Hello everyone,

 

Microsoft has organized the first Virtualization Conference in Italy. It  will take  place on  next  September 22 and 23 at Microsoft Head Quarter in Segrate (Mi) Italy.

 

For me it’s a particular pleasure since I’ve been officially engaged by Microsoft as speaker with regard to MEDV (Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization).

 

This conference will have a highly technical content about Microsoft Virtualization Technology, and I believe it will provide a great increase of knowledge over these two days.

 

The conference will be in Italian and I would suggest everyone to attend since it will be a mean to improve your own business productivity with Microsoft technology.

 

If you would like to register today, you will be entitled to receive a discount on the participation fees. Please refer to the banner on the left pane.

Kind regards

 

Alessandro

 

It’s a pleasure for me read from the most important Microsoft Security blog (Italian Language) that Simone Spairani my friend that was my colleague 7 years ago will write post about Microsoft virtualization solution.

 

 

In this is the blog of Feliciano Intini PFE Manager & Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft Italy write about Notice, best practice, strategy and security innovation and now with Simone also Virtualization.

 

 

Unfortunately this blog is only in Italian language but for who understand Italian language I suggest to bookmark this blog because about Microsoft Virtualization technology Simone is very strong, and surely he will write a nice post in the future.

 

 

Thanks Simone!

 

 

Hi all, 

It needed to dedicate two word about “Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization” MED-V formerly Kidaro Technology that Microsoft have acquired to improve manageability and interoperability with regard of those application that don’t work normally with Windows Vista.

 Some vantages about use of MED-V are:

With MED-V 1.0, you can easily create, deliver and centrally manage virtual Windows XP or 2000 environments (based on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007), and help your users to run legacy applications on their Windows Vista desktops. No need to wait for the testing and migration of those incompatible applications to complete.

Accelerate the upgrade path to new Desktop OS - legacy applications continue to run in a virtual environment with a previous OS version

 

 

·         Simplify IT integration of new subsidiaries by running two IT environments

 

 

·         Drive business continuity by rapid reconstitution of corporate desktops

 

 

·         Speed user adoption of desktop virtualization by making Virtual PCs "invisible" to users

 

 

·         Centrally create, manage and deploy virtual PC images throughout the enterprise

 

 

·         Provision and control user policies according to business affiliation and requirements

 

 

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization combines with five other tools to make the

 

 

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance, which delivers dynamic desktop solutions:

 

 

·         Microsoft Application Virtualization, which dynamically streams applications as a centrally managed service;

 

 

·         Microsoft Asset Inventory Service, which translates software inventory into business intelligence;

 

 

·         Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset, powerful tools to accelerate desktop repair, recovery, and troubleshooting of unbootable Windows based computers;

 

 

·         Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management, which enhances Group Policy through change management tools;

 

 

·         Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring, which enables proactive problem management by analyzing and reporting on application and system crashes.

 

 

 

 

Actually is possible to download MED-V in BETA version from Microsoft Connect and it will be possible to have final release v1.0 in the first half of 2009 for who have subscribed Assurance to the clients and have already have MDOP. 

 

 

About additional resources with regard MED-V document download:

 

 

§  Download MED-V datasheet (PDF, XPS)

 

 

§  Download MED-V Architecture White Paper (PDF, XPS)

 

 

§  Read about Microsoft Desktop Virtualization

 

 

§  Watch an Introduction video or demo

 

 

§  Listen to a Technical Springboard session about MED-V

 

 

 

 

 

Please about Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance visit the link below:

 

 

http://www.windowsvista.com/optimizeddesktop

 

 

I’ll dedicate some other post about MED-V because this technology be worth more attention

 

 

See you soon

 

 

Alex

 

 

Hi all exo.performance project have published an interesting white paper titled “Application Virtualization 2008/2009,” this original research deliverable provides a comprehensive look at the execution overhead and runtime performance characteristics of the four leading application virtualization solutions from Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and Symantec.

 

Information included in this white paper are:

 

• A detailed analysis of system and process-level overhead, including agent-related CPU and memory consumption.

   

• Extensive OfficeBench benchmarking data derived from our own DMS Clarity Studio testing framework.

   

• Planning and deployment recommendations for IT shops considering application virtualization technology.

   

You can download the white paper here (PDF). Many thanks to the source www.xpnet.com.

 

Hi all,                    

 

 

below there are a link to download a free e-book from Microsoft Press about all virtualization solutions such as Microsoft Hyper-V and Terminal Server, Microsoft Application Virtualization (APP-V), Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) and VDI, there are also tools for manage and monitoring System Center.

 

 

Authors are Mitch Tulloch with the Microsoft Virtualization Teams
ISBN: 9780735693371

 

 

 

 

Internet address for download it is here…

 

 

Hi all,

 

Microsoft announced the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta 1, providing enhancements in virtualization, Web platform, management, scalability, and reliability. New features also ensure greater integration with Windows 7 for scenarios such security, remote access, and branch office infrastructure. You can learn more and download the beta today. And TechNet Plus subscribers can download the Windows Sever 2008 R2 beta bits.

Also released was the beta of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization V 1.0, an enterprise virtualization solution that helps your users run legacy applications on their Windows Vista desktops. The final version of MED-V 1.0 is slated for release in the second quarter of this year as a part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. Download the beta.

 

Thanks to MicrosoftTechnet

 

Last week a Gartner chart comparing virtualization vendors market shares and their hypervisors’ features generated a lot of buzz as, for example, Oracle VM was reported as more used than Microsoft Hyper-V.

 

The chart was included in a recent article from Datamation, but Gartner said that it was part of November 2007 report.
The analysis firm has requested the news magazine to update its article with the newest version of that chart, based on projections made on March 2008. Let’s compare the two diagrams:

November 2007

March 2008

Read all from source Virtualization.info