• Understanding and Using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Snapshots. http://snurl.com/34dkc Good article.
• With DNS flaw now public, attack code imminent. What about your DNS server?
• SaaS vendor quits browser to boost sales http://snurl.com/34dfv In my view, the hype of browser-based apps will be over soon.
• Price for Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008): $1,100. Release date could be Sept. 1. http://snurl.com/33rmh
• Update for the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) User’s Guide for Windows Vista. http://snurl.com/33rnv
• Hyper-V RAM Calculator. This is an Excel sheet that helps you to plan the Hyper-V deployment. http://snurl.com/33rq6
• VMware is doing fine: http://snurl.com/33rqy even though their shares fall. ESXi embedded hypervisor will be free. http://snurl.com/33rs5

• Microsoft Unveils New Internet Explorer Security Features: http://snurl.com/2stie Seems MS still values security over new features.
• Linux on Hyper-V: http://snurl.com/2s8n4 Some useful tips of running SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora on Hyper-V.
• Linux Integration Components RC2 for Hyper-V http://snurl.com/2tg8g Strange! Why only RC2? Wasn’t Hyper-V already released?
• More than 1 million use Microsoft Office Live Small Business. I wonder how many use the business vers. of Google Apps http://snurl.com/2s8fp
• Steve Ballmer’s five most embarrassing videos of all time: http://snurl.com/2s7za Scaring! Makes me wonder if MS will survive without Gates.
  
• ISA Server 2006 SP1 has been released. http://snurl.com/2tg4n More about the new feature can be found here: http://snurl.com/2tg50
• Virtual Machine Manager 2008 will be released by the end of the year. http://snurl.com/2tg6d Note that VMM 2007 doesn’t support Hyper-V.
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V http://snurl.com/2tgaz

Rakesh, who runs the program management team for System Center Virtual Machine Manager, (VMM) outlines in his blog why Microsoft decided to support VMware’s virtualization products in the next version of VMM and what this “support” actually means.

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I wrote a review about VMRCPlus a while ago. It is a nifty free tool from Microsoft that can replace the Web interface of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. VMRCPlus has a graphical user interface that allows you to manage Virtual Server in a much more convenient way than with the original Web-based user interface. Version 1.6 has some new interesting features.

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I have spent some more time with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), Microsoft’s new Virtual Server2005 management tool. My somewhat positive impression which I expressed in two earlier posts about VMM has been dampened a little since then. This is mostly due to the fact that VMM seems to be a bit unreliable.

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Some weeks ago, I blogged about my first impression of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). I had some time now to have a closer look at Microsoft’s new management tool for Virtual Server. I must admit that VMM made me see Virtual Server with different eyes. A good user interface completely changes the perception of a product.

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I already reported some days ago that a complete installation of VMM is available as VHD file. Just to remind you, System Center Virtual Machine Manager is Microsoft’s new management tool for centralized deployment and management for Virtual Server machines. Now, you can also download a 180-day trial version. The compressed setup file has 1.5 GB. I installed and played a little with SCVMM today.

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Chris Sirrat from the Windows Virtualization Team Blog announced the release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Microsoft’s new centralized management tool for Virtual Server. As I write this, there only is a complete installation as a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) available for download. A 120-day trial version is probably coming soon.

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