Hyper-V

Webcasts from TechEd 2010

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Below I’ve accumulated some of the presentations along with webcasts from this years TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, that I find interesting. It’s great to get up-to-date in case you didn’t attend the TechEd. Exchange: UNC201 | Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1: An Overview of What’s Coming UNC202 | How Microsoft IT Implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 UNC206 | Microsoft Communications Online: Present and Future UNC301 | Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: Sizing and Performance – …

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Hyper-V Component Architecture

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Microsoft has published a new architecture poster, this time an overview of the Hyper-V Component Architecture. This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It focuses on architecture, snapshots, live migration, virtual networking, storage, and import/export. You can use this poster in conjunction with the previously published Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 component posters (see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193499 and http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179116). Download it here.

Hyper-V RTM’ed

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Great news! – It’s now confirmed Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 have been Released to Manufactoring (RTM) today and is available as download and from July 8th it will be available through Windows Update. An official Press Release from Microsoft. At TechEd Microsoft announced that they were way ahead of schedule and expected a release within a few week and not in August 2008 as previously scheduled. Download from here or from the Hyper-V website. More information: Virtualization Team …

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Hyper-V RC1 Released

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Hyper-V RC1 was released a few days ago. Hyper-V RC1 is an optional upgrade for customers and partners, providing the latest code for those who want to continue testing the technology within their infrastructure environment. Update for Windows Vista (KB949587)Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC1 role. Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB950049)The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) update to the Hyper-V role provides …

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MSDN and TechNet running Hyper-V

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Microsoft is really eating their own dogfood. They just annonced the complete migration of both MSDN and TechNet, two of the most popular web sites in the world, are now running on virtual machines (Microsoft Hyper-V). Microsoft kept the back-end database on physical boxes, but moved 100% of its IIS7 frond-ends on Hyper-V RC0 VMs with 4 virtual CPUs and 10GB RAM. The virtualization hosts (no mention of the brand obviously) are powered by 2 …

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