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Microsoft UK Partner Network Kickoff – Wembley Stadium, 7th October 2009

Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:06 PM by mattmcspirit
On Wednesday 7th October, come and connect with the Microsoft UK team at the number one UK channel event, Microsoft Partner Network 2009 . Join us at Wembley Stadium to hear about current Microsoft strategies and the direction we're taking our business, Read More...
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Upcoming August / September Academy Live Webcasts for Partners

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:43 PM by mattmcspirit
Some useful resources below – if you can’t catch them live, make sure you check out the recording! Planning and Deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V: Part 1 Plan with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 and Infrastructure Planning Read More...
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Video: Centrally Deploying a Windows XP Virtual Machine using MED-V 1.0

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:54 AM by mattmcspirit
Anyone who’s played with Windows 7 will/should know about Windows XP Mode. If you’re not familiar, quickly, read here , then come back! So, XP Mode allows a seamless integration between a virtualised Windows XP instance, and a locally installed Windows Read More...
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 RTM – Now Available!

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 6:57 PM by mattmcspirit
I’m pleased to say, that just a few months after the R2 release of System Center Operations Manager R2, and only weeks after the RTM of Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is here . I blogged a few weeks back , about Read More...
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Holiday time for me, so I leave you with the RTM of Windows Server 2008 R2…

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 7:07 PM by mattmcspirit
I’m off to Devon for a few days (to get away from vThis, and –V that!) and admittedly, the weather doesn’t look that great, but fear not, I’ve picked up a copy of ‘Mastering System Center Configuration Manager R2’, so I'll be keeping up with technology Read More...
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Jeff Woolsey and the Hypervisor Footprint Debate (Part 2)

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 6:42 PM by mattmcspirit
I blogged about Jeff’s analysis of the ‘Hypervisor Footprint' Debate’ a few days back , but that was only Part 1.  Part 2 of Jeff’s analysis is now online, yet this time, compares the full Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, with the full VMware ESX 3.5. Read More...
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App-V 4.6 Beta Now Available – Includes x64 Support! – Get Testing!

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:51 AM by mattmcspirit
Hot on the heels of my previous post around App-V, many of you are now thinking “I want to have a play with that – where can I get the bits?”.  Well, if you were looking for the App-V 4.5 (current release) bits, you’d have to have an MSDN/TechNet Read More...
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Getting Started with Microsoft Application Virtualisation

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:35 AM by mattmcspirit
For me, one of the coolest technologies in the virtualisation space, is Application Virtualisation.  For Microsoft, this is ‘the artist formerly known as SoftGrid’, now known as Microsoft Application Virtualisation, or App-V. For those of you who Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V role now Common Criteria Certified

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:22 AM by mattmcspirit
More of an FYI than anything else, and another example of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to provide a secure virtualisation platform for customers. We are pleased to announce that the certification results have been published, and the Windows Server 2008 Read More...
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Jeff Woolsey and the Hypervisor Footprint Debate (Part 1)

Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:41 PM by mattmcspirit
Anyone who reads this blog will know that I’m incredibly passionate about Microsoft Virtualisation, the capabilities it can provide into an infrastructure and the great value for money it provides whilst doing so.  What really pees me off however, Read More...
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Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Release Candidate

Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:49 PM by mattmcspirit
As you should now be aware, Windows 7 RTM is available to download for TechNet Plus subscribers , but what does that mean for Windows Virtual PC, and Windows XP Mode?  If you think back, when Windows 7 hit Release Candidate, Virtual PC and XP Mode Read More...
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Windows 7 RTM now available to TechNet Plus Subscribers!

Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 10:21 AM by mattmcspirit
For all your TechNet Plus subscribers out there, the wait for RTM is over!  Windows Server 2008 R2 can’t be too far away now! If you’re a subscriber, get on over to the TechNet site !  If you’re not, then you’ve got a few more days to wait, Read More...
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Upcoming Academy Live Webcasts for Partners

Posted Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:04 PM by mattmcspirit
If you can make time to view these sessions (or at least register, then watch them another time), I would thoroughly recommend them, especially the System Center licensing overview.  You may not like licensing, but when it comes to System Center, Read More...
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Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2: Step-by-Step Guides

Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:34 AM by mattmcspirit
If the video guides I produced a month or so back weren’t enough for you, then these R2 Remote Desktop Services step-by-step guides should do the trick! What's New in Remote Desktop Services http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131925 Installing Remote Read More...
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