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How to differentiate between two cmdlets with the same name

In some instances, more than one product can have a cmdlet with the same name. This blog post will show you how to specify a VMM cmdlet if another product has a cmdlet with the same name: If two Windows PowerShell modules contain cmdlets with the same Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:59 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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Taking advantange of Windows PowerShell Remoting and VMM cmdlets

Even though VMM does not officially support the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature of PowerShell v2, you can get this to work by following the guidelines in this blog post. Officially, to execute the VMM cmdlets you need to install the VMM Administrator Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:50 AM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

How to properly share ISO files in VMM with Hyper-V

In this blog post, I will talk about what is the proper way to share ISO files with VMM and Hyper-V when the ISO files reside in the VMM library (i.e. a file server share). First, you need to follow Jose Barreto's blog post on how to properly enable constrained Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:20 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode have a blog :)

Check out the team blog site of the new Windows 7 features of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode here http://blogs.technet.com/windows_vpc/ Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:34 AM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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Working with Windows PowerShell 2.0 advanced functionality

hey everyone, today i have a guest poster on my blog. Laurie McKnight from the VMM team will illustrate some of the advanced functionality you can achieve with Script Functions, Script Modules and Binary Modules in PowerShell. How to save a PS 2.0 advanced Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:57 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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Working with VMware VI4 (aka vSphere)

Even though VMM 2008 R2 (beta or RC) does not officially support VMware vSphere/VI4, we have a few customers that have gotten some of the functionality to work. However, one of the issues that can arise is a failure to find paths in ESX storage. Typically, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:38 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

SCVMM 2008 R2 Release Date

hey guys, If you are wondering when VMM 2008 R2 will release, this latest blog post by Rakesh will give you the inside track. http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/07/13/scvmm-2008-r2-release-date-information.aspx cheers. Read More...
Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 3:12 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

How to get data (like the integration services version) from Msvm_KvpExchangeDataItem in Hyper-V

Today, if you are using VMM, you can quickly and easily find out if your VM has the integration components installed by using this simple PowerShell script. << PS D:\Windows\system32> get-vm | select name, hostname, hasvmadditions, vmaddition Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:12 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

SCVMM 2008 R2 RC Public Release Available Now!

hi all, today the VMM team released VMM 2008 R2 Release Candidate. You can read all about it here. http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/06/06/scvmm-2008-r2-rc-public-release-available-now.aspx Cheers. Read More...
Posted Friday, June 05, 2009 6:45 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

Utilizing Virtualization and boot-from-vhd for making a dual-boot laptop

I received my brand new Dell Latitude E4300 laptop today and I wanted to make sure i could boot both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on it. Here is how virtualization came in handy. Instead of partitioning my laptop using two partitions (one for Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 9:20 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

New features in VMM 2008 R2

In line with the Rapid Provisioning feature that i mentioned in my previous blog post, Vishwa, a PM from our team, just posted a comprehensive list of new features of VMM 2008 R2. Check it out here: http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/05/11/scvmm-r2-rc-features.asp Read More...
Posted Monday, May 11, 2009 12:49 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

Rapid Provisioning in VMM 2008 R2 using the UseLocalVirtualHardDisks and SkipInstallVirtualizationGuestServices flags

At MMS 2009, our team announced a new feature of VMM 2008 R2 called Rapid Provisioning. This feature is not available in VMM 2008 R2 beta, but it will be available in the upcoming release candidate and in the RTM version. This feature was implemented Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:46 AM by mlmich | 2 Comments
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Using the VMM Self Service Portal from a Win7 computer

We have seen a lot of cases of customers trying to view the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (SSP) UI from a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. If the portal is running VMM 2008, it is likely that you can't view the connections Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 04, 2009 5:49 PM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

VMM 2008 R2 beta is now released

The much anticipated VMM 2008 R2 beta is now released. You can go to http://connect.microsoft.com/ and sign up for the beta. Click on "Connection Directory" and sort by the newest beta programs or search for "System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Read More...
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 11:55 AM by mlmich | (Comments Off)

How to detect if your hardware can run Hyper-V

The Virtualization Detect (DetectVp.EXE) tool is the logo test for checking if the system meets the requirements for Microsoft Virtualization Software. This test checks virtualization support for both Intel and AMD processors. You can find this tool here: Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 11:29 AM by mlmich | (Comments Off)
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