Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog

Hyper-V Program Manager

What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

If you use Windows Virtual PC you will see “integration features” being mentioned.  These are...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/18/2009

Microsoft Mediaroom uses Hyper-V to virtualize IPTV

This is a bit old – but if you have not seen this already go check...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/17/2009

Creating virtual machines with Windows Virtual PC

If you have read about Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode, you may mistakenly think that Windows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/15/2009

Hyper-V Import / Export in Windows Server 2008 R2

Soumya has published a great series of posts over on the virtualization team blog talking about a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/12/2009

Using Windows Virtual PC to run 16-bit applications on 64-bit Windows

I have had some people ask me whether you can use Windows Virtual PC – with its integrated Windows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/11/2009

Problem with Hyper-V Beta Components on Windows Server 2008 SP2

We recently published KB2000048 which outlines that if you try to run a Windows Server 2008 virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/10/2009

Processor Compatibility in Hyper-V R2

With the release candidate version of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 we...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/09/2009

Releases of the last month

Just over a month ago, my third child was born. I have enjoyed having some time off to look after...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/08/2009

Windows 7 RC + Windows Virtual PC Beta now available

In case you did not see the announcements yesterday – you can now get your hands on the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/07/2009

It’s a boy!

You may have noticed a lack of posts from me in the last week, and you may have thought that this...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/06/2009

Windows Virtual PC is Coming…

Over on the Windows Blog, Scott Woodgate has given us a brief glance of Windows Virtual PC, which...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/27/2009

Should virtual machine snapshots be used in production? [Hyper-V]

With all of the information that I have been talking about around snapshotting – one...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/24/2009

Why is my virtual machine "Paused-Critical"? [Hyper-V]

Virtual machines will go into the “Paused-Critical” state under Hyper-V if we detect...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/22/2009

What happens if I start a virtual machine that is merging snapshot files? [Hyper-V]

If you have a virtual machine with snapshots that have been deleted, it might decide to start...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/21/2009

Why does it take so long to delete a virtual machine with snapshots? [Hyper-V]

You may have noticed that if you try to delete a virtual machine with snapshots associated with it...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/20/2009

The Secret of Monkey Island under Virtual PC

Getting back to playing all of my LucasArts games under Virtual PC, the next stop is The Secret of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/17/2009

What happens when a snapshot is being merged? [Hyper-V]

I would like to now take a little side road to look at what happens under the covers when you delete...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/16/2009

What happens when I delete a snapshot? [Hyper-V]

A lot of people have asked me what happens “under the covers” when they delete a snapshot. ...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/15/2009

Linux Integration Components Available on Download Center

After living on connect.microsoft.com for a while – and requiring registration for download...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/14/2009

Where are my snapshot files? [Hyper-V]

In the past I have talked about the fact that when you take a snapshot of a running virtual machine,...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/13/2009

Running the Hyper-V Management Tools with Alternate Credentials

I recently needed to run the Hyper-V Management Tools with alternate credentials. In my case I was...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/08/2009

'General access denied error' (0x80070005) when Starting Hyper-V Virtual Machines

We just recently posted a Knowledge Base article (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/969556) that...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/07/2009

MED-V now available

I have been somewhat remiss in not talking more about MED-V (Microsoft Enterprise Desktop...

Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 04/06/2009

Hyper-V Security Guide

There is a new Hyper-V Security Guide available for download now. This is a great read that goes...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/31/2009

A Fist Full of Virtual Hard Disks

There have been a bunch of new evaluation virtual hard disks coming out in the last week or two: An...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/26/2009

Quick Fixed VHD Creation Tool

A while ago I talked about why it takes so long to create a virtual hard disk, and a lot of people...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/25/2009

Mouse Integration for SuSE on Hyper-V now available

Those of you out there using Linux on Hyper-V will be happy to hear that you can now get mouse...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/25/2009

Hyper-V Snapshot FAQ

There have been a lot of questions about how Hyper-V virtual machine snapshots work, and what...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/23/2009

Updated: Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide

The Hyper-V Planning and Deployment guide is available online (here) and is constantly being updated...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/18/2009

Antivirus and Hyper-V (or: Why can’t I start my virtual machine?)

A little while ago our support team put together this KB article in response to a problem that a lot...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/17/2009

SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta now available

Hot on the heals of the Windows Server 2008 R2 beta – you can now download the SCVMM 2008 R2...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/16/2009

SCOM Management Pack for Hyper-V now in Beta

The System Center Operations Manager Pack for Hyper-V is now in beta. This management pack allows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/14/2009

Scripting Hyper-V: Using Associations

I would like to take a moment to talk about some “scripting technique” for how to get the best...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/12/2009

Backing up Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup

People are always asking me for simple (and cheap) ways to backup Hyper-V virtual machines. Hyper-V...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/11/2009

Unable to allocate memory when lots of memory is available (or cached)

This is a bit of an old one – but I still see a lot of people hitting this so I wanted to get...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/10/2009

New VHD Trials Available

Dugie just pointed this out. There are two new trial VHDs available: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/09/2009

Hyper-V Terminology: Update

A while ago I posted an original guide to Hyper-V Terminology. Well, there have been a couple of new...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/05/2009

Script: Creating an internal virtual network with Hyper-V – Plus…

Almost two weeks ago I posted a script for creating an internal virtual network, and today I would...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/02/2009

Script: Determining Virtual Switch Type Under Hyper-V

When you are scripting against virtual switches – it is good to know what type of switch you are...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/25/2009

Guide to setting up Hyper-V + CSV + Live Migration

The clustering team have posted a useful step-by-step guide to setting up Hyper-V with Cluster...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/23/2009

Script: Creating an external-only virtual network with Hyper-V

Okay, last script for the week.  Creating an external-only virtual network (one without a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/19/2009

Script: Creating an external virtual network with Hyper-V

Moving on with the series, we arrive at creating an external virtual network. VBScript: option...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/19/2009

Script: Creating an internal virtual network with Hyper-V

Moving on from yesterdays script (which showed you how to create a private virtual network) let’s...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/18/2009

Script: Creating a private virtual network with Hyper-V

I spent a bunch of time scripting virtual networks under Hyper-V over the weekend – so this week I...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/16/2009

Maniac Mansion under Virtual PC

After posting about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I thought I would take a walk down the list...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/14/2009

Three Icons on Virtual Machine Connection

Down the bottom right hand corner of the virtual machine connection window there are three icons...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/12/2009

iSCSI Configuration UI included in Hyper-V 2008 R2

Originally Microsoft Hyper-V only included the command-line tools for configuring iSCSI devices....

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/11/2009

Enabling PowerShell on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

One of the new capabilities of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is that you can now enable...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/10/2009

Mike releases WIM2VHD

Mike Kolitz has just released "WIM2VHD". This is a tool that allows you to take the WIM file off of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/09/2009

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