What’s New in System Center 2012 SP1 – Virtual Machine Manager

Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) in the community technology preview (CTP) of System Center 2012 SP1 provides the following new features: Network virtualization VHDX support Support for file shares that use the Server Message Block (SMB) 2.2 protocol Live migration enhancements Network Virtualization VMM in the CTP release of System Center 2012 SP1 provides support for … Continue reading What’s New in System Center 2012 SP1 – Virtual Machine Manager

Building a virtual LAB that is prepared for snapshots

As a consultant and instructor I use my virtual labs every day for developing, testing and doing demos. My virtual lab has 2 Domain Controllers and and a member server for each role or version of a product that I need in my lab. Most of my member servers has a lot of snapshots, so … Continue reading Building a virtual LAB that is prepared for snapshots

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Released to Manafacturing

The waiting is finally over...System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) Has now gone RTM. SCVMM provides a management solution for the virtualized data center that helps enable centralized management of IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization platforms. Highlights of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: Support for VMs … Continue reading System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Released to Manafacturing

Free Online Training: Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008

With the RTM of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM), lots of pepole will start playing with all the cool new features. To help you getting started with Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Microsoft has launched a couple of free online training courses for their virtualisation platform: Clinic 5935 - Introducing Hyper-V … Continue reading Free Online Training: Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008

Hyper-V Server 2008 Getting Started Guide

This guide helps you become familiar with Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 by providing instructions for creating a virtual machine and configuring virtual networks. For more information about Hyper-V Server 2008, see the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129170). Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=26426203-de3c-4d74-851e-4e1388a81d5f&DisplayLang=en

Hyper-V Now Available!

Hyper-V, one of the key features of Windows Server 2008, has now released to manufacturing (RTM) and is available for deployment into production environments. A beta of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 and this update provides the final release. The Hyper-V update will be available through Windows Update from July 8th. I’ve upgraded … Continue reading Hyper-V Now Available!