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Are you a Hosting Partner? Running Hyper-V? Thinking about it? Read this.

Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:07 PM by mattmcspirit
If you’re a Hosting Partner, your licensing is quite different to the regular type of licensing that most Partners/Customers fall under, and in some instances, the licensing is actually more complex for Hosters!  How does the complexity increase Read More...
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Microsoft Virtualisation Learning – Free eLearning Collection

Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:46 PM by mattmcspirit
There’s loads of information out there on the web around Microsoft Virtualisation , with the launches of Hyper-V a few months back, App-V 4.5 and Hyper-V Server 2008 a week or so ago, and obviously, Terminal Services which shipped as part of Windows Server Read More...
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Server Unleashed goes Virtual

Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:43 AM by mattmcspirit
Remember the Server Unleashed campaign for Windows Server 2008, with that robot?  Well, it’s just had the Hyper-V treatment…   Cool video, cool technology – get all the info here .  Once loaded, click the Hyper-V link in the top left and Read More...
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Released

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:49 PM by mattmcspirit
I’ve just come off the stage at our UK SQL 2008 & Virtualisation launch, where I’ve had the opportunity to reveal (at least at the time, it was!) an exclusive…that Hyper-V Server 2008 was now available!  Great stuff!  But what is it? Well, Read More...
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Slides from Microsoft UK Partner Launch Event – 23rd Sept

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:59 PM by mattmcspirit
For those of you who attended (and, those who didn’t ;-)) the Microsoft UK Virtualisation Partner event on the 23rd September at TVP, the slides from the are available here: Download Green IT Presentation Download Business Overview Presentation Download Read More...
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Running ESX 3.5 / ESXi on VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:24 PM by mattmcspirit
You’re probably thinking, why, on a Microsoft blog, is he banging on about running ESX?  Well, if you didn’t know, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 doesn’t just manage Virtual Server 2005 and Hyper-V – it also manages your VI3 (&3.5) Read More...
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Virtualisation Briefing for Partners – Re-run! (23rd September)

Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:48 AM by mattmcspirit
This is another opportunity for Microsoft Partners to get involved in one of the biggest ever opportunities around Microsoft technologies.  Virtualisation isn’t about products , it’s about solutions .  Solutions that you, as Microsoft Partners, Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 Session

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:38 AM by mattmcspirit
A few weeks back, I was invited along to a session with the Vista Squad , which is a UK based user group, focusing on Vista, .NET, Silverlight, and more.  The session I was asked to deliver was on Windows Server 2008, and naturally, I obliged! You Read More...
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If there was ever a useful Live Meeting for Partners…

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:03 AM by mattmcspirit
This would be it: WNS37AAL:  Understanding Microsoft’s Licensing in Virtualised Environments Presented by Gordon Gazaway and Michael Cooper Tuesday, July 31, 2008 8:00 – 9:00 AM Pacific Time or 15:00 – 16:00 GMT Level 100 PLC Registration Link – Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator v3.1

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 3:11 PM by mattmcspirit
Do you know some of the key IT Migration Challenges?  Heard these? Can my existing client machines run Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office? Can my existing servers migrate to Windows Server 2008? What is the portion of physical servers that can Read More...
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Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides – More added!

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 12:16 PM by mattmcspirit
I had an email drop into my inbox a few days back, detailing a couple of new additions to the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides that have been available for a while.  Before I introduce the new additions, it’s worth understanding what the Read More...
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Done.

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:04 PM by mattmcspirit
Mark has been to 2 of our briefings this week (he’ll be sick of my voice!) and has a great write-up: Microsoft releases Hyper-V to manufacturing I’ll be following up with my views when I get a chance, hopefully tomorrow afternoon, and trust me, I’ve got Read More...
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Microsoft UK Partners - 26th June - A Virtualisation Briefing for YOU.

Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 4:17 PM by mattmcspirit
Microsoft UK Partners - If you have an interest in Virtualisation, regardless of whether it's Microsoft Virtualisation or not, I'd strongly advise you to take the opportunity to come along to our Virtualisation Partner day that we're running at TVP in Read More...
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Hyper-V RC1 now available to download!!!

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:14 PM by mattmcspirit
It's getting closer....! Get all the information from the Virtualisation Team Blog! http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/05/20/hyper-v-rc1-release-available-on-microsoft-download-center.aspx Important caveats to remember: Saved-state files Read More...
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More on Hyper-V Storage...

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:07 PM by mattmcspirit
Jose pinged a great email across a discussion list a few days back, with this diagram in, which really helps to sum up Hyper-V's storage options with the most common scenarios: As you can see, there are a couple of more common scenarios.  The first Read More...
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