VMware has recently announced their 2009 third quarter earnings and it's looking really good. Revenues are at $490 million, up 4% from 2008 Non-GAAP Operating Margin of 22%; GAAP Operating Margin of 5% Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.24; GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.09 US revenues for the third quarter declined 1% to $246 million from the third quarter of .. more »

If you are looking forthe best Apple Mac virtualization solution, the new VMware Fusion 3 is the answer. Donald Malm has the following comments about VMware's Fusion 3 ... “I am a Mac devotee, but most of my clients are Windows users,” said Donald Malm, who runs a consulting service. “The ease in switching between my files and my client’s files wh.. more »

Hello, this is Bryon Surace again.  I’m a senior program manager on the Windows virtualization team at Microsoft.   Recently, the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 beta 2 became available for public download.  Part of this release is the Beta 2 version of Visual Studio Team System 2010 Lab Management; an integrated solution to give you all t.. more »

Recently, I wrote about how you can make your life so much easier by using backing up using VMware virtualization-specific application. It is very robust with features like data-duplication and file level restore. VMware Data Recovery (or vDR as it is called) is included in vSphere Essentials Pl. more..... more »

Periodically we ask our readers to vote on the best virtualization products. The readers have spoken when it comes to the best hypervisor available today. 56% of our readers chose VMware ESX where only 30% voted for Microsoft Server 2008 Hyper-V. Read the full story at: VMware ESX - Voted VirtualizationAdmin.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Hy.. more »

When it comes to minimizing the potential for malicious software running in a virtual machine to affect your physical computer, there are two golden rules to follow: In the latter category there are three common paths: The first thing to know is that you can configure drive sharing so that only specific drives are shared: You should always make .. more »

For those who aren’t familiar with it, SRM is VMware's Site Recovery Manager. SRM is used for disaster recovery of an entire datacenter running VMware virtual infrastructure. The new version 4 is compatibile with vSphere 4 and, if you use vSphere (or plan to), I highly recommnd that you consider SRM to ensure that you can successfully and qu.. more »

To quote Will Smith, I'm the best of the best!Well, move over Will. VMware has been touted as The Gold Standard in Desktop virtualization. It has won over 50 industry awards. Take a look at these awards: The most powerful, reliable and secure desktop virtualization productis one of the praises it has been given. Let me share a few of their .. more »

Hi everyone. We have published scripts to help simplify Remote Desktop Services managementincluding Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) management. You can download these scripts from the Remote Desktop Services page on Script Center Here are some of the Remote Desktop Services management scripts that are available now: Configure Guest OS for VDI .. more »

I'm re-blogging here. Over at , Jim wrote the following: This week Microsoft is launching a comprehensive solution to help customers implement cost effective, end-to-end site recovery programs. Built on proven capabilities in management suite, Microsoft is helping IT Professionals leverage Windows Server to deliver cost effective site recovery. .. more »

I little while ago some member of the Hyper-V test team released a new tool on code.msdn.microsoft.com. It is the Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard: In Windows Server 2008 R2 we introduced a new Processor Compatibility feature (as discussed ). The primary purpose of this new tool is to allow you to determine if you need to enable this feature .. more »

You may structure your virtual infrastructure inventory very differently than the structure of your business. So how do you match up the business with the virtual infrastructure? You can do it for free with Veeam Business View. Here is what it looks like: [youtube]_spQhSQexsU[/youtube] Learn about it and download it for FREE at- Veeam Business .. more »

We all try to be as proactive as we can in detecting possible resources that, for instance, are being under-utilized or not used at all. VMwarehas come out with the latest complete campacity product for virtualized environments.Visibility into past, present and future infrastructure capacity so you can analyze what is available and what is being .. more »

Our own, Janique Carbone has a really great articlethat encompasses thebusiness need for VDI now andfor the future. Now - to resolve end-to-end issuesfor virtualizing desktop situations, and later to directly reduce operating costs and ROI. Carbonealso mentions the utilization of thin or rich client devices,to deploy virtual desktops on sever .. more »

As me and some of my readers noticed, lately I write a lot (or too much) about Windows 7. As this blog is about Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization, let’s get back on the track. I’ve just found nice video which has been made by Janique Carbone, where she describes Hyper-V virtual networks. In.. more »

Many books are being written about Windows 7 at this moment, and many of them have already been written (Windows 7 for Dummies, for example). Today I’’ll give you links to some chapters from Windows 7 books, so you can learn more about it. Microsoft Press has added three more chapters to the Microsoft Learning.. more »

In the minds of IT admins looking to enable a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment, Windows XP has by far been the preferred OS running in the VMs. However, with the arrival of Windows 7, IT admins have several important reasons, as outlined in this blog, to reconsider. In fact, an upcoming RDP Performance Whitepaper will provide a rich .. more »

As Arlindo Alves stated on his blog, new Technet magazine has been published. And guess what, most of the articles are about Windows 7 . Here is the list of few articles for IT professionals: Windows 7: The 10 Things to Do First for Windows 7 Windows 7: Groovy.. more »

Microsoft Press has released a new free eBook about Windows Server 2008 R2. more..... more »

VMware has released VMware Workstation 7. VMware Workstation 7 is a hosted hypervisor and is ideal for running multiple Operating Systems on workstation class hardware. Some of the new features of VMware Workstation 7 are: Windows 7 support - including Aero support. more..... more »