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Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw
MSDN Code Gallery has launched
MSDN and the DevDiv Community Connection Team just launched the MSDN Code Gallery. Microsoft and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/30/2008
Windows Server 2008 Developer Center
The one-stop-shop for developers wanting to learn about developing software that takes advantage of...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/29/2008
Running a Windows HPC Server 2008 cluster on Hyper-V
Recently Giovanni posted a document on the Windows HPC community portal describing how to set up a...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/29/2008
Hyper-V WMI API Sample Code
Ben kept word. Yesterday he started his "Week of Hyper-V Scripts".
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/29/2008
Debugging apps on Windows Server 2008
Jason maintains the "Developer meet Server" show on Channel 9. He just posted a...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/28/2008
Series of Virtualization Podcasts on InfoWorld
A series for five short and comprehensive podcasts will be published on InfoWorld's blog. This week...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/28/2008
Two HPC Webcasts worth mentioning
Yesterday and the day before Microsoft hosted two very interesting webcasts concerning High...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/25/2008
Hyper-V WMI Interfaces published
Well, I guess this is something all developers and IT Pro's have been anxiously waiting for. The...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/24/2008
64-bit - Coming to your Home/Office/Desktop/Server soon
I have it already you might say. But are you leveraging the 64-bit power by running a native 64-bit...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/23/2008
Windows HPC Resources
If you are interested in HPC on the Windows platform or want to get started, here are some useful...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/23/2008
HPC Info Day in NY City
Microsoft is executing a series of worldwide one day events for HPC interested audiences. We kick of...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/22/2008
Executive Email on Virtualization
Yesterday Microsoft published an executive email from Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President, Server and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/22/2008
Microsoft Beefs Up Offensive on VMware
WSJ has a nice write-up of the state of affairs with Microsoft Virtualization technology Hyper-V and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/21/2008
64-bit Content on HPC Portal
So, I've finished uploading the missing 3 64-bit Insider newsletter onto the windowshpc.net portal....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/21/2008
64-Bit Insider Newsletter
Oh no, 64-bit again. Please, leave me alone. ... Can't do that. While the Microsoft evangelism team...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/16/2008
Office 2008 for Mac
The coolest Office Suite ever is available in the stores now. If you watched Steve Job's keynote at...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/15/2008
HPC Evangelism at Microsoft
A coworker of mine, Thomas Lewis, just posted a blog with tips to become a technical evangelist at...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/14/2008
HPC in 2008
IDC - as always - a good source for let's say a look into the future of technology published its Top...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/10/2008
Developer Meet Server
Jason maintains his own Channel 9 show under the name "Developer Meet Server". The show...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/09/2008
New HPC Show on Channel 9
Channel 9 now has its own developer show for high performance computing. Phil on my team has so much...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/09/2008
Windows HPC Cluster on a laptop
Wired? Useful? Be it as it may, in a recent post Phil describes how to set up a virtual cluster...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/16/2007
Hafnium helps increasing performance of virtual environments
On Nov 11th Intel already announced a "Fundamental Advance in Transistor Design,"...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/14/2007
Screencast on Windows HPC Server 2008
My teammate Giovanni just posted a screencast highlighting the key new features of Windows HPC...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/14/2007
Windows HPC Ecosystem
What's a platform worth without an ecosystem? Microsoft is working very closely with industry...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/14/2007
Beta 1 of Windows HPC Server 2008 available
Today we announced the public availability of Windows HPC Server 2008 aka. CCS V2. While Windows HPC...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/14/2007
AMD announces Core Math Library 4.0
From the press announcement: ACML is a set of numerical routines tuned specifically for AMD64...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/13/2007
Next HPC training in Redmond is focusing on V2
Windows HPC Server 2008 (aka. "V2") comes with a boatload of new features. More than worth...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/13/2007
Microsoft Hypervisor only on 64-bit
Looks like there is some confusion about our Hyper-V product. The Microsoft Hypervisor is called...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/12/2007
Hypervisors are hip these days
BIOS vendors, OS providers and now database companies, everyone does his own Hypervisor these days....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/12/2007
Virtualization update
With the keynote at IT Forum still going on, the press announcements accompanying the announcements...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/12/2007
One of the largest Virtualization conferences
One of the largest Virtualization conferences of the industry seems to happen this week in...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/12/2007
Supercomputing Expert Daniel Reed Joins Microsoft Research
After Burton Smith back in 2005 we have another Supercomputing guru joining Microsoft, Daniel Reed....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/09/2007
New community forums for HPC
We are just a few days away from the launch of our new community portal for HPC. Soon we will turn...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 11/07/2007
Hypercall API published under OSP
Today Microsoft announced that it will extend the Open Specification Promise (OSP) to the hypercall...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/24/2007
Personal Supercomputing soon to become Tiny Supercomputing
Microsoft, some time ago, joined the Personal Supercomputing era by introducing Windows Compute...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/23/2007
Looking for a new home
I do, but certainly let this (great) opportunity pass:...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/18/2007
Yankee Group Virtualization Webinar
Sounds like a cool event with lots of information for enterprises. Webinar Time10:00 - 11:00 EDTLed...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/13/2007
OVF - Another Acronym to remember
At least in the virtualization world. Today almost all virtualization providers use their...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/13/2007
Citrix adopts Microsoft VHD Format
As reported in CBR Online, Citrix uses the Microsoft VHD format for its Xen based virtual hard...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/13/2007
Free Pascal for 64-bit Windows
Developers, you love programming in Pascal and you love 64-bit Windows. Here's a free cross-platform...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/13/2007
SCVMM
SCVMM stands for System Center Virtual Machine Manager. The essential tool for managing your virtual...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/06/2007
Series of Webcasts and chats on Windows Server Virtualization
TechNet Webcast: Virtualization and Windows Server 2008 Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 11:30 AM -...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/04/2007
VHD Test Drive - Storing large images in the cloud
"Now that I have my image ready, how can I make the 6 GB of files available to my clientele?" "Does...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/04/2007
Jeff's back
He has returned to Microsoft from sabbatical ... finding his office occupied by Channel 9 personnel....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/04/2007
VHD Test Drive - Two new images
Just a quick note on new images. Over Labor Day weekend we have uploaded 2 new images: Windows 2003...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 09/04/2007
Windows Server 2008 Logo - Test Credit
Recently I received email from partners asking about the cost involved in certifying an application...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/29/2007