Rob Costello : Windows Server Virtualization

WSV Webcast

robcost — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:39 GMT

Jeff Woolsey and Edwin Yuen recently did a webcast (with WSV demo) for Windows Server Virtualization.

Check it out here...

TECHNET WEBCAST: EXAMINING VIRTUALIZATION WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2008 (LEVEL 300)
DATE: Thursday, September 27, 2007
TIME: 8:00 AM Pacific
EVENT ID: 1032351233
PRESENTED BY: Jeff Woolsey & Edwin Yuen
WWE REGISTRATION URL:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032351234&Culture=en-US

Technorati Tags: Windows ServerVirtualization, Windows Server 2008

Windows Server Virtualization Preview FAQ

robcost — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:05:13 GMT

Jeff Woolsey has post a great FAQ on the new Windows Server Virtualization preview in Windows Server 2008 RC0.

Check it out here...

Virtualization CTP FAQ

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Windows Server 2008 RC0 available

robcost — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:22:00 GMT

Big news today, as Release Candidate 0 of Windows Server 2008 is out, and with it, the very first public release of Windows Server Virtualization (codenamed Viridian) as a customer technology preview.

With Windows Server Virtualization CTP, you will have the first chance to experience how you can leverage the scalability of hypervisor-based platform and features, including multi-processor guests, large memory allocation (more than 32 gigabytes per machine) and integrated virtual switch support.

To get you up to speed, there are some short demos here...

Windows Server 2008 Virtualization Webcast Express
Take a ten minute tour of Windows Server 2008 and the new virtualization capabilities. We’ll look at installation and setup, administrative tools, x64 guest support, multi-processor guest support and the new device virtualization architecture.
Everything you need to know about System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 in 10 Minutes
Come take a fast paced ten minute ride with Keith Combs as he does the whirlwind tour of SCVMM, the Library, Self Service Portal, PowerShell, and System Center Operations Manager 2007 with the Management Pack for Virtual Machines.
Undo is undone
Come take a ten minute tour of virtualization snapshot management in System Center Virtualization Machine Manager 2007. Undo disk and parent/child differencing disk technologies will be discussed and demonstrated as we look at the new way System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 manages state.

Technorati Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Windows Server Virtualization, SCVMM

New Windows Server Virtualization Video

robcost — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:07:22 GMT

Keith Combs has put together a great screencast video demonstrating the cool new features of Windows Server Virtualization, which will be available as a new role in Windows Server 2008 (actually it will RTM after Server 08 is released, but it's very close).

Check out the full post here...

Windows Server 2008 screencast - Virtualization 10 Minute Tour

Or the video is available for download or you can stream it off the web here...

Video for download: http://keithcombs.members.winisp.net/screencast/WSvTour.wmv
Streaming video: mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/inetpub/keithcombs/ws2008/WSvTour.wmv

For more information on Virtualization tools from Microsoft...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualization/default.mspx

Technorati Tags: Virtualization, Windows Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2008