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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 start off the week with a couple of quick notes. I wanted to remind everyone that you can follow me on my Twitter account (@ edwinyuen ) and also on the Because Read More...
TechEd EMEA Day 2
Hello again from Berlin. As many of you probably saw on TV (or in the streets), it was an amazing celebration for the fall of the Berlin Wall. As for TechEd, day 2 has been amazing. I think that the thing everyone I’ve spoken to at the show is how friendly Read More...
Greetings from Berlin
Hello again. Right now, I’m in Berlin for TechEd EMEA 2009, which is really exciting as Monday was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was also Day 1 of TechEd EMEA. Despite a down economy, it’s a sold out show with over 7,000 people. Read More...
FPWEB.net Case Study
I’m back with another great case study . This time, it’s Fpweb.net, a Sharepoint hosting provider. Fpweb.net switched from VMware ESX to Microsoft Virtualization, resulting in so many benefits by using Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Read More...
Microsoft Site Recovery Solution Launch
Hi, I’m Jim Schwartz, Director of Virtualization Solutions at Microsoft and I’m writing as a guest on Edwin’s blog today. Despite tough times, an Enterprise Strategy Group study shows that 31% of businesses surveyed said DR will be their main driver for Read More...
System Center Essentials 2010 Beta Preview Video
Just a quick blog post for now. The TechNet Edge video site just posted a video blog that David Mills and I did, with a preview of the new System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 Beta. What’s really exciting about SCE 2010 is that in addition to the existing Read More...
Posted 30 October 09 07:27 by eyuen | 0 Comments   
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Lab Validation Report for Hyper-V
We just published a Lab Validation Report for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, which was written by Enterprise Strategy Group. This report goes over the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and management of those servers with Virtual Read More...
Virtualization Case Study of Jefferson County Schools
Hello Virt Planet! When I meet with customers and partners about Microsoft Virtualization, I often get asked about similar companies or case studies. We have a great resource of case studies on Microsoft Virtualization but I am going to start highlighting Read More...
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 regularly, as soon as I get back from my vacation in Hawaii :). This week, I wanted to cover some new news and some items I tweeted about but didn’t blog. I Read More...
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 that many VDI adopters forget, which is Who controls the new virtual desktops? Is it the Server team or the Desktop team? Traditional IT has been very easy Read More...
New IBM tools for Microsoft Virtualization
For those who use IBM hardware, there is some great news today. IBM has released the Microsoft Assessment Planning Tool for IBM, which is based on the existing Microsoft Assessment Planning Tool. This tools provides specific guidance on how to consolidate Read More...
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 weather of late. Still, I saw this article and thought that it brought up some important points about virtualization and small and medium businesses (SMBs). Read More...
Posted 21 September 09 05:07 by eyuen | 0 Comments   
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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 grumpy. There was grumpiness about the lines, the self-paced labs, the lines. Did I mention the lines? Still, everyone was actually in pretty good spirits. Read More...
Posted 31 August 09 11:40 by eyuen | 0 Comments   
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VMM2008R2 is RTM!
Great news! Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now RTM and the GA will be available on October 1st. A new feature added post RC is support for vSphere 4. For more information, see this post . If you want to get started now, you can download the 180 day Read More...
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 Microsoft Virtualization. One of the great case studies that came out was for the University of Miami . This is a large university that used VMware and the Read More...
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