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Springboard Blog

The Springboard content series on TechNet has a blog . AFAIK this is the first time a content series has started a blog, as opposed to a product group. Check it out and keep an eye on it around the PDC timeframe for announcements and information about

PowerShell How To: Add -whatiff to your scripts

Wouldn't it be great if your scripts had a "read-only " mode that would allow you to test them without actually implementing changes? PowerShell call this "-whatif". Jeffrey Snover's Supporting -Whatif, -Confirm, -Verbose – In

Want Free PowerShell Library for Hyper-V Management?

Check out Jamesone's work at www.codeplex.com/psHyperV Including: Finding a VM Get-VM, Choose-VM , Get-VMHost Connecting to a VM New-VMConnectSession Discovering and manipulating Machine states Get-VMState , Set-VMState , Convert-VmState, Ping-VM , Shutdown-VM

Beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Available

The beta of the next version of VMM (SCVMM 2008), which includes support for Hyper-V, and requires the RC version of Hyper-V, is available today on http://www.connect.microsoft.com/ (requires Windows LiveID sign in and beta program participation). New

Why Google Can’t Win

Last week Glenn Derene declared in How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It “the next generation of Web users may find what they want by using their social network rather than a search algorithm".” Now, this article is really positing

PowerShell Learning Resources

Ramping up? Here is what I have found - please share what you have found. To start you off there is a TechNet library node for PowerShell core at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb978525.aspx "...contains the Help content for conceptual topics,

New Forum for IT Pro Version of CodeGallery

Add your voice in the new forum for the upcoming IT Pro version of Code Gallery . What would you like to see in the IT Pro version of Code Gallery? What would you NOT like to see? Is it as simple as "PowerShell"? Or is the answer more complicated? Let's

RFP: Help Build the IT Pro version of Code Gallery

Help build the IT Pro version of Code Gallery . Go to the new ITCG Forum and let us know what features and functionality you would like to see in the IT Pro version of Code Gallery. Code Gallery is a community-enabled Web site where you can share developer

Free Code from Microsoft

IT Pros will be interested in the new Codeplex site on MSDN. Yes, the focus is on serving the needs of Devs, but then, 1/3 of you IT Pros identify as Devs too! A search of their free (Windows LiveID signin required) code examples may turn up things of

VMM: Install VM Additions

VMM does not install VM Additions for you. For example, assume you have just converted a physical server (P2V). You need to install the VM Additions. There are two ways: Administrator Console CLI If you have to do this once, you will probably have to

Virtualization Nation: How to V2V

Q: Does SCVMM convert VMware virtual machines (V2V)? A: Yes. You must put the following files from the source VMware virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Manager library: A .vmx file, which is a VMware virtual machine configuration file. A .vmx file

Virtualization Nation: How to P2V

You can find the troubleshooting topics for P2V here. The wizard for P2V is called the "Convert physical server" wizard. In the Administrator Console click the "Convert physical server" action. Here's the "How to Convert a Physical Server to a Virtual
 
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