Posts Tagged ‘virtualization’

March 18 2010

XP mode and MED-V no longer require hardware virtualization

I’d like to share some exciting news about Windows XP Mode and Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization.  The team is removing the virtualization processor requirement for Windows XP Mode on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate systems.  Windows XP Mode continues to use hardware virtualization such as Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) or the AMD-V™ [...]

February 18 2010

Microsoft Virtualization Partners in Qatar

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 & Communication Technology WLL (ICT) is the first Microsoft partner in Qatar to complete the requirements to be certified on [...]

February 1 2010

Dynamic Datacenter Workshop, Dubai

Last week I was in Dubai for the Dynamic Datacenter workshop along with two partners from Qatar – Mannai Trading and EBLA Consulting.
Among Qatar attendees, we had Pradeep Joy and Johny John from Mannai Trading and Bashar Badr from EBLA.
The course provides IT Professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to install and configure the [...]

November 5 2009

Dual booting Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7 using VHD booting

I wanted to run Windows Server 2008 R2 in a dual boot configuration on my Windows 7 RTM laptop – so that I can demonstrate Windows Server 2008 R2 features to partners when required.
This gave me an opportunity to use the new “Boot from VHD” feature on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Essentially, [...]

October 24 2009

Which Microsoft applications can I virtualize?

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 of writing this post, the page is at Revision 10.0.

September 9 2009

Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only!

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 that Windows still leads as the operating system of choice for desktops.
A strange move this, especially [...]