Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog

Report from the ITPRO User group meeting

anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:45:01 GMT

Microsoft ITPRO User group Split had an meeting last Thursday. After more than a year of inactivity, I decided to become a user group lead and start organizing events. On our first (third in total) meeting we had around 35 guests who came to listen a lecture about NLB clustering. I am very happy [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

7 more days to win a XIA Configuration Server 2010

anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:24:13 GMT

7 days ago I wrote a post about XIA Configuration Server 2010. I decided to organize a raffle and give one license for this application to one lucky sys admin. This application is worth $1130!!! I had very little interest from my readers for this raffle so far, so you have a really big chance [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

[RAFFLE] XIA Configuration Server 2010

anonymous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:49 GMT

XIA Configuration is designed to provide administrators with a single web interface for maintaining technical documentation for their networks. XIA attempts to engage a wider range of technologies and in greater detail than many traditional inventory products. At the time of writing the system supports the following item types. Active Directory and Group Policy Windows Servers [...] Copyright © Ilija...(read more)

MSCommunity ITPRO User Group Split meeting

anonymous — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:28:41 GMT

After many months of inactivity, IT PRO User Group in Split will finally get together this Thursday at 18:15h at Faculty of Electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and naval architecture (FESB), room C502. Because IT PRO (as well as Developers) user group was inactive for such a long time, I decided to start it again. [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

[FREE EBOOK] The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts

anonymous — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:14:16 GMT

Today I want to share one very cool and useful eBook with you. It’s called The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts, and it is, as you might presume, a complete collection of all Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts!!! Written by Nitin Agrawal, this eBook comprises of more than 200 keyboard shortcuts containing almost all the keyboard [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux now supported with Hyper-V

anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:26:59 GMT

Here is a official statement from Microsoft: When we first released Hyper-V, support for Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was a shock to many customers. However, we’ve seen many customers in mixed environments virtualize SUSE Linux alongside their Windows virtual machines. We’ve received many requests for additional Linux distributions, and we worked closely with Red [...] Copyright © Ilija...(read more)

Hyper-V Live Migration

anonymous — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:53:46 GMT

Live Migration is probably the most mentioned feature of the Hyper-V 2.0. It enables system administrators to move virtual machine from one server to another with no downtime. It is very useful if you have a huge network with many virtual and physical servers, and you need to move your virtual machines very often. [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

Starting a new career

anonymous — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:09:05 GMT

As you might notice, I don’t write too much lately. The reason is quite simple: I’m overloaded with tasks and I simply don’t have much time to write for this blog. There are so many things happening now, and I’m working really hard to finish everything on time. First of all, a few [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

Install SUSE Linux on Hyper-V

anonymous — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:31:37 GMT

Microsoft officially supports SUSE Linux as a guest machine. You can install it and even get a official support from Microsoft if you have some problems. There are also Linux integration components available to download, which can help you enhance your experience using Linux as a guest machine. Ever wondered how the installation process [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

Hyper-V vs. VMWare vs. Xen

anonymous — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:56:07 GMT

Here is one post that might start a flame between my readers. When you try to compare Hyper-V vs. VMWare vs. Xen, you will see that there is no “the best” solution. Every solution has it pros and cons. Which ones? Rick Vanover wrote a great article at Techtarget, trying to compare there three [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

Hyper-V Architecture

anonymous — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:35:59 GMT

Hyper-V, used for server virtualization in Windows Server 2008 R2 , is a microkernelized hypervizor. What it really means, I tried to explain in my post about microkernelized hypervizors, but here a video showing you more details about it. This short video has been recorded by Ben Armstrong, a.k.a. The Virtual PC Guy, Product [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

Very small Hyper-V Manager

anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:37:14 GMT

There is a new, very simple and very easy to use Hyper-V Manager available to download and use for free. This tool has been written by Jerry Orman. It is not fully featured application, and should not (and can’t) be used for complex deployments and usage. It sits in a system tray, and enables [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

28% discount on a TechNet subscription

anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:43 GMT

Here is a great offer for you: if you are interested in getting a TechNet subscription, there is a 28% discount available if you use promo code TNITE06. With TechNet subscription you can get Microsoft software for evaluation purposes, beta software, professional support incidents, managed newsgroup support, technical resources, Microsoft eLearning courses and online [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic...(read more)

VIDEO: Virtualization Features of Essentials 2010

anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:28:04 GMT

As I informed you yesterday, System Center Essentials 2010 RC is available to download and test. Essentials 2010 is designed for organizations with up to 50 servers and 500 client computers. Let’s see how it can help us with virtualization. SCE 2010 leverage technology from SCVMM, however by integrating it into a single console [...] Copyright © Ilija Brajkovic http://www.brajkovic.info...(read more)

System Center Essentials 2010 Release Candidate

anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:20 GMT

Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2010 provides a unified IT management solution that enables you to simply and efficiently perform complex management tasks across virtual and physical servers, PCs, hardware, software and IT services from a single console. System Center Essentials 2010: Delivers single console monitoring and management with summary information, common tasks, alerts... Copyright...(read more)