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Breaking News: More New System Center 2012 RCs and Betas Available Today

By jscott, on October 27th, 2011%

Great news!  More betas and release candidates of the System Center 2012 tools are available today for download!  Like many of you, I have been waiting patiently for these gems, and I can’t wait to start playing with them.  These round out the p… . . . → Read More: Breaking News: More New System Center 2012 RCs and Betas Available Today

Comments are closed   beta, Breaking News, Cloud Computing, Cool or Geeky, Downloads, Evaluation, Hyper-V Cloud, IT Pro Resources, Management, Microsoft Resources, Platform as a Service, Self-Service Portal, System Center, System Center Orchestrator, System Center Service Manager, Tech News, Virtualization, Windows Azure    

The Killer App For OpenFlow and SDN? Security.

By jscott, on October 27th, 2011%

I spent yesterday at the PacketPushers/TechFieldDay OpenFlow Symposium. The event provided a good overview of what OpenFlow [currently] means, how it fits into the overall context of software-defined networking (SDN) and where it might… . . . → Read More: The Killer App For OpenFlow and SDN? Security.

Comments are closed   Automation, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Juniper, Networking, OpenFlow, SDN, Security, Virtualization, Virtualization Security

App-V Downloadable Documentation Page

By jscott, on October 25th, 2011%

Looking for some Application Virtualization (App-V) information?  Here’s a nice download page with all of the docs in a nice ordered list.  Go get em @ http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27760. . . . → Read More: App-V Downloadable Documentation Page

Comments are closed   Virtualization

Host-Based Backup and Restore of Virtual Domain Controllers Whitepaper

By jscott, on October 19th, 2011%

I’ve seen a couple of vendors release backup products, specifically targeted at Hyper-V. Some solutions utilize the Hyper-V Volume Shadow Service (VSS) writer to make backups. The big question, however, is whether this type of backup is of any use … . . . → Read More: Host-Based Backup and Restore of Virtual Domain Controllers Whitepaper

Comments are closed   Active directory, Best Practices, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Windows Server, System Administration, Virtualization

Technet launches Private Cloud hub for IT Professionals….

By jscott, on October 6th, 2011%

TechNet has a new home for IT architects, implementers, and managers looking for information and resources relating to Microsoft private cloud solutions. I believe this hub will help IT Pros get a handle on the cloud and it’s many variations. I spent… . . . → Read More: Technet launches Private Cloud hub for IT Professionals….

Comments are closed   64bit Computing, Academia, Active directory, Azure, Certification, Cloud, Competitive, Deployment, Downloads, group policy, Hardware, IE, IIS, IPv6, Learn me somethin..., Learning, Networking, On the Edge, Orchestrator, PowerShell, Private Cloud, S+S, SBS, SCCM, SCE, SCOM, SCVMM, Security, Social Networking, sql, Systems Management, Tech News, TechNet, The Cloud, Virtualization, Vista, VMware, Webcasts, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008

Windows 8 NIC Teaming and Networking

By jscott, on September 26th, 2011%

  The networking features in Windows 8 are exciting stuff.  Microsoft has addressed a variety of redundancy and performance features with this release and overviewed them at BUILD.  The investments Microsoft has made to the networking stack address … . . . → Read More: Windows 8 NIC Teaming and Networking

Comments are closed   Configuring Windows 8 NIC teaming, infrastructure, System Center, Virtualization, Windows 8 Hyper-V NIC Teaming, Windows 8 LBFO, Windows 8 Network Teaming, Windows 8 Networking, Windows 8 SR-IOV

Free eBook – Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

By jscott, on September 22nd, 2011%

Looks like a real winner!!! In terms of the contents: Chapter 1 What’s New in Windows Server R2 1 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration: Adding R2 to Your World 9 Chapter 3 Hyper-V: Scaling and Migrating Virtual Machines 25 Chapter … . . . → Read More: Free eBook – Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Comments are closed   Hyper-V, Virtualization, Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2    

VhdCapture & VhdPrep: Using these tools to P2V your physical server to USB, Network Share

By jscott, on September 9th, 2011%

  In today’s post, I want to spend some time sharing how to use the virtualization tools that our team (MPSD Development) built as part of the Configuration Manager Physical-to-Virtual Migration Toolkit (ConfigMgr P2V).  In previous posts , I share… . . . → Read More: VhdCapture & VhdPrep: Using these tools to P2V your physical server to USB, Network Share

Comments are closed   ConfigMgr 2007, ConfigMgr 2012, P2V Migration Toolkit, System Center, Virtualization, Windows 7, windows server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2

The Free Way To Create a Hyper-V and Virtualization Lab Environment

By jscott, on August 29th, 2011%

In a prior post, Pay Yourself First-Learn How With Passive Learning-Free Training From Microsoft On Just About Any Topic–Virtualization, Cloud, Phone, Server, Client, SharePoint, SQL, Many, Many More, I shared a massive amount of information on where… . . . → Read More: The Free Way To Create a Hyper-V and Virtualization Lab Environment

Comments are closed   Azure, Cloud, Deployment, GURU-Tip, Hyper-V, IT Management, Management, SCCM, SCOM, SCVMM, System Center, Systems Management, Tools, VHD, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization, VMM, Windows Server 2008 R2    

BEWARE THE VMWARE MEMORY VTAX; PLUS–GOOD NEWS FOR HYPER-V…

By jscott, on August 1st, 2011%

Virtualization Nation, The last few weeks have been buzzing with virtualization news. Just two examples are the Windows Server “8” Hyper-V Sneak Peek at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) and VMware’s creation of the Memory vTax. WP… . . . → Read More: BEWARE THE VMWARE MEMORY VTAX; PLUS–GOOD NEWS FOR HYPER-V…

Comments are closed   Blogs, cross-platform management, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Opalis, Private Cloud, System Center, System Center 2012, System Center 2012 Releases, system center configuration manager 2012, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Twitter, Virtualization, virtualization management, Virutal machine manager, VMware, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RTM
 
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