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• How Do I: Use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit to identify servers suitable for virtualization with Hyper-V?

  Here is one more useful video from TechNet. Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit is a valuable resource which can help you identify server suitable for virtualization with Hyper-V, and this video shows you how to do it. It’s very short (06:20 minutes), so it shouldn’t be a problem to watch it . Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted lis 28 2010, 02:42 by anonymous Filed under: hyper-v, MAPT, tutorial, video, virtualization

• [VIDEO] How to install Hyper-V Server 2008?

  It seems I forgot to post news and tutorials about Hyper-V Server 2008 . For those who don’t know, Hyper-V Server 2008 is a standalone “operating system” with only one role available – Hyper-V. It is free, lightweight and great solution for your virtual environment. It has no GUI, so you have to create and [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted lis 20 2010, 05:12 by anonymous Filed under: hyper-v, hyper-v server, tutorial, video, virtualiq, virtualization

• DHCP Server requires authentication

  A couple of weeks ago, I faced a problem that I’ve never seen before. I’ve seen an environment with Windows Server 2008 R2 installed, without domain, and with DHCP server installed. DHCP Server started asking for a Active Directory Server authorization and refused to start and provide IP addresses. As there is no Active Directory [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted lis 08 2010, 11:22 by anonymous Filed under: dhcp, R2, role, tips, tutorial, windows server, windows server 2008

• How to reserve a memory for a Hyper-V host?

  With Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 getting ready to RTM, system administrators should pay attention to one more thing. Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, the biggest feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, enables system administrators to oversubscribe (not overcommit) their RAM. It works great, but you could face some problems with a Hyper-V host. [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted lis 04 2010, 11:40 by anonymous Filed under: dynamic memory, hyper-v, hyper-v server, R2, tutorial, virtualization, windows server 2008

• How NOT to install a virtual Windows Server?

  Few days ago I learned one "important" lesson from the field, which is actually my lab, which is actually my laptop. I’m in a process of writing my final thesis, and I write about Exchange Server 2010. I need to do some demo, so I decided to start a few virtual machines. Actually, 6! On [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted srp 14 2010, 05:19 by anonymous Filed under: tutorial, virtualization, windows server, windows server 2008

• How to install an application in XP Mode?

  I don’t have any old application which doesn’t work on Windows 7, but two weeks ago I needed to test Windows XP Mode and show it during presentation to high-school teachers (here is the info on how to deploy Windows XP Mode). I was very surprised how easy is to install application in XP Mode [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted stu 16 2009, 06:52 by anonymous Filed under: tutorial, virtual pc, virtualization, windows7, xp mode

• How to upgrade from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V?

  If you have Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V role installed and running some virtual machines, and you want to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 because you want to utilize all new features in Hyper-V 2.0, then Jeff Loucks can help you with his post Hyper-V: Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 from Windows Server [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted lis 15 2009, 07:26 by anonymous Filed under: R2, tutorial, windows server, windows server 2008

• How to promote Windows Server 2008 machine to domain controller – step-by-step guide

  Promoting Windows Server machine to domain controller is one of tasks that (almost) every system administrator had done in his life. Using dcpromo tool, promoting Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to domain controller is quite easy, and in this post I will show you how step-by-step promoting Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system to [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted ruj 28 2009, 08:26 by anonymous Filed under: dcpromo, domain controller, R2, tutorial, windows server, windows server 2008

• How to change SID on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 using sysprep?

  In last post I described how to check SID on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, today I’ll describe you how to change SID on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 using sysprep. I see many of you are looking how to change SID using NewSID, but New SID is not officially [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted ruj 17 2009, 12:08 by anonymous Filed under: R2, sysprep, tools, tutorial, windows, windows server, windows server 2008, windows7

• How to check your SID using PsGetSid?

  As more and more people using virtualization, they face the problems like having two same SIDs on the network. It’s not surprising that the most visited post on this blog is Using NewSid to change SID. NewSid is officially not supported by Microsoft anymore, so your virtual machine who’s SID was changed with NewSid [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted ruj 14 2009, 09:35 by anonymous Filed under: tools, tutorial, windows server 2008

• How to install Windows Server 2008 R2 in virtual machine?

  After reading my post How to create new Hyper-V virtual machine?, you realized that playing with virtualization and virtual machines doesn’t have to be very difficult. You just have to follow few easy steps and there it is, you have your virtual operating system. But wait! We still don’t have virtual operating system. We have [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted ruj 07 2009, 12:24 by anonymous Filed under: hyper-v, R2, tutorial, virtualization, windows, windows server 2008

• How to use Virtual IQ to manage Hyper-V environments?

  It was few months ago when I wrote one post about Virtual IQ, program that helps you monitor virtual machines (Hyper-V, VMWare, Citrix, Oracle). I decided to test it. I have only one laptop, I have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed on it, and I wanted to install Virtual IQ on it to monitor my [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted ruj 03 2009, 10:49 by anonymous Filed under: citrix, hyper-v, hyper-v server, tutorial, virtual server, virtualiq, virtualization, wmware

• How to create new Hyper-V virtual machine?

  Let me show you how to add new Windows Server 2008 R2 as a guest operating system on top of Hyper-V 2.0, which is part of the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. So, I have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed on my machine, I have Hyper-V role installed and enabled (How to install role [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info Posted kol 23 2009, 11:11 by anonymous Filed under: hyper-v, microkernelized, R2, tutorial, virtualization, windows server, windows server 2008

• How to install Virtual PC 2007 on Windows 7?

  Windows Virtual PC requires hardware-assisted virtualization. But what if your processor doesn’t support it? Then you may want to install Virtual PC 2007, but in most cases, you get an error saying: This program is blocked due to compatibility issues. Virtual PC 2007 SP1 is not supported on this version of Windows. For more information, contact [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic... Posted kol 20 2009, 12:52 by anonymous Filed under: free, hybrid, microkernelized, tutorial, virtual pc, virtualization, windows7

• Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 boot from VHD

  One of the great new features in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is ability to boot the operating system from VHD file. Why? Look at this example. My colleague, Ales Rosina, Microsoft Student Partner from Slovenia recently wanted to have Windows7 as a virtual operating system inside VirtualPC, for quick access, testing… [...] Posted lip 30 2009, 12:19 by anonymous Filed under: hybrid, microkernelized, msp, R2, student partner, tutorial, vhd, virtual pc, virtualization, windows server 2008, windows7