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Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:17 AM

VMM: How to Convert a VMWare Image to VHD

The following is an excerpt from the cmdlet reference for VMM Beta 2 (requires registration and Windows Live ID log on): New-V2V SYNOPSIS Converts a virtual machine created in VMware(R) to a Virtual Server-based v irtual machine managed by Virtual Machine
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:51 AM

VMM Beta 2: Installing VM Additions

In VMM we say "everything you can do in the GUI you can do on the command line” because the Administrator Console is build on top of Windows PowerShell. The fact is, there are some things you can do on the command-line much easier than in the GUI. For
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:03 PM

VMM Beta 2: Using the CLI

Everything you can do in the VMM Beta 2 Administrator Console you can do on the command line. Our PM puts it best, "Our API is the customer's API". For example, a beta VMM user recently asked "How can I specify which bus/lun I want to assign myHD to when
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Monday, May 07, 2007 9:05 AM

VMM Beta 2: MP for Beta 2 posted

We've just posted the MP for VMM Beta 2 ont he connect.microsoft.com site (requires Windows Live ID sign-in and Beta program participation: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=85858 The Server Virtualization Management Pack is for System Center Operations
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:43 AM

VMM Beta 2: Free *as in beer* VHD

Free (with Windows Live ID sign in and Beta program participation **). To facilitate rapid deployment for demonstration and evaluation, you can now download a free evauation version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 (VMM) pre-installed and
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:53 AM

VMM Beta 2: Tag, You're It

Right-click on your VM in the Administrator Console and the new (in Beta 2) vm “tag” feature appears. Enter a tag for the VM here. Now you have a way of grouping vms that have tags in the "Virtual Machine Views" section, or sort the Virtual Machines view
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