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Plan the Right Desktop Infrastructure Technology for Your Business
Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios Solution Accelerator helps simplify user requirements gathering by automating the selection process of Windows Optimized Desktop technologies including Windows 7, App-V, MED-V, VDI, RDS, and other technologies. This new version includes features such as BranchCach... more

Virtualize Your Infrastructure to Cut Costs, Increase Efficiency, and Boost Reliability
Discover the advantages virtualization offers for cost savings, efficiency, and reliability by letting you increase hardware utilization while rapidly configuring and deploying new servers. Join us for the conclusion of this 20-part webcast series to learn more about the virtualization road map as w... more

Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 RC
Pre-release version of Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2. Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live... more

Webcast: Cost Optimizing your Virtual Datacenter
Webcast Discussion: Server consolidation with next generation virtualization technology based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unified system management for both physical and virtual environments NetApp cost effective, flexible storage with improved data protection 26 min

Virtualizaton Products and Technologies

Virtualization Solution Accelerators	Windows Server Terminal Services
Hyper-V	Virtual Server
Application Virtualization (Softgrid)	System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Virtualization Solutions	Sysinternals Utilities

Hyper-V Links from the Community

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Question about licencing guest OS's under Hyper-V
Wednesday, Jul 1
Some rumblings from the weeds of Microsoft... : SCVMM Sample Unattend.XML for Windows Server 2008
Tuesday, Jun 30

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Windows Virtualization Team Blog
Information and announcements from the Microsoft Windows Virtualization team.

Virtual PC Guy's WebLog
Talking about Virtualization at Microsoft (Virtual PC, Virtual Server and Windows virtualization.

Virtualization Resources Feed

From Microsoft Application Virtualization (Softgrid) MVPs

Ruben Spruijt: Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) Architecture: Ruben Spruijt works as Solutions Architect at PQR, and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Publications include:
User Management
VDI Makes Sense

From Microsoft Virtual Machine MVPs

Andrew Dugdell Blog: Andrew Dugdell is a Senior Specialist for Virtualization, focusing on Infrastructure Management and Server Lifecycle.
Jonathan Maltz: Virtual Machine site VisualWin.com: Jonathan, from Staten Island, NY, assists users in various newsgroups.
Chris Wolf: Virtual Machine site: Chris Wolf is a senior analyst for Burton Group's Data Center Strategies service.
John Paul Cook's Advanced SQL Database Programmer HandbookJohn is a database consultant based in Houston, working with virtualization products to enable agile testing practices in the system development lifecycle and using SQL Server 2008 geospatial capabilities. Some publications include:

Featured Virtualization Forums

Microsoft Assessment and Planning: (formally Windows Vista Hardware Assessment) Automated inventory and assessment tool can help your migration projects and your virtualization deployments
Hyper-V: Discussion on virtualization on the Windows Server platform
Virtual Machine Manager – General: General System Center Virtual Machine Manager discussions
Virtual Machine Manager – Hyper-V: Discussion regarding managing Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Virtual Machine Manager – Setup: Discussion around System Center Virtual Machine Manager deployment
Terminal Services: Discussion on all things Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) General Sequencing: This is the place to submit information, tips and questions on Sequencing practices in Microsoft SoftGrid
Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) Clients: Find information relative to the Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) client's installation, configuration, and performance
Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) 4.5 Release Candidate (RC): Ask and answer questions about the Public Beta of Application Virtualization 4.5