Microsoft have released this rather nifty Hyper-V architecture poster, which is available for download here. I’ve always liked Microsoft’s large architecture posters on products such as Windows Server & MS Exchange which are usually found at the TechEd events and occasionally inserted into the MS TechNet magazine, at least whilst it was still being published here in the UK. They always provide a useful reference affixed to the wall of my office/lab. This electronic version of … [Read more...]
Free 1000 VM License of Hyper9 Virtualization Mobile Manager (VMM) to VMworld Attendees
Thought this worth a mention… Hyper9 are offering all VMworld (San Francisco) 2009 attendees a free copy of their Virtualization Mobile Manager (VMM) product to assist in managing your mobile environment whilst at the conference. This product, from a remote management perspective, is similar to VMware’s vCenter Mobile Access (which can be downloaded for free here) but has the added advantage that it can manage different virtualization hypervisor types such as Hyper-V, ESX and … [Read more...]
Microsoft Hyper-V 2.0 Features
Below are my rough session notes from a session of Microsoft Hyper-V features. These are pretty much bullet point only though they cover the key areas. The only thing to keep in mind when reading this is that Hyper-V 2.0 will only be available with the release of W2K8 R2 which is slated to be released in Q1 2010. So a lot of those features which will bring Hyper-V more in line to what ESX is currently offering won't unfortunately be available until then. Hyper-V 1.0 is … [Read more...]
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Released and Available for Download.
As mentioned in my earlier blog-posting here the imminent release of Microsoft's new virtualization product, Hyper-V Server 2008, is now upon us and has been made available for free download today! Unlike Hyper-V which comes with Windows Server 2008 and is installed as a role, Hyper-V server 2008 is available as a standalone Hypervisor only install. Information on Hyper-V Server 2008 can be found on Microsoft's site here and the product itself can also be downloaded from this … [Read more...]
Free Standalone Version of Hyper-V Soon.
As Paul Thurrot reports here, Microsoft have announced a standalone version of it's virtualization product, Hyper-V. Like VMware's ESXi product Hyper-V Server 2008 (not to be confused with Server 2008 with Hyper-V which is the full version of Server 2008 with Hyper-V included) is going to be available to download for free within the next 30 days. Have a look at Paul's article for a few more details, including the release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Technorati Tags: … [Read more...]