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How to Sysprep Windows
James Kovacs
writes "Every time I need to set up a bunch of virtual machines, I have to go back and look up where to find the Sysprep tool and how to use it. Here are the details so I can find it in the future..."
Setting up a Bunch of Virtual Machines Using the Sysprep Tool
James Kovacs
writes "Every time I need to set up a bunch of virtual machines, I have to go back and look up where to find the Sysprep tool and how to use it. Here are the details so I can find it in the future...In case you haven't encountered Sysprep before, it is a tool that allows you to create a base OS image (including Windows, Office, Visual Studio, or whatever other applications you want) and then re-package it...."
What about Software in the Virtualization Craze
Tim Rayburn
writes "...Web servers can make very complex things simple, but usually they are not very computationally complex for most enterprises. I think this points to the fact that hardware is outpacing software and that it is time for software to discover the next truly big problem which will need such performance that you wouldn't think of virtualizing it. What do you think these are?"
Announcing the Virtual server Res-Kit and a great tool.
James ONeill
writes "The tool is VMRCplus - an alternate UI as opposed to the Virtual Server web interface. VMRCplus uses the documented Virtual Server COM interface and is a great example of what can be accomplished with it. In due course VMRCplus will soon be available via"
Virtual Server VHDMount Tracing
Arlindo Alves
writes "Few weeks ago I received information about the VHDMount Tracing tool we added to the VHDMount into Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. I wanted to share with you how you can use this tracing functionality to see when something goes wrong when trying to mount a VHD file."
May the Force Be with You -Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 available for download
Keith Combs
writes "While I was in Las Vegas last week, the virtualization team wrapped another product release and made it available for web download. I still think they should have called it D2 but I guess we wanted to avoid any trouble with the trademark Jedi knights."
New Virtualization Resources - From Calculator 2.0 to Host Clustering!
Jeff Alexander
writes "We have just released some new resources for Virtualization. Check them out below:"
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Released to Web
Arlindo Alves
writes "Today we released Service Pack 1 for Virtual Server 2005 R2 to the web.
What's new in Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1?"
Windows Longhorn Server Virtualization
Arlindo Alves
writes "Windows Server Virtualization (WSV) is our hypervisor based virtualization platform that runs on a 64bit Windows Longhorn server. When we talk about Virtualization overall we mainly see 3 scenarios were Virtualization is implemented:"
Longhorn: Windows Server Virtualization Feature Update
Arlindo Alves
writes "Last week Mike Neil the GM of Virtualization wrote a blogpost about the future of Windows Server Virtualization. And it wasn't good news at all"
How many Virtual Server Hosts in your organization?
John Howard
writes " I thought I'd share this script which will tell you how many domain-joined Virtual Server hosts are currently running in your organization. It takes advantage of the SCP (Service Connection Point) marker in Active Directory which was introduced in Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP."
Viridian axes features to meet timeline
Windows Connected
writes "If you can't do something right, then don't do it all. The Windows Server Virtualization team is having to make some tough choices it seems in what they can and can't ship in the first version of its codename "Viridian" product due in beta around the time Longhorn server ships later this year."
Microsoft Server Virtualization Management Pack Beta 2 for Operations Manager 2007
Arlindo Alves
writes "Yesterday I received a notification mail that we released the Microsoft Server Virtualization Management Pack Beta 2 for System Center Operations Manager 2007. Download the Management Pack (MP) from the connect site."
Forefront and System Center Demo Cheat Sheet
Aaron Tiensivu
writes "I created this list because I could never remember what city/virtual machine ran what role in the premade MS F+SC Demo. I thought others might find it handy."
Virtual PC shortcut to add preconfigured VPC to the console
Chris Randall
writes "Today, I had to remove 8 machines from the console and add 6 more, for a mid-week course change....wondered if I could just drag and drop the .vmc files from my source directory as shortcuts into the profile path. The answer, happily, was yes. It turns out that the console information is stored as Windows Explorer-style shortcuts in the user's profile, such as at"
Turn off the beep sound in Virtual Server
Michael Ruminer
writes "....how to be rid of the annoying beep from Virtual Server 2005 R2"
Run Your Legacy DOS Application in Virtual PC
Chris Haaker
writes "....from the Virtual PC team (okay, from Ben Armstrong) on how to run a legacy DOS application under Virtual PC without the end user ever knowing they are running it in a virtual environment. Brilliant!"
VMWare Workstation 5.5 - get 6.0 key when it is released
Aaron Tiensivu
writes "
I've been delaying my request for a VMWare Workstation license until I bumped into this web page. Basically, it boils down to this: Customers must purchase a qualifying Workstation 5.5 product, listed in the table below....USB 2.0 guest support, 'record and rewind' of the VM, and very nice Vista host/guest support are the big items I like about the 6.0 beta so far."
Windows Server Virtualization Calculator
Aaron Tiensivu
writes "Calculate licensing costs on the fly with this handy website located here."
Microsoft at the Consumer Electronics Show
MJMurphy
writes "During yesterday's keynote Microsoft unveiled and demoed technology from across the rich spectrum of new offerings.These included ..."
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