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Finally back and how to watch the MMS 2010 keynotes live!

Hello Virtualization Planet! I know in my last blog I wrote that I would be posting more but things...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 04/16/2010

Guest Blog: How AMD and Microsoft Help Redefine “Efficiency”

In late September I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend Microsoft’s “New Efficiency” event in...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 02/03/2010

Guest Blog: SQL Server Consolidation with Microsoft Virtualization

Hello, my name is Vipul Shah and I’m a Senior Product Manager with the Virtualization Team. Due to...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 01/25/2010

How the Microsoft and HP Agreement Impacts Virtualization

If you haven’t heard by now, today, Microsoft and HP announced a three-year, $250 Million agreement...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 01/12/2010

Looking Back at Some Key News and Two New Whitepapers

Hello Virtualization Planet followers! I’m back for a quick update on a couple of items from the...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 01/12/2010

More Case Studies: Companies in Norway and Switzerland Choose Microsoft Over VMware, Saving Money and Improving Efficiencies

Happy New Year to all my readers. In keeper with the positive tone I’ve been on recently, I wanted...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 01/07/2010

Cutting through the FUD: Facts you should know about Hyper-V and System Center

For those who follow this blog, you have noticed that the blog is much more about Microsoft...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 12/18/2009

Great Technical Resources for Hyper-V: How to get started and find advanced configurations

I wanted to highlight a couple new resources that are available for Hyper-V. The first is an amazing...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 12/10/2009

Hyper-V R2 Case Study - Podravka

Hello again! I’m back with another Microsoft Virtualization case study. Here is another great...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 12/04/2009

Hyper-V Case Study – PEAB

I’ve been highlighting Microsoft case studies recently because they do such a great job of...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 12/02/2009

Updates, SCE 2010, and Virtualization Tours

Well, I’m back after some time off for the holidays and recovering from TechEd EMEA. I wanted to...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 12/01/2009

TechEd EMEA Day 2

Hello again from Berlin. As many of you probably saw on TV (or in the streets), it was an amazing...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 11/10/2009

Greetings from Berlin

Hello again. Right now, I’m in Berlin for TechEd EMEA 2009, which is really exciting as Monday was...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 11/09/2009

FPWEB.net Case Study

I’m back with another great case study. This time, it’s Fpweb.net, a Sharepoint hosting provider....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009

Microsoft Site Recovery Solution Launch

Hi, I’m Jim Schwartz, Director of Virtualization Solutions at Microsoft and I’m writing as a guest...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 11/03/2009

Lab Validation Report for Hyper-V

We just published a Lab Validation Report for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, which was written by...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 10/30/2009

Virtualization Case Study of Jefferson County Schools

Hello Virt Planet! When I meet with customers and partners about Microsoft Virtualization, I often...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 10/29/2009

Webcasts on Virtualizing SQL and other MS Applications

Just a quick post today (there are more coming I assure you!). We have a series of webcasts coming...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 10/27/2009

News: Pricing Comparisons, Red Hat, and More

Hello everyone! It’s been a little bit of time since I last posted but I promise to post more...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 10/12/2009

How does VDI impact the responsibilities of Server/Desktop teams?

I saw another article from Brian Madden site’s (which I saw via Twitter) which asks the question...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 09/22/2009

New IBM tools for Microsoft Virtualization

For those who use IBM hardware, there is some great news today. IBM has released the Microsoft...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 09/21/2009

When and how should SMBs Virtualize?

First off, I wanted to apologize for the lack of postings to my blog. I’ve been a little under the...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 09/21/2009

VMworld Day 3 Recap: End of line for me

Day 3 is my last day at VMworld 2009. This day went really well but somehow, I can’t help but feel a...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 09/03/2009

VMworld Day 2 wrap-up

So we’ve just wrapped up day 2 at VMworld. I certainly have to say that day 2 went much better than...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 09/02/2009

VMworld Day 2 Start – Keynote Thoughts

Well, just finished up with the opening keynote by Paul Maritz at VMworld 2009. They had a similar...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 09/01/2009

VMworld Day 1 Recap

The first day of VMworld is closing down for me. The best word I can use to describe the mood was...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/31/2009

VMworld Day 1 – Win a ZuneHD even if you aren’t there!

Good morning everyone. It’s day one of VMworld. I plan on going around the show, trying to get into...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/31/2009

Is Desktop Virtualization for Everyone?

TechRepublic posted an article last week about Desktop Virtualization and it’s adoption....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/27/2009

VMM2008R2 is RTM!

Great news! Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now RTM and the GA will be available on October 1st....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/24/2009

University of Miami chooses Microsoft over VMware

While I was out on vacation, I missed out on a couple of case studies that were published about...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/24/2009

World's Largest PKI on Hyper-V

I often get asked for examples of using Hyper-V for large scale applications. Well, the Microsoft...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/21/2009

More on Nissan and Hyper-V

DailyTech has a great article, an interview with Nissan on how they are using Virtualization and why...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/21/2009

Follow me on Twitter

I've added a twitter account, edwinyuen, where you can follow my thoughs on Virtualization and other...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/20/2009

VMworld 2009

I’m back on my blog. Sorry but I’ve been out on vacation (Disneyland for three days with a three...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/18/2009

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V earns Common Criteria Certification

There’s been a lot of great news out lately on Hyper-V but I want to highly an important security...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/05/2009

Microsoft gets it edge back

In July, we held our Worldwide Partner Conference and our COO, Kevin Turner, gave a great speech....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 08/04/2009

How can VMware compete in the desktop space?

Recently, Brian Madden made a blog posting about the whole Desktop Virtualization space and the main...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 07/22/2009

Virtualization: Challenging VMware's dominance

Here is an article from Washington Technology that talks about the challenges that VMware faces from...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 07/17/2009

Microsoft Takes Virtualization Game To Next Level

With our Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) going on this week, there have been some big...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 07/16/2009

Will VMware become the next Novell?

I know that’s a provocative headline but I didn’t write it. It comes from this blog post...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 07/10/2009

Virtualization No Panacea for Data Recovery

Another interesting post on how Virtualization impacts DR/HA....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 07/08/2009

Free tools from Microsoft for Green IT

I'm back from the holiday weekend. I saw this great post on a number of free tools we make available...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 07/07/2009

Nissan chooses Hyper-V for Virtualization

Here is just another example of companies that are choosing Hyper-V and Microsoft Virtualization....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 06/23/2009

Best and Worst of Windows 7 and Windows Server

Network World and PC World picked out their best and worst of Windows 7 and WIndows Server 2008 R2....

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 06/18/2009

Why one hoster picked the Microsoft Solution

This is a great article on why one Microsoft partner, MaximumASP, went with a Hyper-V based solution...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 06/18/2009

DABCC Podcast with David Greschler

This is a great listen for those who want to learn a little more about what's next with Microsoft...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 06/18/2009

Limitations with vSphere Fault Tolerance

One of the touted new features of vSphere is the inclusion of a Fault Tolerance (FT) capability. As...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 06/17/2009

Windows 7 on a Pentium II?

This has nothing to do with Virtualization but it's fun to look at anyway. This forum had a user who...

Author: Edwin Yuen - MSFT Date: 06/17/2009

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