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Hyper-V How To: Troubleshoot Hyper-V
The Hyper-V Health Model is live on TechNet. The Health Model contains troubleshooting content to...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/07/2009
Hyper-V How To: Understand Hyper-V Architecture
Understanding the Hyper-V architecture can help you understand how to better secure Hyper-V. This...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/02/2009
Hyper-V Security Guide Is Live
The Solution Accelerator team has published the Hyper-V Security Guide, check it out. No sign-in...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 04/02/2009
Accelerate Your TTR: Support Call Checklist
Time-to-Resolution on your support call is the critical metric – the longer it takes to resolver...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/26/2009
Help Train the IT Pros of Tomorrow: Free (as-in-beer) SW
Think of it as an high-schooler stimulus package. DreamSpark High School Provides High School...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/26/2009
Hyper-V How To: SCVMM 2008 Cmdlet Ref
As in the UI, so on the commandline. SCVMM 2008 Cmdlet Reference is now available in the download...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/24/2009
Hyper-V How To: Tag You Are It
You already know about the tag cloud on http:\technetbookmarks.com, right? For example:...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/20/2009
New Hyper-V Content Posted
Check out the newest content in the TechNet library for Hyper-V: Live Migration Step by Step Guide:...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/20/2009
Hyper-V How To: ID a VM for Scripts
If you are scripting virtual machine management activities, you will need to uniquely identify and...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/20/2009
Hyper-V How To: Manage Hyper-V with MOM (beta)
The beta of the Hyper-V Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager (formerly known as MOM)...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/17/2009
Productivity Tip: If I Started it, it's IN
Thought I would share an e-mail productivity tip that has made a huge difference for me. By default,...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 03/12/2009
What We Can Learn from Hollywood
An interesting meme that relates to the power of social networks is that the “Hollywood model” is an...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/12/2009
Hyper-V How To: Speed Up Offline P2V
A customer passes on this tip for speeding up your offline P2V conversions using SVMM: “If I use a...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/06/2009
The Man on Wire
I once had the life-changing opportunity to watch Phillipe Petit dance on the wire from about 100...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/05/2009
Just Because You are Paranoid…
Doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you, the old joke goes. If you think it doesn’t apply to your...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/04/2009
Vote for a Better TechNet Design
The Office SharePoint Server 2007 folks think they have a better TechNet TechCenter design. You can...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/03/2009
How To: Get Us Out of the Economic Crisis
Lean into education. The next generation are the ones who will have to save the world’s economies...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/03/2009
Free-as-in-Beer FrameIt Beta
Windows Live is offering FrameIt beta free-as-in-beer. With FrameIt, you can set up photo...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 02/02/2009
Technical Content Bricolage
Wikipedia defines Bricolage as : the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/30/2009
Hyper-V How To: Plan Hyper-V Deployment
Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Release Notes Planning for Hyper-V...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/30/2009
Hyper-V How To: Pick SAN Storage
You can find the list of supported iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage arrays at:...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/26/2009
Hyper-V How To: Manage Hyper-V with PowerShell
James has published a New and improved PowerShell Library for Hyper-V. Now with more functions...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/26/2009
Hyper-V How To: Monitor VMs in a Vista Gadget
Tore's blog details the Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar he posted for free download....
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/23/2009
Hyper-V How To: Download Linux Integration Components (Beta)
Linux Integration Components for Microsoft Hyper-V is available publicly. To get it, please the...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/23/2009
Things are out of proportion
I have learned that the age-old question “Is the glass half-empty, or half-full?” is a false one...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/23/2009
Post Blue Blues
For those colleagues affected by yesterday’s layoff, my best wishes. Former “blue badgers” may find...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/23/2009
Son of Slammer
There is a new worm in the wild that should be top of IT Pros worry-list. If you have not been...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/23/2009
YouTube? It's Easier Than You Think, Even Inside the Firewall
We use the free-as-in-beer Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS) internally at Microsoft. Works a...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/16/2009
Microsoft as Angel
Startups just got another Angel: Microsoft’s BizSpark. BizSpark helps Startups by providing access...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/15/2009
Hyper-V Update List is Live
A fundamental security precept is “patch up all machines before brining into production.” This...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/15/2009
Free Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is the free virtualization server OS from Microsoft. It is NOT Windows...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/09/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Beta Bits are Live
Go to https://www.microsoft.com/Windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-Beta.aspx for the bits, reviewer's guide,...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/09/2009
Hyper-V How To: Understand VM IO for PerfTune
Tony Voellm’s blog posts bring you up to speed: VM IO perf depends on the type of virtual disk you...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/08/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Available for DL (TN Subscribers)
If you are a TN/MSDN subscriber, download the beta bits here today:...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/08/2009
Virtualization Blogs
Here’s my list of blogs to read on virtualization, Hyper-V, VMM and related technologies:...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 01/06/2009
(Out of Band) Brothers: Call to Arms! Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078
Issuing an out-of-band security update is a pretty rare occurrence. Must be important! Better go...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/17/2008
Hyper-V How To: Get Discounted Hyper-V Training
Deva’s blog post New offers : Microsoft Virtualization details how you can get 2 free training...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/17/2008
IT Pro How To: Get Those Pesky End-Users off Your Back...
...for all things Vista-related that take you away from supporting servers. Point them to the new...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/15/2008
Hyper-V How To: HA Design for Hyper-V
Here are some resources for your High Availability planning efforts for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Planning...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/15/2008
TechNet Troubleshooting: Now With 30% Less Trouble
TechNet has launched a new troubleshooting page to help you in your times of need. Here’s a...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/11/2008
Son of traduttore? traditore!
The phrase is understood by many to mean "translators, traitors" (I like my punctuation better,...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/09/2008
Hyper-V: 3 Minute Warning
When the Hyper-V server (well, technically it is the management operating system running Windows...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/09/2008
Hyper-V How To: Plan-Deploy
Here are some links to help you as you begin planning to deploy Hyper-V: Hyper-V Release Notes...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/09/2008
Hyper-V How To: Balance VM I/O
Wondering how all the I/O requests by virtual machines are handled in Hyper-V? Hyper-V has a storage...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/04/2008
Do You Know Where Your 3rd Party Scripts Are?
The UK's Register website recently posted an article on the security risks of 3rd party analytic...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/03/2008
Hyper-V Management Tools for Vista SP1
The RTM Vista SP1 Hyper-V management tools are available at: Update for Windows Vista (KB952627)...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/02/2008
Hyper-V Migration Guide Published
The Virtual Machine Migration Guide: How To Migrate from Virtual Server or Virtual PC to Hyper-V...
Author: tonysoper_MSFT Date: 12/01/2008