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System Center VMM 2012 SP1 CTP2: What’s new
Microsoft announced the availability of CTP2 of System Center 2012 SP1. With support for Windows 2012 and SQL 2012 introduced in CTP1, here are what’s more : . Network Virtualization: Introduced in...
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Hyper-V Windows 2012: Enhanced Storage Capabilities. How does VMware compare
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V introduces a number of enhanced storage capabilities to support the most intensive, mission-critical of workloads: • Virtual Fiber Channel – Enables virtual machines to...
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SYSRET 64-bit OS privilege vulnerability on Intel, DOES NOT AFFECT HYPER-V
Last week US-CERT warned of guest-to-host VM escape vulnerability and it was reported that an issue on Intel based servers could lead to a “break out” from a VM to the host in certain virtualisation...
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VMM 2012 SP1 storage providers supports : new SMP storage provider
With the release of VMM 2012 SP1 CTP2, Microsoft added support to the SMP storage provider. Now VMM 2012 with SP1, supports the following types of storage providers: SMI-S CIM–XML SMP Besides the new...
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Hyper-V Windows 20012 improvments and comparison
Significant improvements have been made across the board, with Hyper-V now supporting increased cluster sizes, a significantly higher number of active virtual machines per host, and additionally, more...
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Hyper-V Windows 2012 : High Availability and Resiliency : new enhancements
There are a number of new enhancements that ensure key workloads are resilient, and protected. • Hyper-V Replica – Asynchronous, application-consistent virtual machine replication and it does not...
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VMM 2012 SP1: Installing and Configuring Dell EqualLogic PS Series SMP...
VMM 2012 SP1 supports the same storage arrays that were supported in VMM 2012, plus the SMP provider. For more info :...
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Windows 2012 Hyper-V RTM to be released first week of August 2012
Microsoft announced at WPC in Toronto, both server and client announced RTM (first week of August) and GA(Sept for Server, Oct for client) timing publicly: “Windows 8/Windows 2012 is on track to...
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Convert Vmware virtual machines to Hyper-V with Microsoft Virtual Machine...
Convert and deploy virtual machines to Hyper-V with Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) Release Candidate is now available! This release allows you to...
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New Exchange 2013 to have only 2 roles : Client Access server and Mailbox...
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 consists 2 server roles (reminds me of the Exchange 2000/2003 front-end/back-end split) To download the preview version : http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/hh973395...
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Windows 2012 Hyper-V Replica : Deployment Scenarios, Functionality and Step...
With Windows 2012 around the corner ( first week of august 2012 ), you probably started planning the deployment already. I am starting a series of blog posting with step by steps. The first one is...
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Hyper-V DR Solution
DR is a key component of the Business Continuity Plan. When considering DR options, virtualization is a game changer. Virtualization makes DR affordable to companies that could not afford it before....
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Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for VMM 2012
The new IPD Guide for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager is now available to download Infrastructure Planning and Design streamlines the planning process by: Defining the technical decision...
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Dell EqualLogic and VMM 2012 support
With the release of VMM 2012 SP1 CTP2, Microsoft added support to the SMP storage provider. Now VMM 2012 with SP1, supports the following types of storage providers: SMI-S CIM–XML SMP Besides the new...
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Windows 2012 RTM : This is the news we’ve all been waiting for! Are you ready...
Microsoft release Windows 2012 RTM on August 1st. . It means that it is time for you to upgrade do the new Windows 2012 HYPER-V . It will be generally available for evaluation and purchase to...
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It is time for you to upgrade do the new Windows 2012 #HYPER-V
Windows 2012 is now RTM. It will be generally available for evaluation and purchase to customers around the world on September 4th. Save the date :...
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Counting down for August 15th…Windows 2012 #Hyperv. Reasons to upgrade…
It is next week : August 15th that Windows 2012 will be available for download for MSDN subscribers. Are you ready to deploy it? Enhancements in Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012 , on network (Teaming,...
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Windows 2012 : Converting a Full (GUI version) To Server Core and Vice Versa
For Windows 2012 servers with a full operating system (GUI version) as the base installation: To convert a full operating system installation to a server core installation: By using DISM cmdlets:...
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Get hands-on : The Cloud OS Signature Events Sep/5 to Oct/11
Get hands-on with the new technology, and learn how to manage and build your modern data center with the Microsoft Cloud OS platform: Windows Server 2012 Windows Azure Visual Studio 2012...
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Clustering Hyper-V and Installing a Highly Available Virtual Machine Manager...
Interesting TechNet webcast : how to create a Hyper-V host cluster and install a highly available cluster by using Virtual Machine Manager, a component of Microsoft System Center 2012...
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