My ears are still ringing from Monday's virtualization event in Bellevue. Not necessarily from the keynotes or demos, but mainly from being 10 feet away from the stage as the band Live played a 60+ minute set during the party. Here's a photo I snapped
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Filed under: Application Virtualization, ESX, Management tools, Microsoft Application Virtualization, System Center, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, VDI, virtualization management, VMM 2008, VMWare, Windows Server 2008, Citrix, Hyper-V
Today we announced some changes to server application licensing and support policies related to running MS server apps on top of anyone's hypervisor. Several folks have written or blogged about it, here are some:
Chris Wolf (Burton Group)
Virtualization.info
NetworkWorld
Windows IT Pro
Thoughts on application mobility licensing
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Filed under: Application Virtualization, ESX, Interop, Management, Novell, Sun, System Center, virtual machine, VMWare, Windows Server 2008, Windows Virtualization, XEN Virtual Server, Hyper-V, virtualization
My name is Ronald Beekelaar. I'm a Microsoft MVP of Virtual Machine Technology, based in Amsterdam. I have my own consultancy firm, and since 2002 I focus on virtualization. At first, this was strictly VMware-oriented, but a few years later this included Microsoft's virtualization products as well.
Since the first public beta of Hyper-V more than a year ago, I have done many presentations about Hyper-V at various events, and talked to a lot of customers about transitioning to Hyper-V. The people I talk to can be divided into two groups: they either have experience with Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server, or they only know the VMware products and are just now looking into Hyper-V. However, for both groups, and despite very different opinions, there are five topics that always come up in discussions. Below is my list of the top-5 things you should know and understand about Hyper-V.
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Filed under: Application Virtualization, ESX, Management tools, Microsoft Application Virtualization, MVP Summit, System Center, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, virtual machine, virtualization management, VMM 2008, VMWare, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, virtualization
