There are times that you need to change a port for VMware view. For instance, if a firewall is blocking the port or if something else is already using a port VMware View wants to use. Andre Leibovici put together a post on how to change the default ports to better suit your environment if necessary. Current VMware View Ports: PC-over-IP - this .. more »

Microsoft has released the new web-based portal for System Center Virtual Machine Manager. MMSSP (also referred to as the self-service portal) is a fully supported, partner-extensible solution built on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center VMM. You can use it to pool, allocate, and manage resources to offer infrastructure as a .. more »

Aaron Parker has created a nice series on Frequently Asked Questions about Microsoft App-V. This is a very informative series covering common questions about App-V as well as some questions you might have not even thought about asking. more..... more »

The Remote Desktop Services Migration Guide is now live on TechNet.  This document provides guidance for migrating the Remote Desktop Services role services in Windows Server 2008 R2 and for Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 to Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2. This migration guide contains step-by-step instructions for m.. more »

, Microsoft announced RemoteFX and how it enables a rich desktop experience for endpoint devices ranging from traditional PCs to the most lightweight of thin client devices. Customers have since been eager to get their hands on the code. Yesterday, at WPC, we announced that RemoteFX is available to the public through Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) .. more »

Checkout my latest video on how to use the Iomega Ix4-200D with VMware vSphere and iSCSI. In this video you'll learn: Overview of the Iomega NAS/SAN Product Line How to enable iSCSI in the Iomega StorCenter How to enable iSCSI in vSphere and connect to the SAN How to format the new iSCSI disk with VMFS How to migrate a running VM to the .. more »

, and today I am writing to you from our Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington D.C. where we are talking to 9,000+ partners about the public beta release of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Check out Oliver's blog about SP1 beta and download the code to evaluate the new features and benefits that SP1 can provide for .. more »

Storage performance is a big factor in virtualized environments. VKernel has released a free tool to help identify storage latency in a graphical manner. StorageVIEW provides nearly instant analysis of VM infrastructure path latency. more..... more »

Microsoft recently released a whitepaper on how Microsoft IT moved Microsoft.com to Hyper-V. This is a really good read on how some of the advancements in Hyper-V R2 are used. This whitepaper can also be used as a reference architecture in your own environment if you are considering Hyper-V R2. more..... more »

Want to know more about backing up VMs running on Microsoft Hyper-V? Tech-Ed online has an in-depth video covering the internals and subtle nuances of how backing up Hyper-V works in Windows Server 2008 R2 in standalone as well as clustered environments that use clustered shared volume (CSV). more..... more »

A while back, I posted a video about an upcoming VDI layering technology called Unidesk. Unidesk leverages VMware vSphere™ and extends virtual desktop solutions such as VMware View™ and Citrix XenDesktop with 100 percent personalization for end users, together with single image management and storage savings for IT organizations. Back when I pose.. more »

One of the new features of vSphere 4.1 is called Storage IO Control (SIOC). SIOC is aimed at alleviating one of the most prevalent issues with hardware virtualization today - storage. Scott Drummonds does a good job defining SIOC in a recent article. Scott states "...the goal of SIOC is to identify this trend at the VMFS volume level and take .. more »

Did you miss Microsoft TechEd 2010? No worries, Microsoft was kind enough to post videos of over 400 TechEd sessions. Unfortunately, that is a lot of content to wade trough to get updates on client and/or desktop virtualization. Fortunately, Dave Caddick put together a links to a subset of the 400 sessions that focus primarily on client and/or .. more »

Which vendor has the best VDI implementation? That is a question on the minds of a lot of people. In the end, the answer to that question is "it depends". There are a lot of factors that are specific to the various types of environments out there. But, if you're looking for an independent overview of the Server Hosted Desktop Virtualization (VDI) .. more »

Have you ever been away from your office and needed to manage the virtual machines on your server? Extentrix released a free tool to accomplish just that. The tool is called Mobile VM Manager and can manage Citrix XenServer or VMware via VirtualCenter. Administrators can connect remotely to servers or virtual centers using their mobile device in an .. more »

Are you using Microsoft App-V? If so, check out this cool solution accelerator from Microsoft called the Application Virtualization Dashbard. This is a really cool tool that helps you monitor virtualized software applications across your organization. The dashboard's built-in charts, gauges, and tables let you track any APP-V dataset in near-real .. more »

HP and Microsoft teamed up to demonstrate the possibilities of performing long distance live migration across data centers in a recent video. The video shows a Hyper-V VM running Microsoft SQL Server being live migrated across data centers with no down time. more..... more »

The RD Virtualization Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 is now live on the Download Center.  This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of RD Virtualization Host in Windows Server 2008 R2. It describes the most relevant factors that influence the capacity of a given deployment, methodologies to evaluate capacity f.. more »

In June I was at the Charlotte, NC Regional VMware User group (VMUG). This was the larges VMware user group that I had ever been to with 800 people. I recorded 3 sessions there and have created videos of all three. They are: vExpert Panel with Chad Sakac of EMC, Mike Laverick of RTFM-ed.co.uk, Scott Lowe of EMC, and Vaughn Stewart of NetApp. .. more »

In April, Max Herrmann posted announcing our newest device redirection feature for Remote Desktop Virtualization Host: RemoteFX USB redirection. In this three-part series, we’ll take a closer look at the feature and how it helps close the gap between the user experience of a local user sitting at their physical desktop and that of a remote user co.. more »