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• What’s new in SCVMM 2012 - (“Cloudy April” - Part 27)

  System Center Virtual Machine Manager ( SCVMM ) 2008 R2 is a powerful virtualization management tool.  It does a great job of organizing and managing your virtualization hosts, clusters, virtual machines, and libraries of resources (virtual hard... Posted Apr 27 2011, 08:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, SCVMM, Beta, Cloud computing, IT Manager, Windows Azure

• Building a Private Cloud??? Download System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta – Evaluation

  System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric management, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments. Virtual Machine Manager 2012 offers key new features that include hypervisor creation... Posted Apr 04 2011, 03:44 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, Virtualization, SCVMM, IT Professional, Beta, Cloud

• MMS 2011 Keynote (Day 1 and Day 2 Keynote Video Recording)

  For those not lucky enough to go to MMS this year, you can get access to the keynote presentations here.  If you want much more information about System Center make sure you attend one of our TechNet Events on Management and Deployment . Keynote... Posted Mar 31 2011, 02:38 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, TechNet, Deployment, Training, Management, Virtualization, Operations Manager, SCVMM, SCCM, Beta, Virtual Machine Manager, SCOM, VMM, Systems Management, Cloud, Azure, Operations Manager 2007 R2

• Upcoming TechNet Events for Systems Management…..

  Good Day Folks! I am excited to let you know about a series of events I will will be delivering across the western United States. As many of you know, I have been focusing on our management technologies and have put together some presentations on two... Posted Feb 15 2011, 08:56 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, TechNet, Networking, Deployment, Virtualization, SCVMM, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 - Now in Beta Release!

  We are excited to announce the beta release of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool v3.0.  If you’ve used version 2.1, you know that it offers free, tested guidance and automated tools that let you safely service offline virtual machines in your SCVMM... Posted Apr 29 2010, 05:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, Virtualization, SCVMM, Beta, announcement

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 08-21-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Installation instructions, Release Notes and Evaluation Guide for Windows Virtual PC (RC) and Windows XP Mode (RC) · Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive Service Level Agreement (SLA) · Microsoft... Posted Aug 27 2009, 08:42 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, User Groups, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, The Cloud, Azure, Thrive

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 08-07-2009…..

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Windows Virtual PC RC · Windows XP Mode RC · Microsoft FTP Service 7.5 for IIS 7.0 (x86) · Microsoft FTP Service 7.5 for IIS 7.0 (x64) · Microsoft Exchange Online Standard · Microsoft Office Communications... Posted Aug 12 2009, 08:07 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, User Groups, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Demos, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Backing up and Inventory….

  This morning I am backing up all of the machines on the network. Of course backing up is one of the most boring things there is (until something goes wrong!) so I am also inventorying my machines as well as the stash of hardware in my closet. All the... Posted Aug 11 2009, 10:42 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Exchange, Active Directory, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Virtualization, Tech News, Linux, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IIS, Competitive, On the Edge, Beta, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 07-31-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Project Quant Fact Sheet · Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit · System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Documentation · Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Documentation... Posted Aug 05 2009, 03:05 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending – 07-17-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Update for Windows Vista (KB970408) · Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB970408) · Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta and Outlook Standards Documentation · An Introduction to Service... Posted Jul 23 2009, 11:17 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Digital Imaging, Competitive, Demos, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed, Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 06-19-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Hypervisor Functional Specification v2.0: For Windows Server 2008 R2 · Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition VHD · Virtualizing Windows Essential Business Server · Microsoft Dynamics... Posted Jun 24 2009, 11:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 05-29-2009…..

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance • System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 Release Candidate for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [May 2009] • System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate for Itanium... Posted Jun 03 2009, 06:35 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 5-22-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Windows Virtual PC Tips · Windows Client Feature Comparison: Windows XP SP3 | Wndows Vista SP1 | Windows 7 · Windows 7 Walkthrough: BranchCache · Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Hotfix KB... Posted Jun 01 2009, 12:49 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Xbox, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Podcasts, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 05-08-2009…..

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate · Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Evaluation Virtual Hard Drive Images (for Hyper-V) · Windows Virtual PC Beta · RAIL QFE Beta for Vista SP1 · RAIL QFE Beta... Posted May 12 2009, 06:48 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Podcasts, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, Competitive, Demos, SCCM, music, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Tech Ed, Systems Management, Live!, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed, Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 04-24-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 UCMA 2.0 Speech Language Packs · Unified Communications Cost Saving Kit · Adoption and Training Kit: Champs Program Plan Sample for Unified Communications... Posted Apr 30 2009, 09:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Podcasts, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, Learn me somethin..., twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending 04-03-2009….

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Unified Communications Adoption and Training Kit 2007 R2 · Enterprise Search: Permissions for Common Administrative Operations in Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Search Server 2008... Posted Apr 06 2009, 01:12 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending – 03-27-2009…..

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Update for Windows XP (KB961503) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB967902) · System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Cmdlet Reference · Microsoft System Center Network Device... Posted Apr 01 2009, 12:07 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Demos, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud

• SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta available on Connect

  Well there's a new beta in town. Feels like we are shipping thick and fast these days on many different products! But this one is a product I like very much and the reason for that is this is where the hardware virtualization battle is being thought... Posted Mar 23 2009, 05:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: R2, SCVMM, Beta, Justin Zarb, 2008, Connect

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Beta: Available via Microsoft Connect

  The beta software is now available for download on Microsoft Connect. To download, simply go to our site on Connect and sign in with your Live Id. Call to action : Download either the Full Software install or the pre-configured VHD from https://connect... Posted Mar 15 2009, 02:07 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, R2, SCVMM, IT Professional, Beta, Connect

• SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta auf Connect zum Download

  Habe gerade entdeckt, dass auf connect.microsoft.com der Download zum SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta zur Verfügung steht: Link zum Connect Site. Die neue Version des System Center Virtal Machine Managers 2008 R2 Beta kann verwendet werden, um die Beta des Hyper-V... Posted Mar 14 2009, 02:16 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, SCVMM, Sonstiges, Beta, tool, Hyper-V, Thomas Lichtenstern

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 02-27-2009....

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Microsoft Exchange Online Service Level Agreement (SLA) · Microsoft SharePoint Online Service Level Agreement (SLA) · Windows Server Internet Information Services for System Center... Posted Mar 04 2009, 02:24 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud, Azure

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 02-13-2009....

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Trial Software Download · Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB960544) · Cumulative Update for Media Center for... Posted Feb 16 2009, 12:48 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, Demos, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 02-06-2009....

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Response Point White Paper: Network Requirements for Microsoft Response Point SP2 · Response Point White Paper: Configuring Customizable URLs in Incoming Call Notification Windows ·... Posted Feb 10 2009, 09:35 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, S+S, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 01-23-2009....

  Infrastructure Development, Operations & Maintenance · Windows Essential Business Server Preparation and Planning Wizards · Release Documents for this Beta Release of Windows Server 2008 R2 · 2007 Office Resource Kit Technical Library... Posted Jan 27 2009, 11:54 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Podcasts, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, SCCM, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Windows 7, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, Azure

• TS: MS System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Config – 71-403

  I love challenges! However some challenges are more interesting than others! If you don't remember my PFE buddy Dr Thomas decided to set me a challenge to pass the SCVMM Beta! Well I got an email from this blog from “Abdullah” who said they had there... Posted Dec 17 2008, 06:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SCVMM, Beta, Justin Zarb, Exam