Virtualization Planet
Finally back and how to watch the MMS 2010 keynotes live!
Hello Virtualization Planet! I know in my last blog I wrote that I would be posting more but things...
Date: 04/16/2010
Guest Blog: How AMD and Microsoft Help Redefine “Efficiency”
In late September I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend Microsoft’s “New Efficiency” event in...
Date: 02/03/2010
Guest Blog: SQL Server Consolidation with Microsoft Virtualization
Hello, my name is Vipul Shah and I’m a Senior Product Manager with the Virtualization Team. Due to...
Date: 01/25/2010
How the Microsoft and HP Agreement Impacts Virtualization
If you haven’t heard by now, today, Microsoft and HP announced a three-year, $250 Million agreement...
Date: 01/12/2010
Looking Back at Some Key News and Two New Whitepapers
Hello Virtualization Planet followers! I’m back for a quick update on a couple of items from the...
Date: 01/12/2010
More Case Studies: Companies in Norway and Switzerland Choose Microsoft Over VMware, Saving Money and Improving Efficiencies
Happy New Year to all my readers. In keeper with the positive tone I’ve been on recently, I wanted...
Date: 01/07/2010
Cutting through the FUD: Facts you should know about Hyper-V and System Center
For those who follow this blog, you have noticed that the blog is much more about Microsoft...
Date: 12/18/2009
Great Technical Resources for Hyper-V: How to get started and find advanced configurations
I wanted to highlight a couple new resources that are available for Hyper-V. The first is an amazing...
Date: 12/10/2009
Hyper-V R2 Case Study - Podravka
Hello again! I’m back with another Microsoft Virtualization case study. Here is another great...
Date: 12/04/2009
Hyper-V Case Study – PEAB
I’ve been highlighting Microsoft case studies recently because they do such a great job of...
Date: 12/02/2009
Updates, SCE 2010, and Virtualization Tours
Well, I’m back after some time off for the holidays and recovering from TechEd EMEA. I wanted to...
Date: 12/01/2009
TechEd EMEA Day 2
Hello again from Berlin. As many of you probably saw on TV (or in the streets), it was an amazing...
Date: 11/10/2009
Greetings from Berlin
Hello again. Right now, I’m in Berlin for TechEd EMEA 2009, which is really exciting as Monday was...
Date: 11/09/2009
FPWEB.net Case Study
I’m back with another great case study. This time, it’s Fpweb.net, a Sharepoint hosting provider....
Date: 11/07/2009
Microsoft Site Recovery Solution Launch
Hi, I’m Jim Schwartz, Director of Virtualization Solutions at Microsoft and I’m writing as a guest...
Date: 11/03/2009
Lab Validation Report for Hyper-V
We just published a Lab Validation Report for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, which was written by...
Date: 10/30/2009
Virtualization Case Study of Jefferson County Schools
Hello Virt Planet! When I meet with customers and partners about Microsoft Virtualization, I often...
Date: 10/29/2009
Webcasts on Virtualizing SQL and other MS Applications
Just a quick post today (there are more coming I assure you!). We have a series of webcasts coming...
Date: 10/27/2009
News: Pricing Comparisons, Red Hat, and More
Hello everyone! It’s been a little bit of time since I last posted but I promise to post more...
Date: 10/12/2009
How does VDI impact the responsibilities of Server/Desktop teams?
I saw another article from Brian Madden site’s (which I saw via Twitter) which asks the question...
Date: 09/22/2009
New IBM tools for Microsoft Virtualization
For those who use IBM hardware, there is some great news today. IBM has released the Microsoft...
Date: 09/21/2009
When and how should SMBs Virtualize?
First off, I wanted to apologize for the lack of postings to my blog. I’ve been a little under the...
Date: 09/21/2009
VMworld Day 3 Recap: End of line for me
Day 3 is my last day at VMworld 2009. This day went really well but somehow, I can’t help but feel a...
Date: 09/03/2009
VMworld Day 2 wrap-up
So we’ve just wrapped up day 2 at VMworld. I certainly have to say that day 2 went much better than...
Date: 09/02/2009
VMworld Day 2 Start – Keynote Thoughts
Well, just finished up with the opening keynote by Paul Maritz at VMworld 2009. They had a similar...
Date: 09/01/2009
VMworld Day 1 Recap
The first day of VMworld is closing down for me. The best word I can use to describe the mood was...
Date: 08/31/2009
VMworld Day 1 – Win a ZuneHD even if you aren’t there!
Good morning everyone. It’s day one of VMworld. I plan on going around the show, trying to get into...
Date: 08/31/2009
Is Desktop Virtualization for Everyone?
TechRepublic posted an article last week about Desktop Virtualization and it’s adoption....
Date: 08/27/2009
VMM2008R2 is RTM!
Great news! Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now RTM and the GA will be available on October 1st....
Date: 08/24/2009
University of Miami chooses Microsoft over VMware
While I was out on vacation, I missed out on a couple of case studies that were published about...
Date: 08/24/2009
World's Largest PKI on Hyper-V
I often get asked for examples of using Hyper-V for large scale applications. Well, the Microsoft...
Date: 08/21/2009
More on Nissan and Hyper-V
DailyTech has a great article, an interview with Nissan on how they are using Virtualization and why...
Date: 08/21/2009
Follow me on Twitter
I've added a twitter account, edwinyuen, where you can follow my thoughs on Virtualization and other...
Date: 08/20/2009
VMworld 2009
I’m back on my blog. Sorry but I’ve been out on vacation (Disneyland for three days with a three...
Date: 08/18/2009
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V earns Common Criteria Certification
There’s been a lot of great news out lately on Hyper-V but I want to highly an important security...
Date: 08/05/2009
Microsoft gets it edge back
In July, we held our Worldwide Partner Conference and our COO, Kevin Turner, gave a great speech....
Date: 08/04/2009
How can VMware compete in the desktop space?
Recently, Brian Madden made a blog posting about the whole Desktop Virtualization space and the main...
Date: 07/22/2009
Virtualization: Challenging VMware's dominance
Here is an article from Washington Technology that talks about the challenges that VMware faces from...
Date: 07/17/2009
Microsoft Takes Virtualization Game To Next Level
With our Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) going on this week, there have been some big...
Date: 07/16/2009
Will VMware become the next Novell?
I know that’s a provocative headline but I didn’t write it. It comes from this blog post...
Date: 07/10/2009
Virtualization No Panacea for Data Recovery
Another interesting post on how Virtualization impacts DR/HA....
Date: 07/08/2009
Free tools from Microsoft for Green IT
I'm back from the holiday weekend. I saw this great post on a number of free tools we make available...
Date: 07/07/2009
Nissan chooses Hyper-V for Virtualization
Here is just another example of companies that are choosing Hyper-V and Microsoft Virtualization....
Date: 06/23/2009
Best and Worst of Windows 7 and Windows Server
Network World and PC World picked out their best and worst of Windows 7 and WIndows Server 2008 R2....
Date: 06/18/2009
Why one hoster picked the Microsoft Solution
This is a great article on why one Microsoft partner, MaximumASP, went with a Hyper-V based solution...
Date: 06/18/2009
DABCC Podcast with David Greschler
This is a great listen for those who want to learn a little more about what's next with Microsoft...
Date: 06/18/2009
Limitations with vSphere Fault Tolerance
One of the touted new features of vSphere is the inclusion of a Fault Tolerance (FT) capability. As...
Date: 06/17/2009
Windows 7 on a Pentium II?
This has nothing to do with Virtualization but it's fun to look at anyway. This forum had a user who...
Date: 06/17/2009