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Web and Podcasts: System Center overview with Larry Orecklin

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Larry Orecklin is the General Manager of the System Center. In this short video, he gives a brief overview of the MMS announcements around Operations Manager and Virtual Machine Manager.

Web and Podcasts: Robert Reynolds talks System Center and Cross Platform Management

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Robert Reynolds is the Director of Product Planning for System Center. I was able to get some time with him to talk about the cross platform announcements around System Center and Virtual Machine Manager. Robert answers the question of "Why do cross platform now?"

Web and Podcasts: Virtualization Launch

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Every once in a while, I get to see a technology that makes me say "Wow!" and this demo from Edwin was one of those moments. He spent most of his time in System Center Virtual Machine Manager, showing me how it could manage Hyper-V, Virtual Server and even Vmware virtual machines from the same console. He showed me how it uses PRO tips to automate tasks based on certain conditions. He showed me the integration with System Center Operations Manager. He showed me that everything that you do through the UI actually just spawns PowerShell commands, and how you can expose those commands to create your own scripts and automation.
He also gave me a sneak peek at two never before seen features - Live Migration of VM's and Hyper-V server.
really cool stuff!

Web and Podcasts: Demo - Hyper-V Server and Live Migration

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

When I met with Edwin to go over the new features in Virtual Machine Manager, he had some other really cool stuff he wanted to show me - so cool we weren't really sure if we were allowed to show it yet.
Word is out though now, so I'm gonna go ahead and let you see this sneak peek at Hyper-V Server and Live Migration.
Think of Hyper-V Server as just an operating system stub that allows you to run virtual machines - no requirement for a full host OS just to run VMs.
Live Migration provides fault tolerant virtual machines with no downtime when failing over to other clustered hosts. It's a really cool feature, and one many customers have asked for. Check it out!

Web and Podcasts: A chat with the authors of Hyper-V Unleashed

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

This week I had a chance to sit down with Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet, the authors of Hyper-V Unleashed. We talk about their experience in deploying various virtualization technologies, including their recent migration to Hyper-V, as well as tips and best practices for planning a deployment and configuring disaster recovery.

Web and Podcasts: Michael Noel on Virtualization Part II

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Part 2 of the video interview series with Michael Noel of Convergent Computing. Michael is a SharePoint MVP and recently sat down with Kelly Wagman from the System Center team to talk about some real world experiences he's had deploying our products.
In this video, Michael talks about using Virtual Machine Manager to deploy SharePoint in a virtual environment. He talks about disaster recovery and quickly provisioning a SharePoint farm.

Web and Podcasts: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 RTM!

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

RTM = Release To Manufacturing. It means the product is done and the binaries have been sent to the CD printer.

SCVMM = System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Integrated, multi-vendor management for virtual environments, including Virtual Server, Hyper-V and VMware ESX. VMM 2008 also includes a new feature, Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) which enables customers to dynamically manage the performance of their virtual hosts and guests. It provides optimization awareness down to the workload level enabling customers to take either manual or automated remedial action once an unhealthy or inefficient machine state is identified.

Ok, what’s new in this version? Well, a couple of things:

· Now manages Hyper-V, including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the new Hyper-V Server 2008

· Now manages VMWare – if you can do it in the VMWare console, you can do it in SCVMM

· New key features: Cluster support, Delegated Administration and resource optimization with PRO

Can I get an eval copy? Sure. You can download it today here: System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Web and Podcasts: Insight Control for System Center

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Brad Anderson chats with HP's Scott Farrand about a new management solution from HP, Insight Control for System Center, which integrates the hardware management features of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers with Microsoft System Center.

For further info, check out this page on the HP site.

Web and Podcasts: Top 10 Webcast Mayo: Como construir un datacenter virtual

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Mostraremos las consideraciones que debe tener para construir un datacenter virtual.
Orador: Felix González - Venezuela

Web and Podcasts: Virtualization at TechEd Australia

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Events like TechEd Australia are often an opportunity to showcase technology from Microsoft and our partners. One of the ways we did this at TechEd Australia was to set up a large demo platform that all the speakers could host their demos in using virtual machines.
I spent some time with Andrew Lee of HP and Jorke Odolphi of Microsoft to show me the hardware and the configuration that made up the infrastructure.
Some of the cleanest rack wiring I've ever seen. Seriously. Nice work guys!

Web and Podcasts: System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 beta preview

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

I recently sat down with David Mills and Edwin Yuen, who got together for a brief discussion of Microsoft’s IT management and virtualization solution for midsize businesses. With the release of public betas for System Center Essentials 2010 and Data Protection Manager 2010, customers will have the capability to easily manage, backup and restore their physical and virtual servers in an integrated way.

After discussing the benefits of using Hyper-v, SCE 2010 and DPM 2010, Edwin gives us a quick demo of SCE 2010’s integrated virtual and physical management capabilities.

For more information and to download public betas, go to:

SCE 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/sce

DPM 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/dpm

Web and Podcasts: TechEd EMEA 2009: Demo of using SCSM SCOM SCVMM to Manage LOB Apps

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Here is the video capture of the demonstration that Kenon Owens did at TechEd EMEA 2009 demonstrating how you can use System Center Service Manager, Operations Manager, and Virtual Machine Manager together to manage a line of business application. In this demonstration, you can see the same "HRWeb" distributed app designed in SCOM show up in SCSM as a managed service. There are multiple incidents related to the HRWeb service which have come in from end users via email, portal, or calling the help desk. These incidents can be correlated to the root cause of the problem identified by an Operations Manager alert related to the HRWeb web site. Kenon then uses the new Live Migration feature of SCVMM to restore service.

Web and Podcasts: From Application to Infrastructure: Automating Deployment and Hyper-V

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

This screencast demonstrates how close we are to implementing a dynamic datacenter with current, released products. It shows how the SML models generated by Visual Studio can be parsed by Powershell, which then uses the information to deploy virtual machines for the required infrastructure out of a template library. The library and placement are managed by System Center. Powershell is also used to deploy the application modules on the virtual infrastructure and configure them.

In summary, you can automate the deployment of an application and its infrastructure without touching a server.

Web and Podcasts: 10 Minutes with Virtual Machine Manager

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

This screencast highlights key features of Virtual Machine Manager: the self-service portal, automatic placement and Powershell integration. For more details, check out: The VMM site; Scripting for VMM on Technet; Automatic Placement on Technet.

Web and Podcasts: The Dynamic IT Advantage

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

In this screencast we show how knowing your workload helps you use your virtualized infrastructure more effectively than just treating all virtual machines as black boxes. Thanks to Operations Manager and Powershell we can allocate resources to handle the work, rather than simply move it around with Virtual Machine Manager.
For more information, please see:
- http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/operationsmanager
- http://www.microsoft.com/powershell
- http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager

Web and Podcasts: Intervju med Nigel Cain

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:24:01 GMT

Vi träffade Nigel Cain, Program Manager på Microsoft. Nigel driver frågor kring Service Manager och Virtual Machine Manager inom EMEA. Nigel berättar under intervjun om framförallt service manager och det arbete som utförs kring adoption av produkten i europa.

Web and Podcasts: Using SCVMM 2008 with VMware VMotion

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:33:19 GMT

This demo shows Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) being used to initiate a VMotion on a VMWare ESX server