Breaking News from MMS 2011: SCVMM 2012 Beta is RTW!

(RTW = Released to the Webtubes)Today at the 2011 Microsoft Management Summit Microsoft announced the availability of the BETA of the next version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager – SCVMM 2012Here are more details you should check out: The SCVMM 2012 Beta page The Download Bing it. “What are you most excited about in … Continue reading Breaking News from MMS 2011: SCVMM 2012 Beta is RTW!

Kevin’s Resources: The Transformation of IT– From Virtualization to the Cloud

Follow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinRemde Technical Question E-mails: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Positive Feedback E-mails (my boss): Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.com FREE Software Evaluations – Get ‘em here:  https://aka.ms/Evals "WAG" = Windows Administrator Groups (on LinkedIn): With Subgroups for user groups by geography - https://aka.ms/WAG Future Live, In-Person Event Information: TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremdeContinue reading Kevin’s Resources: The Transformation of IT– From Virtualization to the Cloud

Breaking News: P2V Migration for Software Assurance is RTW!

RTW = Released to the Web-i-tubesRemember back in late September when I blogged about this cool toolset that, starting with a physically installed Windows XP machine, you would end up with a fresh install of Windows 7 AND that original Windows XP machine running as a virtual machine in XP-Mode?“Yeah.. that sounds really cool!  Is it … Continue reading Breaking News: P2V Migration for Software Assurance is RTW!

Kevin’s Microsoft Virtualization 360 Resources

E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comFeedback e-mail to my boss: Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.comFollow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinRemde"WAG" = Windows Administrator Groups (on LinkedIn): With Subgroups for user groups by geography - http://tinyurl.com/y8u2z35Future Live, In-Person Event Information: TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde MSDN Events (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com IT Managers Community Hub - http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagementITContinue reading Kevin’s Microsoft Virtualization 360 Resources

Kevin’s TechNet Event Resources: April-June 2010 (Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Launch!)

TechNet Event Slides and Additional Resources http://www.technetevents.com/resources 25%-OFF Special TechNet Plus Subscription Promotion – Yes, save nearly $100 off of a new TechNet Plus Direct Subscription!Use Promotion Code TNITQ404 (that’s 4-ZERO-4) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/subscription E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.comFeedback e-mail to my boss: Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.com Follow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinRemdeConnect with Kevin on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinremde "WAG" … Continue reading Kevin’s TechNet Event Resources: April-June 2010 (Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Launch!)

Is your Hyper-V configuration running according to “Best Practices”? Now you’ll know!

Just the other day, the Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer was quietly released as an update for Windows Server 2008 R2.  Like the other BPAs that are built-in to Server 2008 R2, this one is available from within the Server Manager.  It allows you to launch and review an analysis of how you have Hyper-V configured, so … Continue reading Is your Hyper-V configuration running according to “Best Practices”? Now you’ll know!

New: IDC White Paper on Business-Critical Workloads Available

Today a new IDC White Paper (sponsored by Microsoft) was made available:http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/B/D/5BD5C253-4259-428B-A3E4-1F9C3D803074/IDC_Business_Critical_Workloads.pdfThe purpose of the write-up is to document what’s happening in the world of x86-based Servers; why they are THE platform businesses choose for their business-critical workloads.  This is not a Microsoft story…“Oh really?  You sponsored it!”Yeah, you got me there.  (smile)  But, really, … Continue reading New: IDC White Paper on Business-Critical Workloads Available

LAST DAY (March 31) for saving nearly $100 on new TechNet Plus Direct subscriptions!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: This promotion and promotion code have expired.Please CLICK HERE for the most current promotion.CLICK HERE for details about the subscription, and about the promotion (28%-off) that ends at the end of today (March 31, 2010).  Or CLICK HERE to dive right in and save 28% using promo code TNITQ404UPDATE: The 28%-off promotion, and … Continue reading LAST DAY (March 31) for saving nearly $100 on new TechNet Plus Direct subscriptions!

Breaking News: Some Big Desktop Virtualization Announcements

I don’t know what it is yet, but I hear it’s going to be important.At 9:00am PST today, the “Desktop Virtualization Hour” site will have a live broadcast/webcast, where I’m told there will be some exciting news around Desktop Virtualization. I’ll watch, and report back here with an update when I have the details.  Stay … Continue reading Breaking News: Some Big Desktop Virtualization Announcements