John Howard - Senior Program Manager in the Hyper-V team at Microsoft

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7/17/2020

Senior Program Manager, Hyper-V team, Windows Core Operating System Division.

Windows Server 2008 RC1 with Hyper-V Beta is now available

Big news from my team today. Windows Server 2008 RC1 with Hyper-V Beta, the official name of what...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/13/2007

Release Notes for Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V) Preview Release are now available

Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/06/2007

Boot from SCSI in Virtual Server vs. Boot from IDE in Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V)

Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/04/2007

Moving a Virtual Machine from Virtual Server to Hyper-V (formerly known as Windows Server virtualization)

Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/25/2007

Technet discussion forum for Hyper-V (Server virtualization)

Update 6/30/08. Windows Server virtualization is now Hyper-V, and it RTM'd on 6/26/08. The forum has...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/25/2007

Upcoming webcasts for Virtualization

Now that Windows Server 2008 RC0 with the preview release of Windows Server virtualization is...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/25/2007

How to install the Windows Server virtualization role in Windows Server 2008 RC0

Update: Feb 2008. This post no longer applies for the Hyper-V (formerly known as Windows Server...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/24/2007

Announcement: Windows Server virtualization “Preview” release is available.

Update June 2008. WSv is now known as Hyper-V and is available in RTM form (KB950050). The post...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/24/2007

Do you know what Virtual Server hosts are running in your domain? Find out how.

Wow. Can't believe it's close to 3 months since posting - just shows how busy life can get...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/11/2007

Where we're headed with Virtualization

Mike Neil, GM for virtualization strategy at Microsoft has written an interesting blog post on the...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 02/26/2007

Windows Desktop Search - Index network shares for faster searching

Can't wait to get home tonight..... just saw a pointer to this download on microsoft.com which is an...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 02/21/2007

Virtual PC 2007 is released

Hot news just in. Virtual PC 2007 is now released to the web for download and provides support for...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 02/19/2007

Windows OS Licensing calculator is available online

I thought this link was worth posting. A few days back a new calculator was posted on microsoft.com...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 01/31/2007

Running the Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools on Windows Vista

Here's a handy KB article just published if you want to run the Windows Server 2003 (SP1)...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 01/03/2007

Virtual PC 2007 - Release Candidate available

Happy new year :) As of this morning, a revised release candidate build of Virtual PC 2007 is now...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 01/02/2007

24 hours of Exchange Server 2007 webcasts

Although I changed job roles earlier this year, I still get internal emails which get routed via...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/29/2006

Virtualization sessions from TechEd IT Forum 2006 are available online

If you didn't attend TechEd IT Forum this year, it's worth knowing you can see a number of sessions...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/28/2006

Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista

I was faced this morning with a few dilemmas... First, several inches of snow. Now, just for the...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/27/2006

Microsoft Exchange 2007 - Available on MSDN subscriber downloads

A late christmas present ;) I signed on to MSDN subscriber downloads this morning and noticed that...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/27/2006

Windows Vista and Office 2007 - Now available for download on MSDN and Technet

Good news - as of a few hours ago, both Technet Plus and MSDN subscribers can download Windows Vista...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/16/2006

Running Microsoft Money 2005 UK under Windows Vista

So now Windows Vista and Office 2007 are here, I've been upgrading to the RTM build on my home...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/12/2006

You can now download pre-prepared VHDs

Good news. I've just noticed the launch of the "VHD Test Drive Program". In a nutshell, this is a...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/06/2006

Automating VM Compacting and Archiving

I apologise in advance - this is probably the WORST bit of scripting I have ever written. However,...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/22/2006

Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Licensing Change

Up to yesterday, the VHD format was available for licensing from Microsoft. Where as that still...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/17/2006

FTP servers appear read-only in ISA Server 2004

A problem I've been doing some headscratching with recently I managed to solve this evening -...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/02/2006

I'll zip that web server in 420MB - Small Virtual Machine Backups

I've been meaning to try this for a while and finally got round to it at the weekend. Currently, on...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/11/2006

Redistribution of Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

If you weren't aware, you can register for redistribution rights for Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/05/2006

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Download link and availability

Following on a previous entry in April, within the last hour, Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/30/2006

Implementing Secure Wireless Networking - Part 2

Continuing the configuration of a secure wireless network, this part deals with configuring the IAS...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/17/2006

VHD Size Reduction

So there's many tricks to optimising the size of a VHD. One which I always use, but appears not to...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/15/2006

Implementing Secure Wireless Networking - Part 1

So I've got a few blog posts which piece together something I've been trying to do (and finally got...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/15/2006

VM Additions for Windows Vista Beta 2

A revised version of the VM Additions which supports current public builds of Windows Vista Beta 2...

Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/26/2006

Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2

I've just noticed that Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 will be available next month. Some of...