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HP BladeSystem Reference Architecture for Hyper-V R2

Posted Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:39 AM by mattmcspirit
For me, blogging on a Sunday is unheard of – the other/better half ensures it doesn’t happen, however, today is a travelling day (and she’s not here!) – I’m off to Athens to attend NetApp Insight 2009 (More on Microsoft and NetApp in another post) so Read More...
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Upcoming November Academy Live Sessions for Partners - Virtualisation

Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:03 PM by mattmcspirit
A couple of useful upcoming Academy Live sessions, specifically aimed at Microsoft Partners, and particularly of use to those Partners in the SMB space: WES27PAL : Virtualization:  Defined.  Building your Virtualization Practice and Solution Read More...
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System Center Essentials 2010 Beta – Video Overview

Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:17 PM by mattmcspirit
Picked this little beauty up via the Virtualization Planet blog , and it leads on nicely from the introductory post I wrote a month or so ago around SCE2010 .  For those not familiar with System Center Essentials 2010, it’s Microsoft’s IT management Read More...
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Essentials for Hyper-V: Site Recovery Academy Live Webcast

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 6:49 PM by mattmcspirit
Earlier today, I wrote the first in a series of posts about the different options for Site Recovery around Hyper-V.  One thing I completely forgot to include was information about an upcoming webcast!  Doh!  You should know this bit already Read More...
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Site Recovery for Hyper-V #1 – Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:52 PM by mattmcspirit
I’m going to try to make this a feature that rolls on and on in the future, as it’s an area I’m getting more and more questions about, and there are a number of options out there for Partners and Customers, so trying to centralise the info into one place Read More...
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Free eBook – Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:05 AM by mattmcspirit
Remember a couple of years back, just before Windows Server 2008 launched? Well, for me, I knew this was going to be one of my focuses for that particular financial year, however, I also knew very little about 2008 as a technology!  I was a Windows-Client Read More...
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System Center Configuration Manager SP2 Released

Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 5:50 PM by mattmcspirit
22nd October was a pretty significant day for Microsoft.  As most of you will be aware, it was the day Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were launched, and both are monumental releases for a number of different reasons.  Windows 7 is a fantastic Read More...
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Beta Alert: Infrastructure Management for the SMB – System Center Essentials 2010

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:57 PM by mattmcspirit
Again, I’ve lifted this from the SCE blog , and again, I’ll weigh in once I’ve pulled it down, and had the chance to try this bad boy out!  This one could be a little gem for the SMB space, who want the advanced capabilities provided by Hyper-V, Read More...
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Beta Alert: Zinger a.k.a DPM v3 a.k.a Data Protection Manager 2010 beta now available!

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:31 PM by mattmcspirit
I’ve pinched this straight from the release documentation, so apologies for that.  I’ll weigh in with my opinions once I’ve pulled it down and played with it, which, up to now, I haven’t had the chance to do.  Key thing for me in this release Read More...
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Introducing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for IBM

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 1:36 PM by mattmcspirit
For those of you ‘not in the know’, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is a free tool that makes it easier for Microsoft customers and partners to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in their IT environment. Read More...
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Updated Virtualisation Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides…

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 1:20 PM by mattmcspirit
The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released two updated virtualisation guides: Windows Server Virtualisation (Hyper-V) and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. These guides, updated to reflect the features and functionalities of Windows Read More...
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Upcoming October Academy Live Webcasts for Partners

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 1:12 PM by mattmcspirit
More useful webcasts for the upcoming month of October (which also happens to be my birthday month, *cough* 30th *cough*…).  All 3 of these sessions are important for a variety of reasons, but the one that interests me, straight off the bat, is the Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Microsoft VDI Part III: Client Side Experiences

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:04 PM by mattmcspirit
Microsoft VDI Part III: Client Side Experiences In this video, it's time to step into the shoes of a user and see what kind of experience they can expect using Microsoft VDI.  We'll look at the effects Custom RDP settings can have, and look at the Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Microsoft VDI Part II: Virtual Desktop Configuration

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:56 PM by mattmcspirit
Microsoft VDI Part II: Virtual Desktop Configuration In this video, I show you how to make the necessary configuration changes to your chosen Virtual Desktop OS's to get them ready for being a Virtual Desktop.  I then go on to create 2 types of Virtual Read More...
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VirtualboyTV.com: Microsoft VDI Part I: Server Side Configuration

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:38 PM by mattmcspirit
27th July was the last VBTV video!  I’m slipping behind here!  Oh well, the wait is over, but why was it so long??  Well, remember the RDS Series I produced a couple of months back? At the end of the series, I promised to deliver a VDI Read More...
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