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Windows 2008 has gone RTM

Last week Microsoft announced that Windows 2008 had hit rtm status. This is good news for those who are eagerly looking forward to some of the new drastic changes Window 2K8 will be brining, especially Microsoft’s Hyper-V technology. ..... more »


Hyper-V in Server 2008 RTM doesn’t like non-US locales

Hyper-V is Microsoft’s whizzy new virtual server manager, which uses new virtualization features in recent Intel and AMD processors so support more efficient virtual machines. Intel’s extensions are called Intel Virtualization ..... more »


Windows Server 2008 in the Enterprise an overview

By now you have either heard or read something somewhere that Microsoft is about to release a new Serve operating System. The new server operating system is Windows Server 2008, slated for world wide release on February 27 2007. ..... more »


Citrix Acquires XenSource - Still Scratching My Head

XenSource has also stated several times that it is a "stepping stone" to Microsoft's Hyper-V when it gets released. OK. So the strategy is go and spend $500 million on a company that's losing money, switch all of your current successful ..... more »


How To Back Up Your Personal Computer

You’re supposed to be able to open a VHD file with Microsoft’s Virtual PC (a free download), but I couldn’t get that to work (weird error messages). Some people have reported success in taking the VHDmount command from Virtual Server ..... more »


Installation of Virtual Server 2005 R2

Then I just drag-n-drop my rdp-file ontop of the batfile. This will result in a console connection to the server set in the rdp-file. I hope this helps! Gustaf Westerlund Microsoft Dynamics CRM Consultant WM-Data/Logica CMG ..... more »


Hyper-V in Server 2008 RTM doesn’t like non-US locales

Hyper-V is Microsoft’s whizzy new virtual server manager, which uses new virtualization features in recent Intel and AMD processors so support more efficient virtual machines. Intel’s extensions are called Intel Virtualization ..... more »


Hyper-V in Server 2008 RTM Doesn't Like Non-US Locales

Hyper-V is Microsoft’s whizzy new virtual server manager, which uses new virtualization features in recent Intel and AMD processors so support more... Read more at VMblog.com... more »


Hyper-V in Server 2008 RTM doesn't like non-US locales

When it does get finished, Microsoft recommends using Server Core rather than the full Server 2008 as the host OS. However, Hyper-V is interesting to developers as well as admins, so I wanted to take a look. Unfortunately, after I added ..... more »


Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS

Windows Server 2008 is the best OS to be released till date from Microsoft's stable. And the moment I got hold of the RTM build I could not resist installing it on my workstation. Due to the nature of my work I always prefer running a ..... more »


Insomnia-causing Hyper-V

Daniel Oxley:I am in Seattle at the moment at an internal Microsoft conference. Yesterday I attended a presentation by one of the product managers for Hyper-V where he really stressed a point that people ask me all the time, ..... more »


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How to install HyperVM on Linux

“Support for Windows Virtualization.” “HyperVM allows efficient windows virtualization with advanced features like backup/restore built in.” “Support for multiple virtualization technologies.” “Live Migrate” ..... more »


Microsoft Unveils Virtualization Strategy

Microsoft also reversed its earlier position and will now allow the Home Basic and Home Premium versions of Vista to run under virtualization. The company confirmed its plans to deliver its Hyper-V hypervisor within six months of the ..... more »


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Virtual Machine Manager 2007

Once Windows Server virtualization is available, the tool will be expanded to work with VMs created with this new technology. Virtual Machine Manager Hardware Requirements -- Single Computer. The minimum and recommended hardware ..... more »


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Windows 7: why i think it will be a dream OS

a hypervisor OS that can run every windows app from dos 1.0 to vista open a dos app: in the background a dos environment is being virtualized, all you see is your dos app running. same goes for all applications. its things you can never ..... more »


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How to connect to office network domain from Virtual PC?

I love virtualization. In fact I use it in the office for a long time. But I never had a chance to show my wife and kid how cool my job is. So what we need:. Virtual PC 2007. Windows XP or Windows 2003 server installed as guest PC. ..... more »


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VMware Server, Virtual Server Consolidation, Free Virtualization ...

NAS DeviceSecond, the Personal Backup Appliance provides a simple NAS service for drag-and-drop incremental backup through Windows (SMB) shares. When coupled with helper backup software such as SyncToy (free download for Windows) or ..... more »


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Parallels Server Brings Virtualization to Leopard Server

The option to run two or more copies of Leopard Server (along with other operating systems, such as Windows Server and Linux) on, say, one of the spiffy new eight-core Xserves (see “New Xserve Goes Eight-Core Too,” 2008-01-08) could ..... more »


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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise RC1 with Hyper-V beta for download

Anyone who wants to experiment with Microsoft's Hypervisor Virtualization technology (beta) on steroids, should download Windows Server 2008 Enterprise RC1 with Hyper-V beta. Download from here: Evaluate the Windows Server 2008 Release ..... more »


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Changing Virtual Hard Drive from IDE to SCSI

... Browse to the C:\Program Files\Virtual Machine Additions folder and click OK; The Microsoft Virtual Machine PCI SCSI Controller driver should now be installed; Shutdown your virtual machine; In the Virtual Server Virtual Machine ..... more »


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Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files

Windows Server 2008 Revealed: Hyper-V virtualization. Here's a look at how Microsoft's Hyper-V works, its major benefits and when you can expect to deploy this in production environments. ..... more »


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Windows 8, or 9, or 10?

The proliferation of cores is bad for the current Windows architecture - at 16 CPUs Windows is actually SLOWER than a single-core machine. Luckily, many-core architectures create opportunities for virtualization, and this I think is the ..... more »


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Microsoft Launches Virtualization Hypervisor Beta

Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) on Thursday fired a shot across the bow of competitors in the virtualization market by releasing a public beta for Hyper-V, its widely awaited virtualization hypervisor that will be part of Windows Server 2008 ..... more »


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Preview: Microsoft Hyper-V beta makes its lab debut

This week, I looked at Microsoft?s next-generation hypervisor, dubbed Hyper-V, which will be released as a component of Windows Server 2008. Hyper-V is a whole new virtualization platform for Microsoft, going beyond Virtual Server and ..... more »


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Demo Videos on Server 2008's Hyper-V

Arlindo links to a set of three videos that show the use of Hyper-V, Microsoft's new virtualization platform. Symmetric Multiprocessing with Hyper-V Virtual storage for Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V Virtual networking with Windows ..... more »


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