...
0 Comments  
04 August 2005
Virtual Server 2005 usage by Microsoft IT
This really interesting white paper was published just over a week ago. It describes how Virtual Server 2005 is being used by Microsoft IT almost in a "commodity" capacity. Virtual Server 2005 provided Microsoft with the means to take consolidation to Read More...
2 Comments  
29 June 2005
Generic Exchange Backup Script (Backing up Exchange 2003 Part 2)
Update: 4th Nov - See updated and improved script here As part of my backup for Exchange I was playing with at the weekend, I ended up writing a pretty simple script to run as a scheduled task. Although my Exchange environment is simple as well, the requirements Read More...
16 Comments  
27 June 2005
Windows Sharepoint Services SP1 on Exchange 2003
This weekend, I was playing around yet more with my home infrastructure, "dogfooding", so to speak. One of the things I wanted to get running was Windows Sharepoint Services SP1 (the baby brother of Sharepoint Portal Server). However, I've pretty much Read More...
1 Comments  
17 June 2005
Virtual Server Roadmap and Windows Virtualisation (Virtualization) aka Hypervisor
If you're interested more in the future of Virtualisation (Virtualization if you're from the other side of the Atlantic from me), or where Microsoft is heading in terms of the broad architecture of the Windows "Hypervisor" check out this link to a publicly Read More...
3 Comments  
14 June 2005
Rebel or Safe? (aka NT4 vs Windows 2000). Your opinion counts
So right now, I'm somewhat in a quandry. "Why John", I hear you ask. "Well readers", I respond: At TechEd Europe this year, I'm going to present a couple of sessions. One will be around the contents of the Solution Accelerator for Consolidating and Migrating Read More...
9 Comments  
25 May 2005
Virtual Server 2005 comparison with Virtual PC 2004 - definitive statement
Now this is worth a read having just found about it internally. Megans whitepaper which I blogged about recently is now available in its completed from on microsoft.com. The whitepaper discusses in detail the differences between Virtual PC 2004 and Virtual Read More...
0 Comments  
More Posts Next page »
Page view tracker