John Howard - Senior Program Manager in the Hyper-V team at Microsoft
Senior Program Manager, Hyper-V team, Windows Core Operating System Division.
Windows Server 2008 RC1 with Hyper-V Beta is now available
Big news from my team today. Windows Server 2008 RC1 with Hyper-V Beta, the official name of what...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/13/2007
Release Notes for Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V) Preview Release are now available
Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/06/2007
Boot from SCSI in Virtual Server vs. Boot from IDE in Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V)
Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/04/2007
Moving a Virtual Machine from Virtual Server to Hyper-V (formerly known as Windows Server virtualization)
Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/25/2007
Technet discussion forum for Hyper-V (Server virtualization)
Update 6/30/08. Windows Server virtualization is now Hyper-V, and it RTM'd on 6/26/08. The forum has...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/25/2007
Upcoming webcasts for Virtualization
Now that Windows Server 2008 RC0 with the preview release of Windows Server virtualization is...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/25/2007
How to install the Windows Server virtualization role in Windows Server 2008 RC0
Update: Feb 2008. This post no longer applies for the Hyper-V (formerly known as Windows Server...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/24/2007
Announcement: Windows Server virtualization “Preview” release is available.
Update June 2008. WSv is now known as Hyper-V and is available in RTM form (KB950050). The post...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/24/2007
Do you know what Virtual Server hosts are running in your domain? Find out how.
Wow. Can't believe it's close to 3 months since posting - just shows how busy life can get...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 05/11/2007
Where we're headed with Virtualization
Mike Neil, GM for virtualization strategy at Microsoft has written an interesting blog post on the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 02/26/2007
Windows Desktop Search - Index network shares for faster searching
Can't wait to get home tonight..... just saw a pointer to this download on microsoft.com which is an...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 02/21/2007
Virtual PC 2007 is released
Hot news just in. Virtual PC 2007 is now released to the web for download and provides support for...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 02/19/2007
Windows OS Licensing calculator is available online
I thought this link was worth posting. A few days back a new calculator was posted on microsoft.com...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 01/31/2007
Running the Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools on Windows Vista
Here's a handy KB article just published if you want to run the Windows Server 2003 (SP1)...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 01/03/2007
Virtual PC 2007 - Release Candidate available
Happy new year :) As of this morning, a revised release candidate build of Virtual PC 2007 is now...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 01/02/2007
24 hours of Exchange Server 2007 webcasts
Although I changed job roles earlier this year, I still get internal emails which get routed via...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/29/2006
Virtualization sessions from TechEd IT Forum 2006 are available online
If you didn't attend TechEd IT Forum this year, it's worth knowing you can see a number of sessions...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/28/2006
Error loading operating system message when booting Windows Vista
I was faced this morning with a few dilemmas... First, several inches of snow. Now, just for the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/27/2006
Microsoft Exchange 2007 - Available on MSDN subscriber downloads
A late christmas present ;) I signed on to MSDN subscriber downloads this morning and noticed that...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 12/27/2006
Windows Vista and Office 2007 - Now available for download on MSDN and Technet
Good news - as of a few hours ago, both Technet Plus and MSDN subscribers can download Windows Vista...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/16/2006
Running Microsoft Money 2005 UK under Windows Vista
So now Windows Vista and Office 2007 are here, I've been upgrading to the RTM build on my home...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/12/2006
You can now download pre-prepared VHDs
Good news. I've just noticed the launch of the "VHD Test Drive Program". In a nutshell, this is a...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 11/06/2006
Automating VM Compacting and Archiving
I apologise in advance - this is probably the WORST bit of scripting I have ever written. However,...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/22/2006
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Licensing Change
Up to yesterday, the VHD format was available for licensing from Microsoft. Where as that still...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/17/2006
FTP servers appear read-only in ISA Server 2004
A problem I've been doing some headscratching with recently I managed to solve this evening -...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 10/02/2006
I'll zip that web server in 420MB - Small Virtual Machine Backups
I've been meaning to try this for a while and finally got round to it at the weekend. Currently, on...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/11/2006
Redistribution of Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
If you weren't aware, you can register for redistribution rights for Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 09/05/2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Download link and availability
Following on a previous entry in April, within the last hour, Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/30/2006
Implementing Secure Wireless Networking - Part 2
Continuing the configuration of a secure wireless network, this part deals with configuring the IAS...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/17/2006
VHD Size Reduction
So there's many tricks to optimising the size of a VHD. One which I always use, but appears not to...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/15/2006
Implementing Secure Wireless Networking - Part 1
So I've got a few blog posts which piece together something I've been trying to do (and finally got...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/15/2006
VM Additions for Windows Vista Beta 2
A revised version of the VM Additions which supports current public builds of Windows Vista Beta 2...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/26/2006
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
I've just noticed that Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 will be available next month. Some of...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/12/2006
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Licensing Changes for Virtualization
Announced to day at the World Wide Partner Conference, Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/12/2006
Windows Live OneCare 90-day trial available
I installed the trial of Windows Live OneCare on my childrens machine at home last week - the 90 day...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/12/2006
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3
Just seen that this is now available for download from...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/12/2006
Virtual PC 2004 SP1 is now available for free
Effective immediately, you can now download Virtual PC 2004 SP1 from www.microsoft.com/virtualpc....
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/12/2006
Download Virtual Server Additions for Windows Vista Beta 2
Mike's got all the info here. Cheers, John.
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/29/2006
Shadow Copy failures: Scheduled task fails with General page initialization failed, error 0x8007000d.
I've rippled through quite a few nagging problems since my server failure at home a few weeks ago....
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/22/2006
Check your MACs. Ping fails between a VM and another Virtual Server host
Imagine this. Lots of machines, some virtual, some physical. Every single machine can ping every...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/20/2006
Webcast series on Virtualization
You know how sometimes you become so focussed on one thing, you can lose touch with everything else...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/16/2006
The UK isn't what it used to be
All because I left, I guess ;) So (IMHO), one of the great things about the TechNet evenings on the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/16/2006
Windows Virtualization WinHEC Slide Decks
I've just posted up on the VM team blog a set of links to the slide decks presented at WinHEC 2006...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/14/2006
Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Link
If you want to get your hands on Windows Vista Beta 2 have a good internet connection (or some...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/09/2006
Microsoft Codename Whistler Advanced Server is alive and well
Well nearly anyway. Long story about how I found this one, but if you run the Windows XP SP2 32-bit...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/08/2006
WSUS SP1 (Windows Server Update Services) download link
Just spotted that WSUS SP1 is available for download. SP1 now supports updating machines running...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/06/2006
Book availability: Managing Virtual Server & Scripting Virtual Server 2005
Just spotted a couple of books from a Microsoft MVP, Anil Desai, which are now available: The...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/05/2006