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Mistakes when configuring your Hyper-V environment

I came across some interesting tips on things to consider in a virtualized environment by Greg Shields (Consultant and Microsoft MVP). They are non-issues (or settled issues) on physical environments and you might overlook them when making the transition Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:02 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

New White Paper on Hyper-V and SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft

A new white paper on how Microsoft IT is combining Hyper-V and SQL Server has just been published. This comes from a team that provides thousands of SQL Server instances for internal applications. It includes a lot of interesting new information, including Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:43 PM by josebda | 1 Comments

Free eBook on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions

There is a new book on "Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions" by Mitch Tulloch with the Microsoft Virtualization Teams, available from Microsoft Press as a download. At 400 pages and 15MB, this PDF file covers Server Virtualization (Hyper-V), Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:55 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

Step-by-step: Using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target with Hyper-V (Standalone, Full, VHD)

Overview In this post, I will show all the steps required to run Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. We will cover the specific scenario of a standalone Windows Server 2008 server (as opposed to a clustered one) on a Read More...
Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 1:00 PM by josebda | 6 Comments

Webcast Series on Microsoft Virtualization

The IT Pro Evangelists team is working on a series of webcasts covering topics related to Microsoft Virtualization starting this week. These will be 300 level sessions, so they will offer technical depth on several items related to virtualization, including Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 12:19 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Apply these Windows Server 2008 hotfixes to avoid known Hyper-V issues

If you are building a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V server from scratch, you will need a few updates to get the latest fixes in your server. One of these is the KB950050 update, which brings the Hyper-V code from the beta version to the released (RTM) version. Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 06, 2008 8:50 PM by josebda | 2 Comments

Free e-learning on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Microsoft Learning has two free e-learning offers covering Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008. These self-paced introductory clinics include hours of interactive content, including text, videos, demonstrations and self-tests. Clinic 5935 - Introducing Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:54 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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October issue of Technet Magazine focuses on Virtualization

The latest issue of TechNet Magazine has just been published and it focuses on Virtualization. Articles include: Virtualization: An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:21 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Requirements for production deployment of Exchange Server 2007 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

A new article has been posted on TechNet covering “Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments”. This article, posted this week, marks the first time that I have seen details on the requirements Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:54 AM by josebda | 1 Comments

Hotfix improves how Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster works with Hyper-V

If you work with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, you should check a new update called "Increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:55 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with File Server Storage

P.S.: After writing this blog post, I found that the specific scenario of using Hyper-V VHDs files on a file share is not supported by Microsoft in Windows Server 2008. This is documented at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183729.aspx . Look Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:21 AM by josebda | 13 Comments

Using Constrained Delegation to remotely manage a server running Hyper-V that uses CIFS/SMB file shares

P.S.: After writing this blog post, I found that the specific scenario of using Hyper-V VHDs files on a file share is not supported by Microsoft in Windows Server 2008. This is documented at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183729.aspx . Look Read More...
Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 10:27 PM by josebda | 4 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V released today! (includes a list of main Hyper-V related links)

Hyper-V is here! As you can confirm on the press release linked below, the final release of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was just announced. You can download the final version (number 18016) immediately from the Microsoft download web site. This version Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:04 AM by josebda | 4 Comments

Storing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files on a CIFS/SMB file share

P.S.: After writing this blog post, I found that the specific scenario of using Hyper-V VHDs files on a file share is not supported by Microsoft in Windows Server 2008. This is documented at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183729.aspx . Look Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:41 PM by josebda | 8 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options

There are many ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering with Hyper-V. I could actually find five unique methods to do it. Some of them will actually not give you a fully fault-tolerant solution, but most of them actually make sense in specific Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:40 AM by josebda | 22 Comments
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