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Update: More than recession: IDC's server virtualization tracker report: Update : The folks at IDC asked that I remove this blog post until further notice. That said, do check out Roger Johnson's post . He discusses Dell PowerEdge R910 and his Hyper-V deployment at Crutchfield. I met Roger at VMworld 2009. He's a VCP, having Read More...
Posted 27 October 09 05:24 by porourke | 0 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, virtualization, ESX, VMWare, System Center, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, virtualization management, XenServer, Visual Studio, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Follow us on Twitter and get a chance to win a Zune HD: I now have the final list of sessions that I will be attending at VMworld. As I noted last time I had a lot of waitlists which it now appears I have not made the cut for most of the sessions. That means I will be at our booth (#2422) almost all of today Read More...
Posted 31 August 09 02:09 by vtango | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, VMWare, virtualization management
Update: What you won't see at VMworld 2009: This post is for the readers out there that will be attending VMworld, or have colleagues attending VMworld. There’s been some speculative statements made in the press and blogs in the past 24 hours, so I want to try to set the record straight: 1. Microsoft Read More...
Posted 27 August 09 12:30 by porourke | 1 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, Kroll, virtualization, Community, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, ESX, VMWare, Microsoft Application Virtualization, System Center, cross-platform management, VMM 2008, events, Windows Server 2008 R2
VMworld 2009 an oppurtunity to meet our customers: Hi, I am Vijay Tewari a program manager with the Virtualization team here at Microsoft. Having spent the last 15 months or so deeply involved in the development of Hyper-V I am really looking forward to meeting customers and partners at VMworld 2009 . Read More...
Posted 26 August 09 05:09 by vtango | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, ESX, VMWare, Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring, virtualization management, integrated virtualization, Cloud Computing, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5: Virtualization Nation, In my last blog post, I started an in depth analysis tackling VMware’s claims head on that because their disk footprint is smaller and ESX/ESXi are single purpose hypervisors, they are therefore more secure. I read some posts on Read More...
Posted 13 August 09 02:56 by WSV_GUY | 5 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtualization, ESX, VMWare, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5: Virtualization Nation, After my recent blog discussing the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 , we received overwhelmingly positive feedback. At the same time, there's still some skepticism about free Live Migration and almost daily we keep hearing, Read More...
Posted 12 August 09 08:13 by WSV_GUY | 11 Comments
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R2 Veeam Too: Hello, I’m Doug Hazelman and I’m the director of the Global Systems Engineers Group at Veeam Software. I’ve been with Veeam for almost two years, and prior to that I was with Aelita Software (which was acquired by Quest Software) where I worked with the same management team now behind Veeam Software. I’d like to thank Microsoft for this opportunity to guest blog on Veeam’s direction around Hyper-V. Veeam’s tagline is “listening to you, building the tools you need.” We’ve heard your requests and we’d like to announce now that Veeam is committed to fully supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. While Veeam has continued to build some of the best software for data protection and management of VMware infrastructures, we realize that customers are now faced with more virtualization choices. By fully supporting Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere, Veeam can help you manage heterogeneous hypervisor deployments and clouds with the innovative solutions you’ve come to expect from Veeam. The management and R&D teams at Veeam have a long history of working with Microsoft going back to the Aelita days, and we’re all excited to be working with Microsoft again. Read More...
Posted 23 July 09 11:36 by porourke | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, VMWare, guest blog post, Windows Server 2008 R2, Veeam
Windows Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RTM!!!!: Virtualization Nation, Today is a really big day at Microsoft and more importantly for our customers . Both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (our FREE standalone Hyper-V Server) have both been Released To Manufacturing (RTM)!! Read More...
Posted 22 July 09 01:40 by WSV_GUY | 7 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, VMWare, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization AMD, High Availability, Live Migration, Power Usage Effectiveness, Windows Server 2008 R2
Too many Virtual Iron customers in the fire?: As an alternative, I would recommend Virtual Iron customers try Microsoft solutions. Our Hyper-V solutions are low cost, easy to use, and work well with Xen-based solutions like Virtual Iron. In fact, many Virtual Iron users are already running their VMs in the VHD format that’s used with Hyper-V. If Virtual Iron customers are running Windows Server 2008 in their VMs, they can leverage Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. For those customers running non-Windows VMs or do not own Windows Server 2008, you can use the new Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 hypervisor. This is our free, standalone hypervisor, which now includes both high availability cluster and live migration at no cost. Both are available for download, a trial for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and a full download for Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. Read More...
Posted 16 July 09 06:38 by porourke | 4 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, ESX, VMWare, Interop, Windows Server 2008, High Availability, Live Migration
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 - Quick Storage Migration: Hi, I'm Edwin Yuen, a Senior Technical Product Manager at Microsoft's Integrated Virtualization team. In today's blog, I'd like to discuss another type of migration being added to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Quick Storage Migration. Read More...
Posted 25 June 09 06:30 by WSV_GUY | 3 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, VMWare, System Center, Windows Server 2008
Server & Tools Business Exec to discuss state of IT, answer your questions on June 23: On Tuesday, June 23rd from 10:30am – 11:00am (PDT), you're invited to join a teleconference with Bob Kelly, corporate VP of Infrastructure Server Marketing. Bob will talk about the state of IT within the context of results from a new Harris Interactive study. The study, of 1,200 IT professionals from the U.S., United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, was commissioned by Microsoft’s Server & Tools Business. There will be time for your questions following the brief presentation. Submit questions over the phone or you can submit them at any time leading up to, or during, the teleconference by tweeting with the Twitter hashtag, #qs4ms. If you are interested in attending, please REGISTER NOW. Once you open the invite box, you can save and close to your calendar. Read More...
Posted 18 June 09 05:27 by porourke | 0 Comments
Filed under virtualization, Management, VMWare, MMS, integrated virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Cloud Computing
VMware vSphere pricing - Meet the new price; same as the old price, only more: Hi, I'm Edwin Yuen, a Senior Technical Product Manager at Microsoft's Integrated Virtualization team. This past week, there were two key announcements made, one by Microsoft and one by VMware, that have an impact on how we compare Microsoft and VMware Read More...
Posted 04 May 09 03:00 by WSV_GUY | 3 Comments
Filed under Hyper-V, Kroll, virtual machine, virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, ESX, VMWare, Microsoft Application Virtualization, System Center, virtualization management, VMM 2008, Windows Server 2008, Quick Migration, Live Migration
Guest post: "Does my enterprise need internal cloud computing?": As the president and COO of a datacenter-based managed server provider, I’m constantly on the hunt for leading edge technology. I peruse every new IT technology announcement for the next cost-effective solution, for both internal needs, and for hosted solutions we can use to help customers. In my previous blog, I talked about how cool Microsoft’s virtualization turned out to be, saving SBWH, and therefore our customers, time and money. I started my virtualization research with VMware, but quickly became a fan of Hyper-V, ultimately deploying it in many production systems. As a result of my experience, I get asked by industry analysts, press, and investors, “Why not VMware?” With Palo Alto’s latest announcement that I can buy an “Internal Cloud” for only $3,495 per CPU, I figured I’d share my thoughts about the real vs. perceived benefits of this new private compute cloud idea. Let me say that the private cloud concept seems to be more marketing than architecture. The private cloud has many of the same load balancing, storage management, and provisioning that virtualization already offers. Based on how the private cloud has been described so far, I have to say that the emperor, although not totally naked, seems somewhat thinly attired. Read More...
Posted 23 April 09 04:45 by porourke | 5 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, VMWare, Cloud Computing, High Availability
The vSphere Cloud Operating System: Extra Layer, Extra Cost?: Hi, I’m David Greschler, Director of Microsoft virtualization and management. Today VMware announced their new “Cloud OS,” called vSphere. It’s an interesting announcement in that it points out more clearly than ever that VMware adds an extra layer to the computing stack. This extra layer, a virtualization “substrate” (VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s words), is inserted by VMware between hardware and the OS. But is it really necessary to add an extra layer just to do virtualization and the cloud? Do we really need another operating system to effectively just host other operating systems? I can see how initially this made sense when the industry was first experimenting with virtualization. But virtualization has now become mainstream, and as such it’s just another feature we should have as part of our computing process. As a result, Microsoft chose to take a more streamlined approach to virtualization. Instead of adding an additional layer of complexity, we’ve put the virtualization component inside the OS. We think this is a better approach as it means you have one less layer to manage, secure and pay for. (And at the cost of $3,495 per processor for vSphere Enterprise Plus, that’s a pretty expensive layer!). Read More...
Posted 21 April 09 09:30 by porourke | 3 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, ESX, VMWare, Windows Server 2008, Cloud Computing, Live Migration, events
Top 10 VMWare myths video: Edwin and David recently sat down in front of a video camera to talk about the top 10 myths from VMWare. Here's a quick outline of the topics discussed during the 11 minute video: Live migration clustered shared volumes Hyper-V scalability Hyper-V performance Hyper-V footprint Hardware support Memory overcommit End-to-end management Value Why pay VMWare's virtualization tax? See the video below, or the other 22 videos here. Read More...
Posted 03 April 09 05:58 by porourke | 6 Comments
Filed under Windows Virtualization, Hyper-V, virtual machine, virtualization, ESX, VMWare, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Application Virtualization, System Center, Windows Server 2008, High Availability, Live Migration, volume snapshot

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