Virtualization

If you got to this article I suppose you’ve already read my “Creating Virtual Machines with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007” article (if not, it might be a good time to suggest that you did). Remember, creating a VM is just equivalent to buying a new physical computer with a CPU, memory, an empty hard disk,…

As I mentioned in my “Creating Virtual Machines with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007” article, Microsoft Virtual PC is one of the top contenders in a growing line of Virtual Machine utilities. I will not go into the age-old fight on who’s best – Microsoft Virtual PC or VMWare’s software. Both are free and both are…

You might be thinking that floppy disks are “dead”, right? Well, you are correct that the physical floppy 3.5″ disks (or physical floppy disks of any size) are not used anymore. However, the use of virtual floppy drives is very much alive and surprisingly useful. In this article, we will show you how to use…

Work with the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Test Drive Program Great new resource from Microsoft: The Virtual Hard Disk Test Drive Program. The VHD Test Drive Program is designed to help customers to install and configure complex environments for the purpose of evaluating Microsoft and partner products and solutions. Currently, customers can either download…

3 years after the acquisition of Connectix, Microsoft finally releases an enterprise class management tool for Virtual Server: Virtual Machine Manager 2007, included in System Center management family. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager provide a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center that enables increased physical server utilization and centralized management of virtual…

Download Microsoft Virtual Server R2 Enterprise Edition Yes, now you can, for free! From Microsoft’s webpage: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 is an ideal, production-quality tool for consolidating multiple workloads onto a physical server, allowing organizations to make more efficient use of their hardware resources. Built upon Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 SP1 and bolstered with…

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 includes a tool called VHDmount that allows you to mount a virtual hard disk (which in fact is a .VHD file) directly on your host operating system. You can get Virtual Server R2 SP1 for free right here: “Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available“. VHDMount is provided as a…

Published on the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Team Blog, Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of several Virtualization Solution Accelerators aimed at helping IT professionals and consultants accelerate adoption and deployment of Microsoft virtualization technologies including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Terminal Services, Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid), System Center Virtual Machine…

Download Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Virtual Machines The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. You can now access the entire catalog of pre-configured Microsoft and partner products and solutions in the VHD format and start evaluating and testing today from…

Just like any other server OS or application, VMware ESX Servers also need patches and updates periodically. Some users assume that ESX doesn’t require patching, however that is simply not true. While there may be better tools in the future, currently, esxupdate is the most popular tool used today. In this article, you will learn…