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• Hyper-V How To: Plan Performance

  Customers often ask “Given a hardware load-out X, how many Ys can I get/run/host?” The frustrating answer always starts with “…it depends…”. We caveat this way not because we want to frustrate, but because it is true. Many teams will go on to say “We... Posted Nov 30 2009, 03:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, troubleshooting, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, Win7, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion

• Hyper-V How To: Do a VM Config-only Export in Hyper-V R2

  Ben’s blog post lays out all the background and details on import/export of VMs in Windows Server 2008 R2 . Soumya’s blog post gives a couple of scripts showing how to do a config-only export,a nd a script for importing it....( read more ) Share this... Posted Oct 26 2009, 04:31 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, troubleshooting, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, Win7, tonyso, virtualzacion

• DIY Zune Speakers – the IT Pro Way

  John shares how to hack your 12V drill to power you Zune speakers . He also tells How to Detect The Virtualization Layer From Within A Guest ....( read more ) Share this post: Read More... Posted Oct 22 2009, 09:04 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, troubleshooting, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion

• Jim DuBois on Virtualization

  Microsoft IT General Manager Jim Dubois shares info about virtualization inside Microsoft in this short (4 minute) video....( read more ) Share this post: Read More... Posted Oct 15 2009, 12:06 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, Virtualization, R2, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Find Hyper-V Patches

  Recently a customer asked how to find and subscribe to a list of patches and hotfixes for Hyper-V. You can find them here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd430893.aspx To subscribe to the RSS Feed for comments on this page (new patches are... Posted Sep 30 2009, 11:52 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, troubleshooting, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Windows Server Virtualization Guide Re-Released

  The Windows Server Virtualization guide 2.0, a.k.a. the IPD guide for Windows Server Virtualization (updated for Windows Server 2008 R2) has been re-released with updates to include Windows Server 2008 R2. “The reader is guided through the nine-step process... Posted Sep 24 2009, 12:26 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Wiki, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Interop and Migration, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Updated Virtualization IPD Guides— Now Available

  Windows Server Virtualization System Center Virtual Machine Manager The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released two updated virtualization guides, Windows Server Virtualization and System Center Virtual Machine Manager , now available for... Posted Sep 23 2009, 03:52 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, R2, SCVMM, Justin Zarb, Hyper-V, ipd

• Hyper-V How To: Download the MP for Windows Server 2008 R2

  The download for the Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack for Windows Server 2008 (and 2003) is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3 NOTE: System Requirements... Posted Sep 22 2009, 11:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, TS, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Manage MAC Address Conflicts

  A colleague recently shared some good advice for managing  MAC address conflicts on your VMs: Best Practice = Prevent. There is a standard for MAC addressing whereby OEMs get prefixes (i.e. the first couple pairs of the MAC address range) registered... Posted Sep 17 2009, 01:54 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, troubleshooting, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• How To: Deploy Win7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

  The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2020 (MDT) is live. Enjoy. MDT helps you automate desktop and server deploymens, including: Unified tools, processes and guidance for desktop and server deployment Fully automated Zero Touch Installation deployments by... Posted Sep 11 2009, 02:08 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V TV

  Some good virtualization videos on the web for your Labor-day viewing. TN Edge Videos : 5 pages, lots of good stuff MSN.COM Hyper-V Videos: · Hyper-V Architecture Demonstration · Getting to Know Hyper-V · Introduction to server virtualization · Hyper... Posted Sep 03 2009, 10:39 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Podcast, R2, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V Podcast: TR9 – Bob Muglia

  Shortly after TR9 I had the opportunity to talk with STB President Bob Muglia about Virtualization. Click the picture to open this 5 minute audio podcast from my public Skydrive ( TR9 – Bob Muglia ).  Includes Bob’s thoughts about customer advantages... Posted Aug 27 2009, 11:34 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Podcast, R2, IT Pro, SCVMM, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V TV: How to Fix BIOS error “Hypervisor is not running…”

  In this 5 minute video Windows Server Technical Writer Felipe Ayora demonstrates how to change the BIOS settings on your computer to make the hypervisor run. NOTE: remember to completely power off your computer after making the changes to the BIOS. Some... Posted Aug 25 2009, 01:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Podcast, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 – Eval Download Live

  Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=292de23c-845c-4d08-8d65-b4b8cbc8397b Team Blog http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2009/08/24/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-vmm-2008-r2-rtms.aspx...( read more ) Share this... Posted Aug 24 2009, 01:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Released

  Hyper-V R2 users have been waiting for the remote tools, released today as RSAT Tools for Windows 7 at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en...( read more ) Share this post: Read... Posted Aug 12 2009, 01:39 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V Podcast: John Cortez on How Microsoft IT Does Branch Office Virtualization

  I recently had the opportunity at TR9 to chat for 5 minutes with John Cortez in Microsoft IT about virtualization and improvements to Branch Office infrastructure that resulted in millions of dollars of savings to IT. For more information see the white... Posted Aug 04 2009, 01:04 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, Virtualization, Podcast, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Monitor Hyper-V R2 VMs in a Sidebar Gadget

  Over in the Windows Server R2 Virtualization Forum Dale Unroe shared a nifty tip: Once you install the RSAT tools for Win7 , you can use Tore’s Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar to monitor your R2 VMs  - slickness....( read more ) Share... Posted Jun 19 2009, 01:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Virtualization, R2, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Microsoft Targets Windows, Linux Management

  Courtesy of Network World - http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/042809-microsoft-windows-linux-management.html?hpg1=bn Share this post: Read More... Posted Apr 29 2009, 04:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: R2, SCVMM

• 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