Clik here to view.
Repost: Resellers and SIs check out our virtualization partner profitability...
This post is for all the Microsoft channel partners who read this blog. You'll want to check out our new virtualization partner profitability toolkit (here). David Greschler's blog here sums it up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest post: NetApp and Microsoft See Virtualization Success Together
Hi, I’m Friea Berg from NetApp’s Virtualization Solutions team. Today, I’d like to share how Microsoft and NetApp have been helping customers get the most out of their virtualized infrastructure....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dress up your office wall with the Hyper-V component architecture poster
Hi, this is Bryon Surace again. I’m a senior program manager on the Windows virtualization team at Microsoft. I wanted to draw your attention to the new Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest post: EMC and Microsoft Think Big
Hi, I'm Adrian Simays, Hyper-V technical architect at EMC. EMC and Microsoft have been thinking big lately. How big? We’ve set out to build and test one of the largest Hyper-V environments in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Got Questions on Desktop Virtualization? You’re Not Alone…
For those of you who think about desktop management strategies, and how virtualization might fit, I'd recommend reading Edwin Yuen's new blog post. Some of you may know Edwin as he's contributed to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Welcome to TechEd 2010 - Server Virtualization and Managment Sessions
Hi, as I type this post while flying over the country, it just amazes me how far we have come from the days of original computing machines. There is something surreal in being able to blog from an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TechEd, Day 1 Musings
Wow, 11,000 attendees, press, analysts and speakers here at TechEd. That’s a testimony to the passion, and excitement that this generates amongst our customers and partners. Day 1 got off to a flying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VMWare figures out that virtualization is an OS feature
Every now and again, we like to use this forum to provide commentary and context on happenings in the industry. Today’s news from Waltham, Mass. and Palo Alto, Calif. is a good example. On the one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hands-On-Labs at TechEd, Virtualization at work!!!
One of the fun parts of being in a team that develops Hyper-V is seeing it in action. Here at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, Hyper-V and the System Center Suite are running the Hands-On-Lab...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VDI reference architecture with HP and Citrix
At HP's Tech Forum conference, HP started to market a VDI reference architecture, and deployment offer, with us and Citrix. The brochure can be seen here. The VDI offer can be seen here. The nuts and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Download beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1
Over at the Windows Server Division blog, Oliver says the beta is available to download. Oliver focuses on Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1, but Windows 7 sp1 beta is also available. All of this was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dynamic Memory Coming to Hyper-V Part 6…
====================================================== Preamble: The point of this series, and the spirit in which it is written, is to take a holistic approach at the issues facing our customers,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update to private cloud toolkit for System Center
Back in February we started working with partners and TAP customers on a toolkit to create private cloud environment. See our February blog about the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Center....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Installing Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
With the release of Beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 a number of you have asked about Service Pack 1 for the standalone Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, and whether the new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Linux Integration Services v2.1 Now Available
We are really excited to announce the availability of the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services for Linux Version 2.1. This release marks yet another milestone in providing a comprehensive virtualization...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Go vote
The savvy editors of NetworkWorld chose 3 weeks before VMworld 2010 conference to publish an online tech debate between Microsoft and VMware. The topic: who has the better virtualization platform. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Does Microsoft exhibit at VMworld?
I’ll be posting more this week about what you’ll see when you visit the Microsoft booth (#1431) at VMworld 2010 U.S. conference next week. You can read an overview at NetworkWorld. But last week a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Items of interest from VMworld 2010
Hi - by now you might have read there's 17,000 of us attending VMworld in San Francisco. Huge crowds, just as Rick Vanover predicted. Lots of energy and excitement as you can imagine. This post is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest post: Storage Loves Dynamic Memory
Hi, I’m Alex Miroshnichenko, chief technology officer of Virsto Software. One of the most exciting events of my summer was the announcement of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reducing the cost of virtualization using Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center
My name is Elliott Morris, manager of what's known within Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business as the "War on Cost team." The team’s role is to collect operational data from business and public...
View Article