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Virtualization tools and stuff. By Matthijs ten Seldam
MAP Toolkit 9.0 Beta now available!
MAP Toolkit 9.0 Beta now available! The beta of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)...
Date: 11/11/2013
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 MS PRESS EBOOK
The Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release book from Microsoft Press is now...
Date: 08/27/2013
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 8.5 Now Available
Usage tracking for Windows Server 2012 and the 2013 versions of Microsoft’s productivity servers! We...
Date: 07/08/2013
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 8.0 Now Available
Accelerate your journey to the cloud with MAP 8.0! The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to...
Date: 12/14/2012
Windows Server - Sockets, Logical Processors, Symmetric Multi Threading
With the release of each version of Windows Server, the maxima for supported number of sockets and...
Date: 10/13/2012
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and SR-IOV
With Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V we’ve taken performance to the next level. For example: Up to 64...
Date: 10/13/2012
Set-KCD; configuring Kerberos Constrained Delegation (KCD)
In June I posted an article called Configuring Kerberos Constrained Delegation for Hyper-V...
Date: 10/05/2012
Why upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012
- Massive scale Up to 64 virtual processors Up to 1 TB of memory per VM Up to 64 TB per virtual...
Date: 09/20/2012
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster and Companion References
The very popular Hyper-V component architecture posters have been updated for Windows Server 2012....
Date: 09/19/2012
Competitive Advantages of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V over VMware vSphere 5.1
With the release of Windows Server 2012 on September 4th and recent announcements by VMware at...
Date: 09/06/2012
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator
With the launch of Windows Server 2012 on September 4th we have also released the Microsoft...
Date: 09/06/2012
Configuring Kerberos Constrained Delegation for Hyper-V Management
Managing Hyper-V can be done in several ways; using Hyper-V Manager, using System Center Virtual...
Date: 06/10/2012
WakeUp-Machines – A PowerShell script for Wake On LAN
These days, I give a lot of presentations and demos on Windows Server 2012. Of course, many...
Date: 06/02/2012
Live New Parent in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
In several presentations and various documents we mention the feature “Live New Parent”. In...
Date: 05/09/2012
Managing Hyper-V Replica from PowerShell
Hyper-V Replica One of the new virtualization features of Windows Server “8” is Hyper-V...
Date: 04/02/2012
Installing, configuring and managing Hyper-V Server “8” Beta
With the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server “8” Beta, we have also...
Date: 03/02/2012
Using native PowerShell cmdlets with Hyper-V in Windows Server “8”
A couple of weeks ago I was asked to present new features of Windows Server “8” to a...
Date: 02/27/2012
System Center 2012 Licensing
System Center licensing will change considerably with the release of System center 2012. The...
Date: 01/17/2012
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 Now Available
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 is now available for download. Download the MAP...
Date: 12/06/2011
Installing VMRCplus 1.8.0 on Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 SP1
I never expected to post another item on VMRCplus since we have Hyper-V for years now. But, I...
Date: 05/13/2011
HYPER-V VM DENSITY, VP:LP RATIO, CORES & THREADS: PDF
This blog post is now available as a PDF. You can download it here.
Date: 04/28/2011
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Dynamic Memory overview
Here is a nice article on Hyper-V Dynamic Memory explaining the parameters and internal...
Date: 04/13/2011
VMC2HV – update for 2008 R2 SP1 available
Exactly one month after my blog post on the work on the updated version of VMC2HV for Windows Server...
Date: 03/22/2011
VMC2HV Import tool–update for 2008 R2 SP1
It sure has been a while since I coded the VMC2HV import tool. I originally developed it for...
Date: 02/22/2011
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 SP1 RTM
This is great news especially since it contains virtualization enhancements like Dynamic Memory and...
Date: 02/09/2011
WiX 3.5 Released
Although this has nothing to do with virtualization, it has everything to do with great tools. I...
Date: 01/31/2011
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5 Now Available
Migration planning made easier with MAP Toolkit 5.5 Simplify planning for migration to the latest...
Date: 01/17/2011
Microsoft War on Cost study: Microsoft Hyper-V vs. VMware ESX & vSphere Operations & Management Cost Analysis
The War on Cost team conducted research in late 2009 and early 2010 to determine the on-going...
Date: 09/20/2010
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Now Available
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is an agentless tool designed to simplify...
Date: 07/12/2010
Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster
Similar to the Windows Server 2008 R2 feature component poster, the Hyper-V poster is a great visual...
Date: 06/15/2010
How many VM’s in a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 cluster? - Update
Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering, which is a standard component of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2,...
Date: 06/07/2010
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions, 2nd Edition
This is a free 450-page downloadable e-book offering from MS Press. The new version includes updates...
Date: 03/03/2010
Project Virtual Reality Check publishes second phase of results
In case you missed it last year, PQR and Login Consultants published test results of running...
Date: 02/17/2010
Increase VMBus buffer sizes to increase network throughput to guest VMs
Under load, the default buffer size used the by the virtual switch may provide inadequate buffer and...
Date: 02/09/2010
Microsoft Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter
In development environments or when debugging a customer issue, it is usually a pain to get a crash...
Date: 02/05/2010
Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on USB Flash Drive
I have shown this at presentations several times now; Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating from UFD....
Date: 11/20/2009
MAP Toolkit 5.0 CTP available now
The Solution Accelerators Team is offering customers and partners added inventory and assessment...
Date: 11/11/2009
Capture a disk and create a VHD from it: Disk2VHD
Talking about cool utilities, Mark and Bruce have created a disk capturing tool which will create a...
Date: 10/08/2009
Microsoft and Red Hat Complete Cooperative Technical Support
This is nothing more than a link to a great post from Mike Neil on our progress with Redhat. There...
Date: 10/07/2009
Using Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 for VDI
When configuring a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure using Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server...
Date: 09/15/2009
‘Missing’ network adapters in Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
When you choose option 8 in sconfig you may notice that sconfig lists fewer network adapters than...
Date: 09/14/2009
How many VM’s in a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 cluster?
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 fully supports clustering. With the addition of enterprise features it has...
Date: 09/08/2009
Hyper-V Resource Kit
This is not an announcement on the availability of the Hyper-V Resource Kit; it has been available...
Date: 09/08/2009
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is RTM
Na Windows Server 2008 R2 en Windows 7 volgt nu ook de gratis server virtualisatie host in de R2...
Date: 07/31/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM
Yesterday, July 22nd, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were declared Released To Manufacturing...
Date: 07/23/2009
RC2 release of Linux IC’s
The RC2 release of the Linux IC’s for Hyper-V have been released. With this release, support...
Date: 07/23/2009
Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community
REDMOND, Wash., July 20, 2009 — Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released...
Date: 07/23/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta
Windows Server 2008 R2 is now publically available. Among the new features and many improvements is...
Date: 01/12/2009
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is RTM
Hyper-V Server 2008 is RTM. You can download it as of October 1st. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008...
Date: 10/01/2008