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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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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:40 AM

Linux Integration Components Available on Download Center

After living on connect.microsoft.com for a while – and requiring registration for download – the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V are now available for quick, easy download from the Microsoft download center. You can grab it directly from here:
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:28 PM

Mouse Integration for SuSE on Hyper-V now available

Those of you out there using Linux on Hyper-V will be happy to hear that you can now get mouse drivers for Linux virtual machines that provide integrated mouse support.  You can go here: http://www.xen.org/download/satori.html to download the drivers
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Monday, September 22, 2008 2:47 PM

RTM of Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V Now Available

After a short delay, the RTM build of the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V can now be downloaded from connect.microsoft.com (You need to register for this - but registration is free and easy). These integration components contain some critical
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 6 Comments
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:59 PM

Installing Fedora 9 in Virtual PC 2007

Sean has a great post on how to get this to work over here: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2008/05/19/installing-fedora-9-sulphur-in-virtual-pc-2007.aspx Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Monday, June 02, 2008 11:42 PM

Updated Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC1 Now Available

Okay - so I am two weeks late on this one - but if you did not see: updated Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC1 are now available at http://connect.microsoft.com This release includes Linux compatible versions of: Network VSC - for high performance
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:11 AM

Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC now Available

Updated integration components for Hyper-V RC are now available for download.  You can find out more about this here: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/04/01/linux-integration-components-for-hyper-v-rc-now-available.aspx Note that
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:48 PM

Fedora 8 under Virtual PC 2007

So this is a bit old - but somehow I missed this great post by my colleague, Sean Earp, on how to install Fedora 8 under Virtual PC 2007: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2007/11/13/fedora-8-werewolf-on-virtual-pc-2007.aspx Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Monday, December 31, 2007 4:13 PM

Installing Fedora Core 8 on Hyper-V

Anyone who has installed Linux on Virtual PC / Virtual Server knows that while yes, Linux is supported on these platforms, and yes, it does run well after getting it setup - installation can be a downright pain.  It is for this reason that I take
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 15 Comments
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:43 PM

Installing DOS additions under VPC 2007

MS-DOS is no longer officially supported under Virtual PC 2007, as such the DOS Virtual Machine Additions are not included with Virtual PC 2007. However - if, like me, you want to run DOS on Virtual PC 2007 - you can get the DOS Additions by following
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 13 Comments
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:35 PM

Updated Virtual Machine Additions for Linux available

There are new Virtual Machine Additions for Linux available for download. There are two key changes to be aware of: Addition of support for SuSE Enterprise Linux 10. The official supported list is now: Enterprise distributions Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 19 Comments
Monday, June 25, 2007 2:47 PM

Windows Server 2008 core installation under Virtual Server

For those of you who are unaware - Windows Server 2008 includes a new installation option - the 'core' installation. This gives you a stripped down version of Windows Server that is designed to just key server roles - with no Windows shell or other overhead.
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:33 PM

Mounting Linux virtual hard disks with VHDMount

If you use Linux under Virtual Server / Virtual PC - you may be interested to know that the new VHDMount tool gives you an easy way to transfer data to and from your Linux virtual machine. Normally if you tried to use VHDMount to attach a Linux virtual
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:07 AM

Windows Vista trial virtual hard disk

This is nice - a 30 day evaluation version of Windows Vista Enterprise, pre-installed with Virtual Machine Additions already loaded. You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2c27337-d4d1-4b9b-926d-86493c7da1aa&DisplayLang=en
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:53 PM

How to get the mouse working with Ubuntu 7.04 under Virtual PC

I know a lot of people have been trying to get Ubuntu 7.04 working under Virtual PC - and have been hitting the problem that the mouse does not work. Well - details of how to get the mouse working have now been posted here: http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/fixing-ubuntu-704-fiesty-fawn-mouse-under-virtual-pc-2007/
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