Archive for January, 2010
Hyper-V vs. VMWare vs. Xen
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Here is one post that might start a flame between my readers. When you try to compare Hyper-V vs. VMWare vs. Xen, you will see that there is no “the best” solution. Every solution has it pros and cons. Which ones? Rick Vanover wrote a great article at Techtarget, trying to compare there three solutions [...]
Hyper-V Architecture
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Hyper-V, used for server virtualization in Windows Server 2008 R2 , is a microkernelized hypervizor. What it really means, I tried to explain in my post about microkernelized hypervizors, but here a video showing you more details about it. This short video has been recorded by Ben Armstrong, a.k.a. The Virtual PC Guy, Product Manager [...]
Very small Hyper-V Manager
Thursday, January 28th, 2010There is a new, very simple and very easy to use Hyper-V Manager available to download and use for free. This tool has been written by Jerry Orman. It is not fully featured application, and should not (and can’t) be used for complex deployments and usage. It sits in a system tray, and enables you [...]
28% discount on a TechNet subscription
Monday, January 25th, 2010Here is a great offer for you: if you are interested in getting a TechNet subscription, there is a 28% discount available if you use promo code TNITE06. With TechNet subscription you can get Microsoft software for evaluation purposes, beta software, professional support incidents, managed newsgroup support, technical resources, Microsoft eLearning courses and online concierge [...]
VIDEO: Virtualization Features of Essentials 2010
Friday, January 22nd, 2010As I informed you yesterday, System Center Essentials 2010 RC is available to download and test. Essentials 2010 is designed for organizations with up to 50 servers and 500 client computers. Let’s see how it can help us with virtualization. SCE 2010 leverage technology from SCVMM, however by integrating it into a single console and [...]
System Center Essentials 2010 Release Candidate
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2010 provides a unified IT management solution that enables you to simply and efficiently perform complex management tasks across virtual and physical servers, PCs, hardware, software and IT services from a single console.
How to manage Hyper-V from Windows XP?
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010If you still use Windows XP as a primary operating system, but your tasks include administrating Hyper-V environments, now you have a option to do it quite easy. Until now, you could use remote desktop, and it still works very well, but what if you want to use something like Hyper-V Remote Management Update for [...]
Free ebook: Windows 7 Tips and Tricks
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Free ebook Windows 7 Tips and Tricks is a compilation of one of the finest Tips and Tricks about Windows 7. You can use them to enrich the Windows 7 Desktop experience of yours. It contains more than 50 Tips and tricks and an added bonus section for Windows 7 Applications. This ebook has 113 [...]
Getting to know Hyper-V
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Microsoft has released a document called Getting to Know Hyper-V: A Walkthrough from Initial Setup to Common Scenarios. This guide provides detailed step-by-step walkthroughs for testing Hyper-V with Windows Server 2008 R2 in a preproduction environment. You can use this guide to become familiar with Hyper-V and the process of creating and managing virtual machines. [...]
I’m back!
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Hello! First of all, I would like to wish you a happy and a successful new year! I haven’t been writing lately, mostly because during whole holidays I have had irregular internet access, and because I wanted to take some break from blogging and work. However, from this day forwards, I will continue writing for [...]