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Test Lead for Windows Core OS Division on the Hyper-V Team.

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Welcome to the professional blog of Taylor Brown.  I am a test lead on the core virtualization team (Hyper-V) at Microsoft.

This blog will contain information about virtualization, Microsoft, Hyper-V, operating systems, testing, and whatever else I end up talking about...

 

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-Taylor Brown


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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta Released
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 Download Read More...

Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 2:53 PM by taylorb | 2 Comments

VHD Servicing Tool 2.0
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).   Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:00 AM by taylorb | 1 Comments

Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Reviewers Guide Posted
The Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) Reviewers Guide has been posted, 74 pages of riveting marketing stuff about Windows Server 2008 R2 – they actually do a pretty good job talking about a new clustering feature specifically for Hyper-V named Cluster Shared Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:08 PM by taylorb | 2 Comments

Hyper-V Update For System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Managed Servers
If you are using System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to manage your Hyper-V hosts you should download and install KB956589 on your Hyper-V hosts.  This update resolves several issues to improve reliability when using SCVMM to manage you Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:00 AM by taylorb | 1 Comments

Free Hyper-V + Live Migration + SCVMM
Yesterday was the official launch for Hyper-V.  I was able to attend a good chunk of the day and there was a lot of excitement around Hyper-V and more about the direction and the future of Virtualization. If you missed the event a lot of the content Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:26 AM by taylorb | 1 Comments

Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide (Version 1)
I am happy to announce that the Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide went live at the end of last week.  This is the first version of this document, I am told that additional sections will be added as they are completed and reviewed.   Hyper-V Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:23 AM by taylorb | 1 Comments

SCVMM - System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Beta: Update For Hyper-V RC1
The SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) team has released an update to Virtual Machine Manager 2008 beta for Hyper-V RC1. Instructions to download and install the update can be found on Clive Watson’s blog at SCVMM 2008 beta (Update for Hyper-V Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:20 PM by taylorb | 2 Comments

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