Windows Server 2008 blog

Hybrid virtualization

Ilija — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:04:27 +0000

Let’s continue with our virtualization school for beginners. In my previous post, I have explained Type 2 virtualization. In this post, I’ll give you simple schema and description of Hybrid virtualization. In this virtualizaton type, both host OS and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) run directly on the hardware, but with different levels of access to [...]

TechEd vs. Windays

Ilija — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:56:11 +0000

As I said in my previous post, I’ll try to compare Teched with Windays in several categories. I participated in both conferences and I’ll try to be objective. About conferences: Teched for developers was held in Barcelona, and next year it’s moving to Berlin. It is biggest Microsoft’s conference in Europe (around 5000 delegates), primary focused on [...]

Second report from TechEd

Ilija — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:13:19 +0000

This morning at 05:00 I came back from Barcelona to my apartment, so now it’s time for second (and final) report from TechEd. In my first report from Tech Ed, I was writing about first 2,5 days in Barcelona. I stopped at meeting for Microsoft Student Partners. So, after we have met, I asked Oliver, [...]

First report from TechEd

Ilija — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:21:58 +0000

Hi everyone. As you know from my previous post, I am at the TechEd for developers conference in Barcelona. Darko Jovisic from Microsoft Croatia and me came to Barcelona on Sunday. After checking-in in hotel, we went to register for the conference. Every delegate gets a bag for laptop, and inside there is some promotional materials [...]

TechEd Developers - I’ll be there

Ilija — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:31:44 +0000

Every year Microsoft Croatia sends one student partner to Microsoft TechEd Developers conference. They do that to reward that student partner for being Microsoft student partner, and for helping Microsoft student partners program being better and more efficient. This year they decided to send ME to Barcelona. I was very suprised and happy when I [...]

Can’t wait to try Windows 7

Ilija — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:21:22 +0000

You already know that Microsoft gave pre-beta version of Windows 7 to attendes of PDC. I saw many screenshots, and many reviews of this new operating system, and I can’t wait to try it. I haven’t read any bad review, everyone says that Windows 7 is great, that it has great new things, great user [...]

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

Ilija — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:35:38 +0000

In last few days I was so busy and I couldn’t find some time to write about new great Microsoft’s product. It’s called Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Basically, it is operating system that looks just like Windows Server Core, but instead having 9 roles like Core, it has only one - Hyper-V. So, this [...]

Microsoft Open Days at FESB

Ilija — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:46:54 +0000

Yesterday we had Microsoft Open Days at my college. The goal of this “conference” was to introduce Microsoft and Microsoft’s products to the students. First we introduced Imagine cup, competition for students, organized by Microsoft and supported by UNESCO. After that, team The wall of balance, last year’s winners of the competition in Croatia, showed [...]

Type 2 virtualization

Ilija — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:12:23 +0000

In next few posts, I’m gonna try to explain all types of virtualization. So, let’s start with first and easiest type, Type 2. At the bottom of the model is, of course, hardware. Above it is host operating system, for example, Windows Vista. Above host OS is Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), whose role is to [...]

New Windows - Windows 7

Ilija — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:04:49 +0000

Mike Nash, corporate vice-president in Microsoft, annouched that new version of Windows will have the name: Windows 7. The decision to use the name Windows 7 is about simplicity. Over the years, we have taken different approaches to naming Windows. We’ve used version numbers like Windows 3.11, or dates like Windows 98, or “aspirational” monikers like Windows XP [...]