Massive announcement from the Virtual Machine Manager Team today. The RTM of SCVMM has hit the floor which means we will start to do some deep dive work on this product and show some amazing value add, which includes showing some of the value add when using this product! I have used many a virtualization…
Tag: Virtual Server
An Interview with Bryon Surace on Windows Server Virtualisation Scenarios and Architecture
Tune in for the interview with Bryon Surace as he provides a brief overview of the new Windows Server virtualisation technologies incorporated in Windows Server 2008. He will provide an overview of the scenarios, architecture and key features. Watch it here
New Microsoft Virtualization Web Site is up
The Microsoft Virtualization story home has a home and can accessed here: The home of Microsoft Virtualization Check out the Tour of SoftGrid for all new to this technology.
Windows Server Virtualization Videos from Teched 2007!
So I will be posting some great Virtualization Video’s from TechEd 2007 over the next couple of days! These were two great Videos around Windows Server Virtualization (Which had more people hitting these stands than you could shake a stick at!). These Video’s are here to help dismiss some of the myths around the Windows…
Microsoft Server Virtualization Calculator demo
If you don’t by licence’s or have no interest in them, then this article probably is not going to be one for you to read…… 🙁 However for the rest of you that carried on reading, I wanted to put up another demo on a handy tool that can show you the cost advantages of…
Virtual Server R2 SP1 can run up to 512 virtual machines…
Jeff updated the Virtualization blog with a bit of a comparison from the various Virtual Server releases and there scalability…… —————- Virtualization Nation, In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned the fact that Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now supports up to 256 GB of memory and can run 512 virtual machines simultaneously. I…
Microsoft Server Virtualization Licensing
This is one of the most hilarious topics to discuss………. why I hear you ask!? Well, because most people just don’t get it!!!….. or just don’t want to!!!! 🙂 So what is the difference in licensing costs between the 3 Server Products when Virtual Server is installed on top of them? What do you get…
Virtualization Videos Online
Found these great online video’s and worth a look Virtualization in Windows Server Mike Neil, General Manager http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=515 The session features a discussion of the virtualization technology roadmap and an outline of Microsoft’s vision for how these technologies will combine with future capabilities in processors, chipsets, and I/O devices to enable unprecedented flexibility by the…
Installing Virtual Server R2 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
Jeff Woolsey has thrown an update on the Virtualization Teams blog around installing Virtual Server R2 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 and the tip you need to get it to work! Start to play with Windows Server 2008 and still get the benefits of Virtual Server also 🙂 Virtualization Nation, If you’re trying to…
Microsoft Windows 2008 Virtualization Architecture
One of the key pillars that is new to the Windows platform is Virtualization. Available 180 days post the launch of Windows 2008. The ability to virtualizes an existing operating systems (Guest) multiple times on the Windows 2008 (host). How is this achieved from an architectural standpoint in Windows 2008? Windows Server Virtualization assigns host…