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June 2009 - Posts

Free Hyper-V Training

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:47 AM by mattmcspirit
Patrick, from the MVUG Blog , pinged this through this morning, so I thought I’d share: Microsoft is offering some free Hyper-V training. You will need to enter a specific access code 9350-Y2W6-3676 and sign in with your Live ID.  The course “Collection Read More...
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Weighing the Pros/Cons of VDI – Network World Article

Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 10:43 AM by mattmcspirit
Hat tip to Mr Overton for forwarding this article over.  If you’re thinking about Virtual Desktops, and the business justifications for, and against, then you may find this Network World article useful. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/061809-desktop-virtualization.html Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Now Available!

Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 1:55 PM by mattmcspirit
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta . Over 680,000 Microsoft customers and partners Read More...
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John West Virtualises Microsoft Dynamics – Video Case Study

Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 1:26 PM by mattmcspirit
Sticking with the case study theme, here’s another one for you, but this time, it’s a video, rather than a document based case study.  For those of you who don’t know, John West is brand leader in the United Kingdom, Holland and Ireland, and they Read More...
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New Hyper-V UK Case Studies on Microsoft.com

Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:08 PM by mattmcspirit
The number of case studies around Microsoft Virtualisation in the UK has been ramping up considerably as of late, and is only set to grow further as we progress into FY10 and edge closer to Hyper-V R2.  I’ve highlighted some of the most recent additions Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Hyper-V and NetApp – Demo Part III

Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:27 PM by mattmcspirit
It’s the final part, and this is where the fun starts! In the final part of this 4-part series, we take a look at some of the key capabilities of the NetApp storage backend, with which our Hyper-V cluster is integrated.  We look at the space savings Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Hyper-V and NetApp – Demo Part II

Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:22 PM by mattmcspirit
Part 3 of 4, here we come! In the 3rd video, of this 4 part series, we validate, and build our Hyper-V R2 cluster, using the NetApp storage backend.  We also create a few highly available Virtual Machines to run on our cluster. Duration: 14m 16s Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Hyper-V and NetApp – Demo Part I

Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:56 PM by mattmcspirit
Straight into the 2nd video of this 4 part series: In the second of this 4 part series, we set up and configure a NetApp storage backend, to be used with a Hyper-V R2 Cluster.  We install and configure the system using NetApp System Manager, and Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Hyper-V and NetApp – Overview

Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:10 PM by mattmcspirit
After a barrage (21) of blog posts last month, this month has been pretty dry in comparison.  Main reason for that is, I’ve been busy building up the content repository for another wave of video loveliness and useful information.  Hopefully Read More...
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Release Candidate Sneaks Out

Posted Saturday, June 06, 2009 11:54 AM by mattmcspirit
I knew it was due round about now, but didn’t have a firm date, but now it’s here, and ready for you to download from the Microsoft Connect site. What’s new in the Release Candidate? I blogged about the key features a few weeks back, but one feature that’s Read More...
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Virtualboy on the Edge

Posted Saturday, June 06, 2009 11:19 AM by mattmcspirit
Anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while, will know about Virtualboy TV, and will also know that whenever you play a video from the site, it’s actually playing a video that’s hosted on Blip.tv.  Blip.tv has been a great host for my videos Read More...
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