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Microsoft webcast series on Gartner 2009 Predictions

Starting in March Microsoft folks in the UK run a series of webcasts for IT managers covering the top predictions from Gartner for 2009 from a Microsoft perspective. Curious George lists then nicely. Date and Time in GMT Title Event ID Wed 18th March, Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:29 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Hyper-V on TechNet Edge

After the Virtualization launch earlier this week, Adam was working hard to get us some more detailed videos about Hyper-V up on TechNet Edge : Demo - Hyper-V Server and Live Migration and First Look: Hyper-V Server are now up on the IT Pro portal. Find Read More...
Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 11:25 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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VMware now part of SVVP

As seen on The Console , VMware is now part of the SVVP. Welcome to the program! Recently Microsoft made some significant changes to its licensing terms to reflect the increased use of virtualization in datacenters across the globe. Earlier, back in June, Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:39 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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VHD Test Drive - Update

Time for an update on the VHD Test Drive program. The current program was launched in November 2007. It comes in 2 flavors. The first part allows customers to download and test preinstalled and preconfigured virtual machines from Microsoft via MSDN and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:39 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Hyper-V

"Customers “Get Virtual Now” with increased flexibility and broader support when virtualizing Microsoft server applications." Hard to beat that line from the recent Microsoft press announcement . But what does it mean? Microsoft Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:17 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Windows, Memory and the limits to it

First of all, no matter how much memory you put into your system, it ain't enough. And this is true for all or at least most of the operating systems. Earlier this week Mark Russinovich wrote a blog post about "Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Read More...
Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 3:02 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Hyper-V RTM is today

What else to say? Let the fun begin or - like Patrick says - "We’re bringing the joy of the holidays back to you with the “12 Days of Virt-Mas.” Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:21 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Exchange Server support in virtual machines

On Scott Schnoll's weblog " Is this thing on? " Scott provides details on the support for Exchange Server 2007 in Hyper-V hosted guest OS as outlined in a TechEd 2008 session earlier this month. Some key points of his post: Within 60 days of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:00 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Virtualization or How Microsoft Does IT

In case you wonder how mature virtualization technology from Microsoft, namely Hyper-V, is, you should sign up for the upcoming life TechNet webcast "How Microsoft does IT: Management and Operations in Windows Server 2008". But be warned, this Read More...
Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 1:02 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Hyper-V Check Tool for AMD Processors

Ben just pointed to a page on AMD's website containing valuable processor related tools for free download. The one of importance here is obviously an " AMD Virtualization™ Technology and Microsoft® Hyper-V™ System Compatibility Check Read More...
Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 6:29 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Hyper-V Release Candidate available

YES, RC0 of the Microsoft virtualization solution Hyper-V is available for download. John Howard has an excellent and extensive blog post about the details. Please pay close attention to his post and read 'til the end before you install the bits! It is Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:01 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Future in the Cloud

These days there's a lot of talk in the industry about cloud computing. This is no different inside Microsoft. The hallways are full of "cloud talk" and "could action". I guess we will see quite some impressive announcements and products Read More...
Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 3:19 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

VHD compatibility between Hyper-V and Virtual Server

Honestly I was shocked when I read John's recent post about " Are VHDs compatible between Hyper-V and Virtual Server and Virtual PC? " Hestarts off with some "No, not supported" cases and I almost immediately started felling nauseous. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:01 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Installing Vista on a MacBook Air

Unable to resist I got myself a shiny, slim new MacBook Air (MBA). While I am used to Mac OS X, I wanted it to run Vista so I can also take it to work. My MBA has a 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and a 64GB solid state drive and I bought a SuperDrive . Here's Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:57 AM by Volker Will | 43 Comments

Virtualization Starter

TechRepublic published an article about the" 10 things you should know about virtualization." If you are new to the whole virtualization thing, it will certainly get you started. The author, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, is right, "Virtualization is a huge Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:51 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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