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• PowerShell PowerBoots

  The good folks at Codeplex, the folks who bring you the free-as-in-beer Hyper-V PowerShell SnapIn also bring you the PowerShell PowerBoots . “ PowerBoots makes it easier for scripters to create graphical user interfaces in PowerShell, exposing much of... Posted Oct 29 2009, 11:56 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, Win7, tonyso, EducationIT, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• 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

• Hyper-V How To: Set Processor Affinity in Hyper-V

  You don’t. Chances are you found this blog post by searching for some combination of the words in the bag “set processor affinity Hyper-V”. As Ben explains in his blog post: Processor Affinity and why you don’t need it on Hyper-V , there is no way to... Posted Sep 22 2009, 02:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: virtualisation, troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Virtualizacion, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, virtualzacion, free-as-in-beer

• 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

• VMworld 2009 Bumpage

  Jon Brodkin on Network World reports some bumps in the road at VMworld 2009 in his article VMworld 2009: Virtualization, controversy and eating your own dog food. “ …the data center didn't work as well as intended, with attendees reporting continuous... Posted Sep 03 2009, 11:53 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Podcast, IT Pro, SCVMM, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, 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

• Hyper-V How To: Check if ICs are Current using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for checking the integration services/integration components to see if they are current in your VMs: # Test if the IC version is up to date param(     [string]$vmName... Posted Aug 21 2009, 02:38 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, TS, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Check Hypervisor Heartbeat using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for checking in the hypervisor is running on a Hyper-V server (host/parent partition): # Check if Hypervisor is running $hypervisor = gwmi –ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Win32_PerfRawData_HvStats_HyperVHypervisor... Posted Aug 21 2009, 02:35 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Snapshot a VM using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for taking a snapshot of your VMs: # Take a snapshot of a VM param(     [string]$vmName = $(throw "Must specify virtual machine name") ) # Get the virtual machine... Posted Aug 21 2009, 02:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Shut Down VMs using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for shutting down your VMs: # Shutdown a Virtual Machine (requires Integration Components) param(     [string]$vmName = $(throw "Must specify virtual machine name"... Posted Aug 21 2009, 02:27 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Set a Custom KVP using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for setting custom KVPs: # Set a Custom KVP param(     [string]$vmName = $(throw "Must specify virtual machine name"),     [string]$Key = $(throw... Posted Aug 21 2009, 02:15 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How to: Remove Virtual NIC using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for removing virtual NICs from your VMs: # Remove a NIC (synthetic ethernet port) from a virtual machine param(     [string]$vmName = $(throw "Must specify virtual... Posted Aug 21 2009, 02:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Map your Virtual Network Settings using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for getting a mapping your virtual network settings: # Navigate Network Topology to determine Virtual Switch type # ie: Internal, External, External-Shared, or Private # Prompt for the... Posted Aug 21 2009, 12:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Modify VLAN Settings using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for modifying hte VLAN settings on your VMs: # Modify VLAN setting for VM param(     $vmName = $(throw "Must supply a virtual machine name"),    ... Posted Aug 21 2009, 12:18 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Merge VHDs using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for merging VHDs: # Merge VHDs param(     [string]$mergePath = $(throw "Must specify full path for merging VHD"),     [string]$parentPath = $... Posted Aug 21 2009, 12:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: Loopback Mount a VHD using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for loopback mounting a VHD, for example, if you need to use bcdedit to alter the boot configuration store offline: # Loopback mount a VHD param(     [string] $path =... Posted Aug 21 2009, 12:05 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: List VMs using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for getting a list of VMs: # List VMs $vmList = gwmi -namespace root\virtualization Msvm_ComputerSystem |`     where{$_.Name -ne $env:COMPUTERNAME} $vmList | select ElementName... Posted Aug 21 2009, 11:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: troubleshooting, Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer

• Hyper-V How To: List Snapshots using Script

  Some friends here on the Hyper-V team shared a PowerShell 1.0 script for getting a list of snapshots: # List Virtual System Snapshots #Obtain the VM name $VM_Name= Read-Host("Please specify the name of the VM ") $HostName = "." #obtain... Posted Aug 21 2009, 11:38 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Tools 2 Use, IT Pro, SCVMM, Windows PowerShell, MidMarket IT, Hyper-V, WS2K8, IT Pro Code Gallery, HyperV, tonyso, EducationIT, free-as-in-beer