In this episode Symon interviews Matt McSpirit, a Senior Product Marketing Manager on the Windows Server & Management Team, to discuss the features and benefits of version 2.0 of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC 2.0). The MVMC is a free Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for converting VMware virtual machines from…
Category: Hyper-V
Citrix vs VMware
Which one is better Citrix or VMware for desktop and application delivery? We sometimes hear this question from our clients. Unfortunately, more often we hear, “We have chosen [insert product/vendor here] because it is better.” The “better” decision usually comes from reading vendor whitepapers, personal or friend’s experience, blog posts…
Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V
Veeam has released the Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V. The Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V visualizes real-time performance data from your Hyper-V host and each child VM running on that host. You will be able to view what resources the parent partition is using and at the same time see what…
List of Hotfixes for Hyper-V on Server 2012 R2 and Server 2012 R2 Cluster
Validating Hyper-V 2012 R2 and Failover Clustering 2012 R2 hotfixes and updates. (more…)
Useful Links for Windows Server 2012 R2 / Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 offers new features and enhancements across enterprise-class virtualization, multi-tenant-aware storage, networking, virtual desktop infrastructure, access and information protection, and more. (more…)
Best Practices For Running Linux on Hyper-V
Microsoft has a TechNet article where they describe the best practices for Linux VMs running on Hyper-V 2012 or Hyper-V 2012 R2. The article is a list of recommendations for running Linux virtual machine on Hyper-V. (more…)
FREE Virtualization – Enjoy Virtualization At No Charge!
Would you like to take an advantage of the latest Microsoft Hyper-V version 2012 R2? There is no better way to start virtualizing than with this FREE toolkit – an essential combination for every virtualization beginner: Microsoft Hyper-V environment, Backup solution, Virtual storage, and Hyper-V network management. With this free…
List of Hotfixes for Hyper-V on Server 2012 R2
Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2012 R2: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20885.hyper-v-update-list-for-windows-server-2012-r2/rss.aspx
Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based Failover Clusters
This article describes the hotfixes and updates that are currently available for Windows Server 2012 R2-based Failover Clusters. Failover Clustering enables multiple servers to provide high availability of server roles. Failover clustering is frequently used for file services, virtual machines, database applications, and mail applications. (more…)
VMM Fabric Deployment
This toolkit is designed to expedite VMM provisioning through PowerShell, and enable repeatable, reliable provisioning of VMM fabric components. (more…)