The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta has been posted on the download center along with an overview document and a setup and configuration guide. Please note that all features, support, configuration etc… is subject to change as this is a beta ...

If you are backing up your Hyper-V virtual machines using our VSS writer (backing up the physical server) you should be aware of a new Hotfix ( KB959962 ) we released today that addresses three issues.  Issue 1 If you back up a Hyper-V virtual machine...

The Hyper-V best practice in traditional production environments is that any physical network interface used by guest virtual machines is dedicated and isolated to guest only traffic and not shared with the management operating system (host). This recommendation...

Ok the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta is now available for public download… Take a look at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-Beta.aspx for all of the information.  Or here’s the direct link to the download: http://www.microsoft.com...

If you are using Hyper-V on a workstation machine with a high-end or consumer graphics card you may have noticed some performance problems such as short hangs or glitches especially when running graphically intense workloads.  The reason for this...

Unless you’ve been under a rock all day you know that Windows 7 Beta was announced and released last night – along with Windows 7 Beta we also announced and released Server 2008 R2 (formally known as Windows 7 Server).  If you have an MSDN subscription...

About a month ago I posted about the VHD Servicing tool ( Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool ).  Version 2.0 of that tool was made available on December 5th – among other things this version adds support for Hyper-V (a definite plus).  ...

Ben Armstrong (aka Virtual PC Guy) posted some great VBScript and PowerShell KVP scripts.  These are a great edition to some of my earlier scripts ( Adding Host KVP's , Adding Guest KVP's , Modifying KVP’s ).  Check them out if your looking...

As some of you might know Seattle had a rough few weeks with snow – for some parts of the country a few back to back 4”-6” snow storms isn’t a big deal but in Seattle it’s a “snow event”…  Well the day before it started snowing my internet at home...