Virtualization

Check out the new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces, including write-back cache, parallelized repair, tiered Storage Spaces, and more.

Check out the software requirements for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1, including VMM Database, VMM Library, and more.

Before you consider the architecture of VMM, know what each feature will do. Discover the components in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1.

Review the system requirements of Microsoft’s System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Virtual Machine Manager.

It’s a new Ask an Admin! Discover how to create, manage, and delete Hyper-V Snapshots.

Considering using your virtualization infrastructure to run Exchange servers and save money? Check out these handy tips for virtualizing Exchange.

Discover the properties of Windows 8 Client Hyper-V and the reasons why you should use it in this new Ask an Admin column.

What’s next for virtualization? Discover what’s new in this guest post by VMware’s Sr. Cloud Strategist Neela Jacques.

Can’t get enough virtualization? Learn how to boot a Hyper-V VM to a USB drive in this tutorial by IT pro Peter de Tender.

There are two popular and mutually incompatible virtual disk file formats in common use today: VMware’s VMDK format and Microsoft’s VHD format. In order to attach a VHD disk to a VMware virtual machine, or vice-versa, you have to convert it first. This guide by virtualization and storage expert Tom Finnis explains how to use Starwind’s V2V Converter utility to do just that, with a detailed example explaining how to convert a VMDK virtual disk to VHD format and then mount it in a Windows system in order to edit the files it contains.