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Friday, May 29, 2009 2:20 PM

Bing preview codes: Free-as-in-beer to IT Pros

Strings are definitely attached, and you must agree to the terms of use and follow them to get the Bing preview invite. You are an IT Pro, you know the drill, this is pre-RTM, and the search team want your feedback. To get a free super-secret-and-oh-so-select
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 1:20 PM

Hyper-V R2 Live Migration Video Demo

Technet Edge has a series of Video demos available for free-as-in-beer from Giovanni showing R2 live migration features, enjoy! Live Migration - Update for RC Live Migration - Part 1 Live Migration - Part 2 Live Migration - Part 3 Live Migration - Part
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:52 PM

Hyper-V How To: Get HP Hyper-V Best Practices

HP has the following Hyper-V BP guidance: HP configurations and best practices for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Exchange Server 2007 (White Paper/4AA2- ... Microsoft Hyper-V Server Virtualization - Solutions components list Best practices
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:59 AM

Hyper-V How To: Backup

The matrix of considerations for backup and DR for Hyper-V is not simple, for example there are several methods to backup running VMs such as Windows Server Backup, DPM, diskshadow.exe, as well as non-Microsoft solutions such as Symantec Backup Exec.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:46 PM

Hyper-V Podcasts: Free-as-in-Beer

Purists – I know that videos are not “podcasts” in the purest sense of the word, and some of these don’t appear to be about Hyper-V from the title, however, these appear on the Microsoft podcasts page , so, enjoy Understanding the Microsoft Server Virtualization
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:14 PM

Hyper-V How To: Roll Your Own Virtualization Mixtape

TN/MSDN has a nifty podcast directory page with RSS feed and filters “By Topic” and “By Job Role”. Plus, you can search, for example “Virtualization Podcasts” running time : Virtualization in a Nutshell   01:07:19 Hyper-Green Virtualization: Scaling
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Friday, May 15, 2009 10:45 AM

You say snapshot, and I say checkpoint, and he say undo. You say potato…

Snapshots in Hyper-V, checkpoints in SCVMM, diff-disks in VPC, undo in Office… can’t we all just get along? As the terms and technologies have changed, people have gotten confused about the best use scenario/what is supported for snapshots. Here are some
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Friday, May 15, 2009 9:16 AM

Hyper-V How To: Find Hyper-V Resources in the TN Library

There’s a new top-node page for Hyper-V in the TechNet library at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753637(WS.10).aspx , including the new Hyper-V FAQ . There is also a new TechCenter page of Hyper-V Technical Resources, grouped by IT Pro
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Friday, May 15, 2009 9:07 AM

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor

Top-seller at TecEd this year: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor . Amazon’s blub: “Leveraging server virtualization has never been easier. Not only does Hyper-V come in the box with Microsoft Windows Server 2008, now
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:51 AM

How to Buy the Hyper-V Resource Kit

Pre-order the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit at Amazon
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Friday, May 08, 2009 8:01 PM

Hyper-V FAQ

You can find v1 of the Hyper-V FAQ at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744892(WS.10).aspx
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:21 PM

Free-as-in-Beer Treat Modeling Tool: TAME 2.1.2

Microsoft Threat Analysis & Modeling (TAME, cause I put an “Enterprise” on the end) tool allows non-security subject matter experts to enter already known information including business requirements and application architecture which is then used
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Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:25 AM

Star Trek Schmar Trek: Check Out the Space Stn Synth!

Microsoft and NASA released coolness, a synth of the Space Station : Read more: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/may09/05-07PhotosynthVEPR.mspx Oh, and the Mars Science lab :
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:51 PM

Hyper-V How To: Configure CSV Best Practices

Some best practices to share based on the experience of Microsoft support folks (thanks to Steven E.): Best Practices: Use Cluster Shared Volumes to store files for Hyper-V virtual machines to gain the following advantages Provides a namespace (example:
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:44 AM

Hyper-V How To: Remotely Manage Windows Server 2008 R2 Version

Now that the next version of Hyper-V is available as an RC download , you will need the remote management tools, called RSAT. Download Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) here . Remote Server Administration Tools (RAAT)
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:16 PM

Hyper-V How To: Download Windows Server 2008 R2 RC

The RC of the next version of Hyper-V is available to download today: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-Download.aspx Mind you read the caveats, er, I mean Important Release Candidate Documents Installing the Release Candidate of Windows
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