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VMWare already bracing for the competitive heat by rodtrent

They replaced their CEO and warned on revenue… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5221&zoneid=71

Intel moving their v-Pro Expert Center Resources to myITforum.com by rodtrent

The page has been created and should start filling up soon (i.e., I just got off the phone with the Intel crew working on it), but keep an eye out for the new Intel v-Pro Expert Center : http://www.myitforum...
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to release by end of year by rodtrent

Yep…that’s what the System Center Team says… http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2008/07/02/news-system-center-vmm-2008-to-release-by-end-of-year.aspx

Symantec Altiris Software Virtualization Solution – the review by rodtrent

http://4sysops.com/archives/review-symantec-altiris-software-virtualization-solution/
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Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides released by rodtrent

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft...

Enable Streaming from File in SoftGrid 4.5 by rodtrent

From Aaron Parker’s blog … The default behaviour of the SoftGrid Application Virtualisation 4.5 client is to not allow applications to be streamed from a file, i.e. streaming an application from a local...

Hyper-V – the video tutorials by rodtrent

Hyper-V hits RTM interview with Mike Neil Hyper-V Part 1 - Architecture - Interview with PMs Hyper-V Part 2 - VM Snapshots - Interviews with PMs Hyper-V Part 3 - TAP and VSS Snapshots - Interview with...

Official word: Hyper-V RTM released at 12:30 today…(was NDA only until 9:30AM PDT)…Publicly available for download at 3PM (EDT) by rodtrent

-------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC HYPER-V RTM LOCATION (NOON TODAY) -------------------------------------------------------------- Hyper-V RTM Packages Windows Server...

Hyper-V release in the news… by rodtrent

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=5168&z=71

Application Virtualization comparison chart by VirtualFuture.Info by rodtrent

This is an excellent comparison chart if you are looking to compare virtualization products. The info and download is here: http://virtualfuture.info/2008/06/virtualfuture-appchart/
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SCVMM 2008 beta (Update for Hyper-V RC1) by rodtrent

If you go to https://connect.microsoft.com the update that allows SCVMM to work with Hyper-V RC1 is now available.

Microsoft Application Virtualization (Softgrid) gets an even newer name – kind of by rodtrent

App-V is the new moniker being bestowed upon the twice named product.  I guess this goes right in line with the whole Hyper-V thing. Why is this important?  J.C. Hornbeck explains… …the Softgrid...
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Using the Hyper-V Integration Components in WinPE by rodtrent

Mike Sterling talks about how to inject Hyper-V into WinPE.  Pretty cool. http://blogs.msdn.com/mikester/archive/2008/05/30/using-the-hyper-v-integration-components-in-winpe.aspx

New myITforum.com specific functionality added to the System Center Windows Vista search gadget by rodtrent

Microsoft has added some new functionality for myITforum’ers into their System Center Windows Vista Search Gadget today. Now pages from the articles section of myITforum.com   ( http://www.myitforum...

MS Application Virtualization: New Group Policy ADM template to be available with the 4.5 Release Candidate by rodtrent

Source: The SoftGrid Team Blog There’s been a lot of interest in whether we are releasing a supported Group Policy Administrative (ADM) Template file with Application Virtualization 4.5. Happily, the answer...
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How is Softgrid’s integration into ConfigMgr 2007 R2? by rodtrent

Tim says it’s good, but there’s one small, spot of tarnish… http://poseidom.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/sccm-r2-softgrid-integration-very-good-with-one-low-spot/

SCCM SP1 / vPro Common Issues and Potential Resolutions by rodtrent

This is a living wiki to cover some of the more common configuration and setup issues that can cause SCCM SP1 and vPro interoperability issues. http://communities.intel.com/openport/docs/DOC-1627

Free subscription to Clustering Virtual Servers at LearnITStuff.com by rodtrent

I just saw this. Pretty cool. This gives you a great opportunity to see what LearnITStuff's videos are like. https://www.learnitstuff.com/t-learnVirtualServer.aspx
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Hyper-V RC1 Release Available on Microsoft Download Center by rodtrent

Source: Microsoft Virtualization Team Blog Apologies for a lack of a new post on the WMI scripts, look for a new double part post Wednesday morning. I was a bit busy with Hyper-V RC1! As of 2AM PST I am...

Yankee Group and Sunbelt Software Virtualization Survey by rodtrent

What Is Everyone Doing With Virtualization And Macs? Yankee Group and Sunbelt Software are conducting an independent survey on two hot technology topics: virtualization and the increased presence of Apple...
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sft-check Updated by rodtrent

Sft-check is a command-line utility to output information (blocksize, GUIDs, FB1 size etc.) about Microsoft SoftGrid SFT-packages. Additionally it can be used to scan through the content -directory (or...

High pool memory usage on TS based SoftGrid clients under heavy load by rodtrent

Source: The SoftGrid Team Blog I have been on site with a few customers lately and a common issue I have been seeing is high pool memory usage. This may manifest itself in user’s PKG files being written...

Beta of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Is Available by rodtrent

Microsoft has announced the formal name and beta availability of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008—a member of the System Center suite of server management products. The announcements came April...

SoftGrid Migration Tool and SoftGrid OSD Editor updated by rodtrent

SoftGrid Migration Tool 1.1 The SoftGrid Migration Tool is an add-on for the native SoftGrid Sequencer created by Dennis Damen & Rodney Medina. The purpose of the SoftGrid Migration Tool is to help...

What Does It Mean to be a "Virtualization Security" Solution? by rodtrent

Good post at the Security and Risk Management Strategies blog: http://srmsblog.burtongroup.com/2008/04/what-does-it-me.html
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More on the Softgrid outing at MMS 2008 by rodtrent

If you are a Softgrid user or want to be, and want to grab some community time (and food and drinks) with other Softgrid folks at MMS 2008, tuck this info somewhere. From Kevin Kaminski with the BigHat...

Softgrid outing at MMS 2008 by rodtrent

If you’re using SoftGrid or want to and want something to do on Monday night of MMS 2008…check out Kevin’s post: http://www.myitforum.com/forums/m.asp?m=176403

SoftGrid Visio Stencils by rodtrent

http://www.datadr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=30
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Microsoft Application Virtualization (Formerly SoftGrid) 4.5 Trial Guides by rodtrent

These trial guides provide step by step directions for experiencing application virtualization. Two different types of trial guides are available based upon the aspects of Microsoft Application Virtualization...
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How long do you think it will take Microsoft... by rodtrent

…to shed the – (formerly Softgrid) – part of the Microsoft Application Virtualization name? Every post I see about MAV includes that parenthetical phrase. Relabeling Softgrid with such...
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