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This is a free ebook for IT professionals who want to learn more about the latest Microsoft virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V and Remote Desktop  Services in Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure,  Microsoft...
Microsoft released the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP), designed to simplify and streamline IT infrastructure planning process across multiple scenarios through network-wide automated discovery and assessments...
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StarWind iSCSI SAN software is a storage virtualization software which turns any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a fail-safe SAN that uses an existing Ethernet network.  StarWind Enterprise HA is a special High Availability edition...
Sysinternals offers a free P2V tool called Disk2vhd that creates VHDs (Virtual Hard Disks) of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC and/or Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs).  You can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online, since it uses Windows...
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Virtual Device (VDev) With Hyper-V, a virtual device is a software module that provides an I/O path for a partition and are configurable via Hyper-V Manager console.  A VDev allows a single physical device attached to the primary partion to be shared...
Below a list of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V sessions lined up for this years WinHEC 2008 . It covers some exciting new stuff… Microsoft Hyper-V - ENT-T587 This session provides an overview of the recently launched Microsoft Hyper-V product, its architecture...
On September 8, 2008 Microsoft kicked off its Virtualization Launch wave with a major event in Bellevue, Washington that showcased the latest virtualization products and solutions from Microsoft and its partners, highlighted customer successes and demonstrated...
Integration Services (sometimes also referred to as ICs - Integration Components ) is a term used to describe a collection of services that enable a virtual machine to use synthetic devices and to provide (better) integration between child and parent...
With Hyper-V, the parent partition or the root partition runs on Windows Server 2008 x64 Server Core installation or Windows Server 2008 x64 Full installation with the Hyper-V role installed and sits on top of the hypervisor. The parent partition (not...
The new Intel Xeon 7400 will have six cores (up to 16 MB L3 cache) and will be socket compatible with Xeon 7300 boards which will allow for simple upgrades with little downtime. Intel delivers higher virtualization performance for consolidation and data...
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA). The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each...
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture . The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide...
As I mentioned in a previous post on Volume Activation for Windows Server 2008, the current Windows Server 2003 based KMS (Key Management) activation infrastructure requires an update to support Windows Server 2008 systems and Virtualization . Microsoft...
Volume Activation (VA) 2.0 is designed to automate and manage the activation process while addressing the piracy and product key management problems associated with Volume License Keys (VLKs) issued for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Volume Activation...
Some added features on top of the preview-release of Hyper-V (WSV at the time) of the JuneCTP release: Quick Migration and cluster high availability - for migration of VMs for planned and unplanned downtime. Hyper-V is included by default in Windows Server...
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