Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2008 R2 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and will be available to download in the next couple of weeks. This version of MDOP will include the highly acclaimed Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (also called App-V) but there are a lot of other new and useful upgrades and improvements in MDOP
Get Virtual Now with Hyper-V Technology
Come & visit our booth at the “Get Virtual Now” conference at Avenue Airport City. Amit Gatenyo will deliver a lecture about the advantages of Hyper-V for you organization with emphasis on management. At our booth you can see the Hyper-V technology in action via our presentations, and learn more about how Dario IT Solutions
My Presentation on Physical and Virtual Server Management
Management of Virtual Machines is not just about managing the VM’s themselves but also the workloads that run in them. The key to managing the entire IT infrastructure is the integration of both physical and virtual machine management into a single set of tools. I’ll be giving a presentation on the subject tomorrow (16/9/08) at
Performance on Hyper-V
The BiztTalk team has published great content on TechNet that could be leveraged to implement and measure performance of SharePoint Server or Project Server virtualization on Hyper-V: Measuring Performance on Hyper-V Measuring Disk I/O Performance Measuring Memory Performance Measuring Network Performance Measuring Processor Performance Tools for Measuring Performance Optimizing Performance on Hyper-V Allocate 110%?125% of
Some interesting posts on DFS-R
Check out the following posts: What is the purpose of the ‘Deleted’ folder in DFSR? DFSR and Bitlocker work together + performance tests Five Common Causes of ?Waiting for the DFS Replication service to retrieve replication settings from Active Directory? What are the Schema Extension Requirements for running Windows Server 2008 DFSR? New DFSR Data
Comparing Windows 2008 versions to identify the right virtualization solution
I’ve been asked so many times about the feature differences between Windows 2008 editions in regard to Hyper-V and I want to clarify it once and for all:
New and confusing edition of Windows 2008 – "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008"
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a dedicated stand-alone product, which contains only the Windows Hypervisor, Windows Server driver model and virtualization components, it provides a small footprint and minimal overhead. Again, this is not “Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V” You can download this edition free. You pay only for OS licenses for the VMs you
Active Directory Migration Tool v3.1 has been released
The Active Directory Migration Tool version 3.1 (ADMT v3.1) simplifies the process of migrating objects and restructuring tasks in an Active Directory? Domain Service (AD DS) environment. You can use ADMT v3.1 to migrate users, groups, and computers between AD DS domains in different forests (inter-forest migration) or between AD DS domains in the same
Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments
Microsoft has published an interesting article about their official support for installing Exchange on Hyper-V\Virtual Server 2005 virtual machines. To make a long story short, here are the support policies for both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2003: Support Policy and Recommendations for Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft supports Exchange Server 2007 in production on hardware virtualization
New in the Windows 2008/Vista Auditing
Have you ever thought that 9 auditing options available in Windows (via Local security policy or GPO) are too general? Have you ever asked to make more granular auditing? Now you can. You have about 50 new subcategories to audit: System Security State Change Security System Extension System Integrity IPsec Driver Other System EventsLogon/Logoff
