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June 2009 - Posts

Friday, June 26, 2009 4:46 PM

Creating Virtual Hard Disks with Windows Virtual PC

Existing Virtual PC 2007 users who start using Windows Virtual PC may be startled by the lack of an obvious “Virtual Hard Disk wizard”.  But do not fear, the virtual hard disk wizard is still there – it is just hidden.  Or more accurately –
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Friday, June 26, 2009 1:15 PM

Virtualizing Windows Essential Business Server

Thanks to Dugie for bringing this to my attention.  We have just published a document that outlines approaches and best practices for running Windows Essential Business Server in a virtual machine.  You can grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=933b2eb6-f3bb-47c1-a227-13bb2ccc0a94
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:14 PM

Multiple Seamless Applications with Windows Virtual PC

We have spent a lot of time telling people how Windows Virtual PC and Virtual XP mode will allow them to run incompatible legacy applications on Windows 7.  Unfortunately a number of people have come away with the impression that you can only do
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Monday, June 22, 2009 11:26 AM

SCOM 2007 Management Pack for Hyper-V now available

The Windows Server Hyper-V Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 is now available for download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=502e7a26-2fea-4052-89fd-8f75142de4f2 This management pack allows System Center
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Friday, June 19, 2009 4:50 PM

Disabling Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC

Earlier this week I talked about integrated mode in Windows Virtual PC .  And there I mentioned that there are times that you may want to disable integrated mode.  You can do this on a running virtual machine by using the tools menu: You can
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:40 PM

Changes to virtual machine snapshots in Windows Server 2008 R2

In Windows Server 2008 R2 we have made some surgical changes to the way virtual machine snapshots work and how they are exposed in the system in order to address some key customer pain points.  Changes include: You can now export a single snapshot
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:32 PM

What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

If you use Windows Virtual PC you will see “integration features” being mentioned.  These are enabled once you have the latest integration components installed, and can be enabled or disabled at will – but what are they? When the integration features
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:28 PM

Microsoft Mediaroom uses Hyper-V to virtualize IPTV

This is a bit old – but if you have not seen this already go check out: http://www.microsoft.com/Mediaroom/PR/VirtualizationPR.aspx The summary is that we have launched Microsoft Mediaroom with virtualization to enable IPTV providers to reduce their costs
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Monday, June 15, 2009 10:18 AM

Creating virtual machines with Windows Virtual PC

If you have read about Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode, you may mistakenly think that Windows Virtual PC can only be used for running applications in Windows XP mode.  While this is one of the major features, Windows Virtual PC allows you
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 23 Comments
Friday, June 12, 2009 2:19 PM

Hyper-V Import / Export in Windows Server 2008 R2

Soumya has published a great series of posts over on the virtualization team blog talking about a number of the changes that have gone into import / export in Windows Server 2008 R2.  Here is a quick set of links to gather them all together: Import
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:22 PM

Using Windows Virtual PC to run 16-bit applications on 64-bit Windows

I have had some people ask me whether you can use Windows Virtual PC – with its integrated Windows XP Mode – to run older 16-bit Windows programs on a 64-bit platform.  The answer is “Yes!”.  Here you can see a screen shot of SkiFree running
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 3:24 PM

Problem with Hyper-V Beta Components on Windows Server 2008 SP2

We recently published KB2000048 which outlines that if you try to run a Windows Server 2008 virtual machine, with beta integration components, on a Windows Server 2008 SP2 system – the virtual machine will fail to boot. Ordinarily this would not be a
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:51 PM

Processor Compatibility in Hyper-V R2

With the release candidate version of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 we have added a new feature called “Processor Compatibility”.  The purpose behind this feature is to allow you to live migrate virtual machines between
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Monday, June 08, 2009 7:29 AM

Releases of the last month

Just over a month ago, my third child was born. I have enjoyed having some time off to look after the family – but now I am back at work, and back to blogging. In my time away from work there have been a plethora of releases on the Microsoft virtualization
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