Virtualization

Ever wonder how virtualization works? Where is it used? What role could virtualization play in the future of Windows, for example? How will it evolve over time?We recently met with some of the Microsoft Virtualization people to find some answers to these questions and learn a whole lot about…

Kevin Remde welcomes back Jeff Woolsey to the show for Part 2 of their three part “Virtualization: Did you Know…” series and in today’s episode they cover four more quick facts about Microsoft’s Virtualization solution. [2:50] Did you know…”Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 supports twice the physical…

In Part 3 of their “Virtualization: Did you Know…” series, Kevin Remde and Jeff Woolsey conclude their Top 10 list of Virtualization solution facts. [1:16] Did you know…”In a recent benchmarking test, ESG found that a single server running 12 Hyper-V VMs could support the requirements of 48,000…

I recently sat down with Technical Fellow and SysInternals founder Mark Russinovich to dig a bit into what's new in the Windows Server 2008 kernel. Of course, we talk about many things including HyperV, application virtualization, kernel architecture (not everybody defines an OS kernel in the…

News: [00:20] This month is Windows Server 2012 Launch! http://windows-server-launch.com[00:50] Get trained in Windows Server 2012 at one of the upcoming IT Camps worldwide: http://aka.ms/ITCamps[01:30] The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) has just released an update to support Windows Server…

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac is a hypervisor-based virtualization solution that makes it easy to run any number of operating systems inside separate windows on your Mac desktop. For developers, this means you can simultaneously run Xcode on Mac and Visual Studio on Windows 8. The Parallels window…

Keith Mayer and Yung Chou kick off their multi-part series on how to build a Private Cloud using System Center 2012 SP1. Tune in for part 1 as they discuss the difference between a Private Cloud and a Highly Virtualized Environment, how System Center 2012 components map to Private Cloud requirements…

Application virtualization is different than machine virtualization which virtualizes the machine on which an operating system (and applications) are installed. Machine virtualization provides an abstraction layer between the hardware and the OS that's running on top of it. It also allows…

In today’s episode, Technical Evangelist Kevin Remde welcomes Microsoft MVP, Mitch Garvis  to the show as they discuss how Windows 8 now includes Microsoft Hyper-V. Tune in as they discuss WHY you would want to use the power of Hyper-V virtualization on your desktop, laptop or tablet running…

In this two part series with Sr. Knowledge Engineer Yuri Diogenes and Kevin Remde we explore the world of “Bring Your Own Device” or BYOD scenarios and how more IT organizations are trying to support it. In part one we try to help explain its benefits, challenges and considerations that need to be…