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There seems to be a lack of information around the virtual SCSI driver in Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, or at least information that is easy to find so here are some tips on getting the most out of this driver and how it compares to the IDE driver. You don't have to have a physical SCSI card or SCSI hard drives to use SCSI in Virtual Server 2005. The SCSI driver is a virtual SCSI driver for a...

The Quick and Cheap Steps to Perform a Lab Installation of Configuration Manager 2007 Beta 2 Pre-Requisites: The below instructions assume that you have two machines (virtual or physical). One of the machines will act as the domain controller and SCCM client. HW requirements for the domain controller should meet or exceed the following criteria: - P-III @ 1Ghz or better - 256 MB RAM or better - Adequate...

I have gotten this type of question three times in the last few months, and it has never come up before so this is perfect timing - thanks Eileen! Migrating from Lotus Notes? There's been a lot of information about migrating from Notes over on the Collaboration tools blog . Here are 3 tools in particular that may be of use to you if you're thinking of migrating to Exchange... Microsoft Transporter...

As expected Microsoft announced System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) beta 2, which will be publicly available within 45 days. In this new beta Microsoft introduces most wanted features like: Virtualization Candidates Recognition System Center Virtual Machine Manager leverages historical performance data in the Operations Manager 2007 database to identify and list underutilized physical servers...

The next version of Virtual PC is available for download on the Connect site. I downloaded this last night and used it and right away I noticed it was much faster. I had been working with several VPC's all day in VPC 2004 and after uninstalling VPC 2004 and installing 2007 the speed difference was very noticeable. The drag and drop function of being able to move files from your host OS to the guest...