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SCVMM Product and Support Teams Blog
VMM Management Blog – (Rakesh Malhotra)
Random thoughts on SCVMM – (Cheng Wei)
Virtual Machine Management – (Michael Michael)
Jonathan's Virtual Blog – (Jonathan Jordan)
Virtualization: Revolution of the evolving datacenter – (Hector Linares)
Virtual PC Guy’s Weblog – (Ben Armstrong)
Clive Watson’s Weblog
Tony Soper’s Weblog
Virtualization Team Blog

The following are recent blogs posted by the VMM team.

Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 beta 2
Thursday, Nov 5 by porourke
Restricting Shared Drives under Windows Virtual PC
Wednesday, Nov 4 by Virtual PC Guy
Re-blog: Microsoft Site Recovery Solution Launch
Tuesday, Nov 3 by porourke
Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard
Tuesday, Nov 3 by Virtual PC Guy
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server
Monday, Nov 2 by jchornbe
PowerShell PowerBoots
Thursday, Oct 29 by tonyso
TechNet Webcast: PRO Tips in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Wednesday, Oct 28 by jchornbe
Understanding (and troubleshooting) Auto-Publishing in Windows Virtual PC
Wednesday, Oct 28 by Virtual PC Guy
Upcoming Webcasts on Best Practices for Virtualizing MS Server Applications
Tuesday, Oct 27 by porourke
Installing Virtual CD Software in a Virtual Machine
Tuesday, Oct 27 by Virtual PC Guy
The Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool
Tuesday, Oct 27 by jchornbe
Comparison: SCVMM P2V and Sysinternals Disk2VHD
Monday, Oct 26 by hectorl

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Meet the Virtual Machine Manager MVPs

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Genta Watanabe is an IT Specialist of system infrastructure. He holds certifications of Microsoft Certified System Engineer(MCSE), Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator(CCE...

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Community Videos and Documentation

	Virtual Machine Manager How To Videos How To Videos are brief walkthroughs of specific features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Product experts from the VMM team demonstrate basic tasks within the product.
	Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool with Virtual Machine Manager Watch how this free Microsoft Solution Accelerator will automate OS updates to virtual machines which are offline for extended periods of time.
	Fibre Channel NPIV Deployment on SCVMM 2007 and Virtual Server 2005 This document provides step-by-step instructions to deploy a QLogic Fibre Channel SAN employing N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and Windows Virtual Server 2005.

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TechNet Videos

Part 6 of 6: Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM wrap-up)
In late March of 2009 I recorded one of the content portions of a Microsoft TechNet Event I presented in Madison, Wisconsin. From this footage, and by adding slides and re-recording the demos, I was able to create six screencasts. This is part six of the series: "Microsoft System Center Virtual Mac... more

Part 5 of 6: Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (Integration with Operations Manager)
In late March of 2009 I recorded one of the content portions of a Microsoft TechNet Event I presented in Madison, Wisconsin. From this footage, and by adding slides and re-recording the demos, I was able to create six screencasts. This is part five of the series: "Microsoft System Center Virtual Ma... more

Virtualization at TechEd09
I caught up with Edwin Yuen to get a tour of the Virtualization booths at TechEd09 and find out what's new in virtualization from Microsoft. He showed me Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtual PC (including Windows 7 XP Mode), VDI and more. I even managed to get Jeff Woolsey and Edwin both to ta... more

Part 4 of 6: Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (User Roles and the Self Service Portal)
In late March of 2009 I recorded one of the content portions of a Microsoft TechNet Event I presented in Madison, Wisconsin. From this footage, and by adding slides and re-recording the demos, I was able to create six screencasts. This is part four of the series: "Microsoft System Center Virtual Ma... more

Part 3 of 6: Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (The SCVMM Library)
In late March of 2009 I recorded one of the content portions of a Microsoft TechNet Event I presented in Madison, Wisconsin. From this footage, and by adding slides and re-recording the demos, I was able to create six screencasts. This is part three of the series: "Microsoft System Center Virtual M... more