The sign of the times indeed…
I wanted to highlight Microsoft’s VHD Test Drive program to make your software evals that much easier and seamless. You can now even download a 90-day pre-built Windows 7 virtual machine.
Other trending products include Office Communicator, Server 2008 R2, and Exchange 2010 RC.
Enjoy: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738372.aspx
Recently I ran into an interesting scenario in which I used the VMware Converter 4.0 to P2V (Physical to Virtual) machines on a stand-alone training network to VMware Workstation/Player images on a removable harddrive. I then took those images and used Converter to put them on ESX 4.0. Everything went smoothly. When I attempted to [...]
In addition to having a name that doesn’t fit nicely in the context of a TLA (Three Letter Acronym), there are some other potential frusterations that you may run into during the install of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 if you don’t do some upfront planning.
I will start of by disclaiming that this [...]
Before we begin, I would like to preface this blog post: The steps and topics contained in this post are purely theoretical and are meant to appeal to academia only. The staff at VMHero assumes no liability for any infringement which may occur as a result of following any of the steps below. We do not [...]
The Apple platform has recently become an active part of our software development platform. I set out to build a virtualized Mac test and development environment in the same way that we have been doing for the Windows and Linux world for some time now. One of things I have quickly discovered is that although [...]
Hak5, a web TV show distributed by Revision3 is currently making short tutorials to virtualization, more specifically on VMware ESX. In the first part of this series they are doing on this topic, Matt Lestock, one of the show’s co-hosts, is describing the setup used at the company that he works for. In part 2, [...]
I was just checking out HyTrust.com. Here is the description of their product:
HyTrust enables the broader adoption of virtualization—and all the business advantages that come with it—by providing a single point of control for hypervisor configuration, compliance, and access management that enables virtual infrastructure to become as operationally ready as physical infrastructure.
Essentially, it is a [...]