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November 2008 - Posts

Hyper-V and USB: Part II

Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 9:43 AM by mattmcspirit
I blogged about USB support in a virtual environment a good while back now , and it seems like it was quite a popular post – a number of comments reference the ability of some technologies out there, such as VMware Workstation and the new VMware Server Read More...
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Infrastructure and Planning Design Guides – New Updates

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 12:52 PM by mattmcspirit
Yet again, I find myself blogging about these IPD guides!! My last update on the IPD guides was towards the start of October, but a couple of new ones have just been added.  I always include a refresher of what they actually are, so here you go: Read More...
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Partner Live Meetings: Virtualisation

Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:44 PM by mattmcspirit
A couple more Partner Live Meetings to add to your diaries: WVC20AL: Client Virtualization - Presented by Fei Lu Friday, November 14, 2008  - 17:30-18:30 GMT Client Virtualisation is becoming a really hot topic in the last 6-9 months.  Many Read More...
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Partner Live Meeting: Providing DR for SharePoint with System Center

Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:43 PM by mattmcspirit
Just a quick post to make you aware of an upcoming Partner Live Meeting, which will provide a technical drill-down into how you can achieve disaster recovery of SharePoint, through use of 2 key System Center technologies; Data Protection Manager 2007, Read More...
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Licensing Windows Server in a Virtual Environment

Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:35 PM by mattmcspirit
Following on the theme around licensing, I thought I’d take the opportunity to explain, in detail, for anyone who doesn’t already know, how to license Windows Server Operations Systems in a Virtual Environment. Now, I’m not a licensing expert, but I’ve Read More...
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Upcoming Vista Squad Meeting: SCVMM 2008 and Hyper-V

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:05 PM by mattmcspirit
If you’re in London on the 19th November, and you have an interest in Hyper-V & System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (and beer/pizza), then you may be interested in popping along to this event.  The Vista Squad have monthly get-together’s, Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator 3.2 Released

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:52 PM by mattmcspirit
Baldwin and his team have done it again.  Release after release they are adding great features into the free MAPs tool, making it even more of a must-use tool in planning and analysing for an infrastructure change.  So, as a recap for those Read More...
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Working with a Microsoft Licensing Partner

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:37 PM by mattmcspirit
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again.  Microsoft licensing is a complicated topic to understand.  Those who do understand it fully (yes, there are a few!) will agree that’s it’s a black art in many cases.  For many Partners in the Read More...
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Hyper-V RTM and SCVMM 2008 RTM: Hyper-V host ‘needs attention’

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:39 PM by mattmcspirit
So, you’ve deployed Hyper-V, downloaded all the latest Windows Updates for your hosts, finished with the reboots, and you’re all set to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to more effectively manage those Hyper-V hosts. So, you go ahead, Read More...
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Microsoft Partner Program: Sales and Marketing Resource Library

Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:43 AM by mattmcspirit
If you’re a Microsoft Partner, you’ll know it’s sometimes difficult to obtain all the collateral you need to effectively market and sell your Microsoft-based solutions.  If you can’t find the resources quickly, you’ll typically end up creating your Read More...
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