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August 27, 2010

Friday, August 27, 2010 2:32 PM/EST

Hyper-V Scores Win Against VMware

CH2M Hill is a global engineering and consulting firm, with 23,500 employees and $6.3 billion in revenue for 2009. The company is entirely employee-owned and committed to innovative thinking, which is why it began phasing in server virtualization relatively...

August 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 4:10 PM/EST

Optimize Your Virtual Desktops By Disabling the Mouse Shadow

Yes, the mouse shadow--a visual effect you probably didn't even know was there and can barely see with the naked eye. Crazy, right? As the Virtualize My Desktop blog points out, an effect as seemingly small as the mouse shadow...

August 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:11 PM/EST

IE6 in Windows 7: Symantec's Virtualization Solution

Much as I like to poke, prod, and nag enterprises to abandon Internet Explorer 6--that leaky, unsupported security breach of a browser--I realize it's just not an option for everybody. Some legacy software and Web apps just aren't compatible with...

August 3, 2010

Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:51 PM/EST

How to Enable Dynamic Memory

Now that Dynamic Memory is out "in the wild," so to speak (as part of the Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 beta), you might have questions on how to get it set up. DM, as you may...

July 20, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:33 PM/EST

Learn About App-V From the Guy Who Wrote the Book

Application virtualization--App-V for short--is awesome. In a nutshell, it liberates applications from the OS and allows them to run as network services. That simplifies both delivery and management of apps in the enterprise. Tim Mangan is the co-author (along with...

July 16, 2010

Friday, July 16, 2010 7:05 PM/EST

Everything You Need to Know About Dynamic Memory

Yesterday we talked about RemoteFX, one of the two big new features bundled into Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack. Today let's turn our attention to the other one: Dynamic Memory. As you may recall, DM gives Hyper-V a...

July 15, 2010

Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:28 PM/EST

Everything You Need to Know About RemoteFX

RemoteFX, one of the new features in the just-released Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, was recently described by Ed Bott as a "reinvention of the mainframe" and a major virtualization game-changer. Want to know more? Desktop virtualization expert...

July 14, 2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:27 PM/EST

Save Big on Windows Server 2008 R2 Licensing

Much as I love to sing the praises of virtualization, I sometimes overlook that fact that virtual machines (or VMs) aren't exactly free. You need a license for each and every instance--and if those VMs are running Windows Server 2008...

July 1, 2010

Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:15 PM/EST

A Step-by-Step Guide to Hyper-V Live Migration

"Live migration is probably the most important technology that Microsoft has added to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2." That's the word from Windows IT Pro's Michael Otey, who goes on to explain how live migration works, what's so...

June 21, 2010

Monday, June 21, 2010 11:33 AM/EST

eSeminar Today: How Hyper-V Will Speed and Simplify Your Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration

Got an hour free this afternoon? I highly recommend making time for a Dell- and Microsoft-sponsored eSeminar on Virtualization Use Cases: How to Optimize Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V in the Datacenter. This free online seminar will show IT...



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