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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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Kidaro is in the bag. I've seen the vision, and it rocks :-)

Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 4:05 PM by mattmcspirit
The acquisition of Israel-based Kidaro was announced a couple of weeks back, and has just gone through.  The technology will be introduced in the near future, and will form part of the ever-expanding Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) to Read More...
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Microsoft UK & IBM Virtualisation Events...

Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:59 PM by mattmcspirit
I'm running a series of events in conjunction with Andreas from IBM (of YouTube fame ) where we discuss and demonstrate the Microsoft (and Partners) Virtualisation technologies. The idea for the day is all around Dynamic IT, and how Virtualisation, in Read More...
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Hyper-V RC1 and SCVMM 2008 Beta - no longer in love?

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:37 PM by mattmcspirit
Well, SCVMM 2008 Beta & Hyper-V RC0 had a great time together, however, some of the major interface changes that have gone into Hyper-V RC1 mean that RC1 and SCVMM 2008 Beta are on a bit of a break. Fear not, as Rakesh details on his blog , the relationship Read More...
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Partner TV - System Center Videos Part II

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:35 PM by mattmcspirit
I blogged about the Partner TV - System Center Videos a week or so back, where James and Andrew chatted about System Center Configuration Manager and Operations Manager respectively.  This time round, they're chatting about another 2 of the System 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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Updates for Virtual PC 2007 & Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:04 PM by mattmcspirit
Now that Windows Vista has reached the SP1 milestone, and, Windows Server 2008 has released, it's important to update your virtualisation applications to run in the most optimal way on the platforms.  Now, I know what you're going to say - why would Read More...
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Unattended installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V RC0

Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 2:01 PM by mattmcspirit
Useful blog post over on the Virtualisation blog, which covers unattended installs of WS2008 and Hyper-V, so you're ready to rock as soon as the install is complete.  Check it out here: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/05/07/unattended-installation-of-windows-server-2008-with-hyper-v-rc0.aspx Read More...
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Step by Step Guide - Hyper-V and Failover Clustering

Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 4:11 PM by mattmcspirit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CD828712-8D1E-45D1-A290-7EDADF1E4E9C&displaylang=en Useful whitepaper on setting up, and testing Hyper-V HA and Quick Migration. Read More...
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Getting my head around the Hyper-V architecture...

Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 1:55 PM by mattmcspirit
Hyper-V is a very cool technology.  It's also a very complex technology, with a lot going on under the covers.  When I deliver sessions on Hyper-V, and I talk about the architecture, it's a difficult concept to discuss quickly, hence, hopefully, Read More...
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