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Hyper-V Beta now available for download!

Go and get it while it's...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/13/2007

Server and Domain Isolation Demo VM's

Thanks to Dugie for bring this to my attention - there is a great server and domain isolation demo...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/06/2007

Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V) Step-by-Step guide available

Well, if you have not got around to checking out the community technical preview build of Windows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/04/2007

Kosmonaut under Virtual PC 2007

A while ago I reviewed SkyRoads under Virtual PC - however I missed the predecessor to SkyRoads:...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/01/2007

Troubleshooting corrupt VM configuration files with Virtual Server

If you have an installation of Virtual Server that has been working correctly - but now you are...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/29/2007

Disabling Time Synchronization under Virtual PC 2007

When you have Virtual Machine Additions installed on Virtual PC we will automatically synchronize...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/28/2007

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Scripting Guide

Now this is the sort of white paper that I like to read:System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/26/2007

Planning a Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Deployment

A great little white paper on planing a virtual machine manager 2007 deployment has been made...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/20/2007

More VHDs available

Just poking around the Microsoft VHD site and there have been some new VHDs added. New on the VHD...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/13/2007

Introducing Microsoft Hyper-V

Today at Tech ED / IT FORUM in Barcelona we made a couple of important announcements: Windows Server...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/12/2007

Great Virtual Server / VSS Backup article

I get asked about how to use VSS Backup with Virtual Server all the time - so I was happy to see...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/07/2007

Updated VMRCPlus available

Thanks to the hard work of Matthijs (https://blogs.technet.com/matthts/) there is a new build of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/06/2007

Splitting VHDs

There is a great post on creating "split VHDs" (a VHD that is broken into multiple files on the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/06/2007

Shinobi under Virtual PC

Shinobi was a SEGA arcade classic - that was then ported to every system on the face of the earth -...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/02/2007

Using an internal modem with Virtual PC / Virtual Server

Anyone who has used Virtual PC / Virtual Server for a while will have got their head around the fact...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/01/2007

Disabling folder sharing / clipboard integration / etc... under Virtual PC

When you install the Virtual Machine Additions under Virtual PC you get a lot of benefits. You get...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/31/2007

Installing DOS additions under VPC 2007

MS-DOS is no longer officially supported under Virtual PC 2007, as such the DOS Virtual Machine...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/31/2007

If you haven't already found these - and are playing with (or thinking of playing with) the Windows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/26/2007

Hypervisor API available under the Open Specification Promise

Nice little press release snippet:"Microsoft today announced that it will extend the Open...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/24/2007

Updated Virtual Machine Additions for Linux available

There are new Virtual Machine Additions for Linux available for download. There are two key changes...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/24/2007

Windows Server virtualization Community Technology Preview now available

As announced here: https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-24windowserverrc0.mspx...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/24/2007

Why is there no LPT port listed under Virtual PC?

Every now and then I get an e-mail from someone who is trying to connect the LPT port under Virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/20/2007

How to enable duplicate MAC addresses on Virtual Server 2005R2

Just wanted to pass this one a long, is embarrassingly enough I actually learned about this on one...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/17/2007

QuickStart for Get Virtual open for Microsoft Gold Certified partners

Link: www.quickstartgetvirtual.comThis is a new site from Microsoft that is all about giving...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2007

Windows Server virtualization screencast

Keith Combs has done an excellent screencast demonstrating some of the features of the upcoming...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2007

Microsoft and Citrix extend virtualization alliance

We have recently announced that Citrix will use the Microsoft VHD format in future versions of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2007

Windows Server virtualization customer preview to be included in Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate

This has already been mentioned in a couple of places, but in case you missed it the upcoming...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/12/2007

DMTF accepts new open virtual machine format

You can read the full press report here. The summary is that a number of industry members working on...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/10/2007

Captain COMIC under Virtual PC

You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/07/2007

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 now RTM

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 has been released to manufacturing. Key features of SCVMM...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/06/2007

WinImage converts VMDKs to VHDs

I have raved about the benefits of WinImage before but now with the latest version (8.10) it allows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/04/2007

Command & Conquer available for free download

Okay, so not really Virtual PC or Virtual Server related (except that I have posted about Command...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/01/2007

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-049

So this came out while I was on holiday - but I just thought I would pause to highlight...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/30/2007

Presentation on NPIV SAN Integration and Microsoft Virtualization

Continuing to poke around the available recorded sessions from this years WinHEC - I found this....

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/29/2007

Mike Neil talking about Virtualization in Windows Server

Came across this the other day:https://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=515It...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/28/2007

Off on holiday...

Well - I am heading out for a couple of weeks of well earned rest. I will also be speaking at TechED...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/23/2007

Virtualization displayed on the Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

Thanks to Dugie for the heads up here. We have just released some big honkin' Windows Server 2008...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/20/2007

Troubleshooting VHDMount

If you are having problems using the VHDMount tool that is included with Virtual Server 2005 SP1,...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/20/2007

Updated Toshiba m400 BIOS with VPC Compatibility

Anyone with a Toshiba m400 (like me) will know that there have been issues running VPC 2007 with...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/19/2007

Support for greater than 64 virtual machines in x64 VS 2005 R2 SP1

Another change that has come with Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1 is a change to the limit on the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/17/2007

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 under Virtual PC

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is one of the last of the great platform games. It was also one of the only ones...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/13/2007

VS 2005 R2 SP1 Active Directory Marker

Another new feature of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 is that it now has an Active Directory marker that...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/13/2007

VS 2005 R2 SP1, VMRC and -fullscreenstretch

Reading the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 readme, I came across this:New VMRC client option to enable...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/12/2007

Changes to Guest OS Support with VS 2005 R2 SP1

Looking at the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 release notes, you will find the following list of new...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/10/2007

X-Wing under Virtual PC

Now this is a classic, the original DOS version of X-Wing. The game where you got to play as part of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/06/2007

Looking at the GuestOS.ComputerName property

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 added a few new bells and whistles to the COM API. One of these is the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/06/2007

Controlling simultaneous VMRC connections

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 provides a new option to allow you to control multiple simultaneous VMRC...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/05/2007

Citrix Presentation Server Evaluation VHD available for download

Citrix has just provided an evaluation version of their Presentation Server available as a virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/03/2007

Virtual Server management tool - VMRCPlus now available

As mentioned here - VMRCplus is a free tool that allows you to use Virtual Server without having the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/02/2007

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