Microsoft will announce later this morning that Windows Server 2012 is now generally available for purchase and download.
Do you still have questions about Windows 8? Are you wondering if Microsoft finally got it right this time? In this post, we answer 8 questions about Windows 8.
Why did you choose Hyper-V? How do you use it? These are the questions Hyper-V MVPs are trying to get at in their Great Big Hyper-V Survey of 2011. The survey’s goals are to learn how you use virtualization and to share this knowledge with everyone. So take 5 minutes of your time and fill out the survey to help the community.
ImageX is a command-line tool that can be used to capture, modify, and apply file-based disk images for deployment of systems in an enterprise by leveraging the Windows Imaging format (.wim files). Learn how you can leverage it for your imaging and deployment needs in this article by Jason Zandri.
Disk2vhd is tool from Microsoft’s Sysinternals group that allows system administrators to create virtual hard disk images (VHD) of running operating systems loaded on physical hardware. VHDs are the Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format used in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). Disk2vhd Overview There are other physical-to-virtual tools that are available…
This article details the Windows Imaging file format (WIM), the benefits of leveraging it for deploying Windows installs, and reviews the tool (WIMGAPI) that developers use to mange existing WIM files.
If you’ve received a Hyper-V error on export indicating “failed to create export directory with the name…”, learn how to resolve it with this quick tip from MVP Daniel Petri.
Many organizations virtualize their servers to help save money on hardware costs. What you may not realize is though, is that virtualization can save you a bundle on licensing costs too. In this article, Brien Posey explains why.