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Updated on 18 August 2010

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Why Virtualize?

Virtualization and virtualization management are areas that continue to experience a tremendous growth and adoption from small and large enterprises alike. Shrinking OPEX and CAPEX budgets, need for infrastructure flexibility, and a drive to achieve a more dynamic enterprise IT environment are all factors that continue to drive virtualization deployments. 

The focus of this online technical community is Microsoft virtualization technology. We want to assist IT professionals in successfully converting and optimizing their virtual infrastructures. To get started, here are a few links that might interest you:

• Microsoft Virtualization Solutions - Main page that contains links to all Microsoft virtualization products.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V - Microsoft next-generation hypervisor-based virtualization solution for the enterprise.
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 - Main page that contains links to all Microsoft virtualization products.
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit - Main page for the free MAP Toolkit that can assist you to perform inventory, assessment, and report generation in support of server virtualization projects.
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager - A new management product that will provide centralized management and rapid provisioning of virtual machines across the infrastructure.
• Microsoft Application Virtualization - Microsoft application virtualization based on technology acquired from Softricity.
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual Server 2005 R2 is the enterprise strength virtualization product that delivers high-availability and performance for data center consolidation, test and development environments, business continuity and recovery, and Branch Office deployments.
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 - Virtual PC 2004 is the client virtualization product that supports testing and legacy application execution on the desktop.
• Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program - Microsoft launched a new program in November 2006 which provides pre-configured virtual machines that can be downloaded for evaluation.  These virtual machines are provided as Virtual Hard Disks (VHD), the common virtualization file format used by Virtual Server and PC.

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HYPER-V RESOURCE KIT FEATURES HYPER-V R2!

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit

Buy it at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit**

This official Microsoft Resource Kit provides the in-depth technical guidance on installing, configuring, administering, and supporting Virtual Server 2005 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) release.

Buy it at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.

 

**2008 Winner of a "Distinguished" award in the annual Puget  Sound Society for Technical Communication competition.