Windows Server Hyper-V RC1

Matthew Hardman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:29:48 GMT

Got to say I am very excited about the eminent release of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2008. I have been running Windows Server 2008 on the machine for a while and it continues to impress.

Hyper-V is one of those technologies is really going to help customers achieve a number of cost reductions in their organizations ranging from Data Center space to carbon reductions.

Check out the article from eWeek on their Lab tests of Hyper-V.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/eWEEK-Labs-Tests-Microsofts-HyperV-RC1/

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog : Operations Manager 2007 goes CROSS Platform!

Matthew Hardman — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:33 GMT

There is sometimes so much information to digest that you miss these announcements, so I am a bit late to the party, but this is awesome none the less. Announced at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008 in Las Vegas was the new functionality for System Center Operations Manager 2007 enabled through a technology called Cross Platform Extensions Beta. This feature enables systems administrators to manage their Unix/Linux servers in their IT environment. The subsequent blog post iterates the following benefits that this delivers to an organization;

Improves service levels across Microsoft, Unix and Linux platforms.

Enables administrators to more easily manage cross-platform environments.

Accelerates incident resolution through expert knowledge issues and causes.

Enables detailed heterogeneous performance analysis and reporting.

Automates routine administration for non-Microsoft platforms

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog : Operations Manager 2007 goes CROSS Platform!

Jump in to the link above to get more details, but this is an exciting move forward to making a heterogeneous environment that more manageable.

The Platform and the Hardman : Systems Management

Windows Server Hyper-V RC1

Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog : Operations Manager 2007 goes CROSS Platform!