Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides—Release Announcement

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released two updated virtualization guides: Windows Server Virtualization and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

Download the IPD Guides for Virtualization at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/ee395429.aspx

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MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 VIRTUAL PC WINDOWS XP MODE pre-RTM BUILD 7600.16392|16419

Microsoft Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 - is a new optional component that you can use to evaluate and migrate to the Windows 7 operating system while maintaining compatibility with applications that run on older versions of Windows...

This component is available as a downloadable update package for Windows 7.
If you run Windows XP and want to maintain compatibility with applications that run on that operating system, Windows Virtual PC provides an easy way for you to do this. You can use Windows XP Mode to access a virtualized instance of Windows XP that is ready for you to customize with your own applications. You can even use Windows XP Mode and Windows 7 to run applications seamlessly in Windows 7 when the applications are actually installed in Windows XP.
Windows XP Mode is available for Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7 Ultimate.

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Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

Really interesting article. It talks about Microsoft Hyper-V server 2008 and VMware ESXi 3.5...

Continue at MS Virtualization Team Blog

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Hyper-V Howto's

Tony Soper posted a lot of Hyper-V Howto's on his blog, here is an excerpt:

Hyper-V How To: Add a PT Disk to A VM with a Script
Hyper-V How To: Add a Virtual NIC to a VM using Script
Hyper-V How To: Apply VM Snapshot with Script
Hyper-V How To: Change ISO in VM Virtual DVD Drive using Script
Hyper-V How To: Change VHD using Script
Hyper-V How To: Change VM State using Script
Hyper-V How To: Reset VM MAC address range using a script
Hyper-V How To: Clear All Virtual Networking using Script
Hyper-V How To: Compact a VHD using Script
Hyper-V How To: Connect Virtual Switch to Host using Script
Hyper-V How To: Connect a Virtual Switch to Physical NIC using Script
Hyper-V How To: Connect a Virtual Switch to a VM using Script
Hyper-V How To: Convert a VHD using Script
Hyper-V How To: Copy-VM
Hyper-V How To: Modify VM VLAN IDs for Server Core using Script
Hyper-V How To: Find RSAT Tools for Win 7
Hyper-V How To: Create a Differencing VHD using Script
Hyper-V How To: Create a VM using Script
Hyper-V How To: Find the right Hyper-V Cmdlet
Hyper-V How To: Detect if you are inside a VM
Hyper-V How To: Create a Virtual Switch using Script
Hyper-V How To (Not): Snapshot FAQ with Ben Amrstrong
Hyper-V How To: Delete Snapshot using Script
Hyper-V How To: Delete a VM using Script
Hyper-V How To: Expand a VHD
Hyper-V How To: Get a Custom KVPS using Script
Hyper-V How To: Get Intrinsic KVPS using Script
Hyper-V: Everything you always wanted to know about clustering* but were afraid to ask
Hyper-V How To: List Snapshots using Script

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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RTM released

Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Hyper-V Server 2008
• Processor : x64 compatible processor with Intel VT or AMD-V technology enabled.Hardware Data Execution Prevention (DEP), specifically Intel XD bit (execute disable bit) or AMD NX bit (no execute bit), must be available and enabled.
• Minimum CPU speed : 1.4 GHz; Recommended: 2 GHz or faster
• RAM : Minimum: 1 GB RAM; Recommended: 2 GB RAM or greater (additional RAM is required for each running guest operating system); Maximum 1 TB
• Available disk space : Minimum: 8 GB; Recommended: 20 GB or greater (additional disk space needed for each guest operating system)
• DVD ROM drive
• Display : Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution monitor
• Other : Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Note: The actual system requirements will vary based on your system configuration and hosted guest operating systems.

Source: www.microsoft.com

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