Tag Archives: Hyper-V

Virtualizing Forefront Threat Management Gateway

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Shijaz Abdulla

I thought I’d share this great video by Jim Harrison on considerations to make when planning to run Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) (or ISA Server, for that matter) on a virtualized environment.   In this video, he discusses: … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Virtualization Partners in Qatar

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Shijaz Abdulla

As of today, we have three Gold Certified partners based in Qatar, qualified and certified in the Server Virtualization competency within the Microsoft Partner Network. 1. Information & Communication Technology WLL 2. EBLA Consulting 3. Mannai Trading Co. Information & … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Hyper-V test lab

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Shijaz Abdulla

There are certain points to keep in mind while selecting hardware for a virtualized test lab environment, some of which I will enlist here. Processor This is one of the most important components to be taken into consideration: The higher … Continue reading →

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Which Microsoft applications can I virtualize?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Shijaz Abdulla

For a list of Microsoft servers and products that are tested and supported in virtualized environments, see the Microsoft KB article 957006. Be sure to bookmark this article, as the page is regularly revised as new products are supported. As … Continue reading →

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Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only!

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Shijaz Abdulla

I read with interest a report on ZDNet this morning that the open source company Red Hat will initially offer its hypervisor management tools for Windows systems only. According to the report, the company based its decision on the fact … Continue reading →

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Release Candidate for SCVMM 2008 R2 available

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Shijaz Abdulla

The Release Candidate (RC) for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for download on Microsoft Connect. The major new features included with SCVMM 2008 R2 are: Storage Migration: Enables migration of a VM’s storage while VM … Continue reading →

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