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Planning

• New! Hyper-V Common Criteria Certificate
• New! Windows Server® 2012 Hyper-V Network Virtualization Survival Guide
• New! What's New in Hyper-V Virtual Switch
• NEW! Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 Beta (aka Windows Server "8")
• Bringing Hyper-V to Windows 8
• Windows Server "8"Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster
• Windows Server “8” Beta: Hyper-V & Scale-up Virtual Machines Part 1…
• KB: 2526776 "An update that enables the Windows Developer Preview or Windows Server Developer Preview to be hosted in a Hyper-V virtual machine on Windows Server 2008 R2"
• Doing a simple Storage Migration with Windows Server “8” - Ben Armstrong
• How does Storage Migration actually work? - Ben Armstrong
• VMWare Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator Beta Program Signup - MS Connect
• Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V. Part 1 - John Howard
• Windows 8 Hyper-V Feature Glossary - Aidan Finn
• Windows 8 Hyper-V What's New - Nathan Lasnoski
• Windows 8 Networking - Nathan Lasnoski
• WS8B Simple Hyper-V Network Virtualization Demo - scriptcenter
• Windows 8 Configure Hyper-V Replica - Nathan Lasnoski
• Windows 8 Monitor Hyper-V Replica - Nathan Lasnoski
• Windows Server “8” Beta Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation -Jose Barreto
• Hyper-V Management Improvements - Aidan Finn
• Windows 8 Hyper-V client vs. workstation virtualization software (Requires Free Membership to View)
• Windows Server 8 Virtual Fibre Channel with Hyper-V overview
• Windows Server “8” Beta – Hyper-V Replica
• Using Win Server 8 as VHD to go - Hans Vredevoort
• Testing Hyper-V Server 8 Beta - - Hans Vredevoort
• Windows 8 Storage and Hyper-V – Part 3: The Art of Creating a VHD  - Hans Vredevoort
• Windows 8 introduces SR-IOV to Hyper-V - Didier van Hoye
• Hyper-V SR-IOV Overview
• Increased Network Performance using SR-IOV in Windows Server 2012
• Enabling Hyper-V Remote Management - Configuring Constrained Delegation For SMB and Highly Available SM - Taylor Brown
• Windows 8 and why you should care - Kristian Nese
• Create a Windows Server 8 iSCSI Target Server - Thomas Maurer
• Test cases for Hyper-V over SMB (includes PowerShell examples) - Jose Barreto
• Hyper-V over SMB – Quick Provisioning a VM on an SMB File Share - Jose Barreto
• Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step - Jose Barreto
• WS8B Hyper-V New high-availability and migration features bring the "wow" - Windows IT Pro
• Features and Differences between Windows Server 8 with Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server 8 and Hyper-V Client - Leandro Carvalho
• Windows 8 Server Hyper-V Live Migration Without Shared Storage- James Bannan
• Monitoring VMs in Windows Server 8
• Mounting virtual hard disks in Windows Server “8”
• Client Hyper-V Survival Guide
• Hyper-V Cmdlets In Windows Server 8
• Hyper-V Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
• Hyper-V Replica PowerShell CMDLETS - Hyper-V.NU
• Windows 8 Survival Guide for IT Pros
• Windows Server “8” Beta Test Lab Guides

• New! Hyper-V Architecture Demonstraton Video 
• New! Using Hyper-V Export for Backups in Hyper-V
• New! MultiPoint Server Virtualization Support
• Virtualization Infrastructure: Which Platform is Right for You?
• Demystifying Microsoft’s Virtualization Stack: #1 Planning Hyper-V Installs
• Client Virtualization in Microsoft Lync 2010
• Does your PC have what it takes to run Windows 8's Hyper-V?    
• Videointerview: What is your favorite Hyper-V feature in Windows 8
• Understanding Microsoft’s High-Availability Solutions
• Windows Server 8: Introducing Hyper-V Extensible Switch
• How to Run Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Standalone for Learning
• NetApp Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track with Cisco
• CentOS Support on Hyper-V
• Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
• Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme Validation Report
• A Guide to Hyper-V Dynamic Memory
• What's new in Hyper-V R2 SP1 blog post
• Hyper-V Terms
• Hyper-V Architecture
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster 

• Online Seadragon (deepzoom) viewer for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster
• TechNet Virtualization Scenario Hub
• Licensing for Virtual Environments
• Hypervisor Functional Specification v2.0: For Windows Server 2008 R2
• List of supported operating systems
• Server Virtualization Validation Program
• Using the Server Virtualization Validation Program to validate your Virtual Environment
• Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2
• How to confirm your PC supports hardware virtualization
• How Microsoft Moved to a Virtualized Infrastructure
• Explaining Microsoft RemoteFX
• MMS 2010 Labs delivered ~40,000 Hyper-V VMs for ~80 different labs in 5 days on just 41 physical servers
• Using a Virtual Lab for Your Application Lifecycle
• Windows Server Virtualization Calculators
• Hypervisor Functional Specification v2.0: For Windows Server 2008 R2
• Isolation of Virtual Machines
• Hypervisor Security
• Hyper-V Migration Guide
• TechEd Video: Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Performance Analysis: How You Can Get the Most out of Hyper-V
• Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments
• DPM Storage Calculator for Hyper-V
• Best Practices to Implement Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V R2 on HP ProLiant Servers 
• What’s the story of Pagefile size on Hyper-V Servers?

• HP Integration Note for HP ProLiant and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• SCVMM Self Service Portal 2.0 RC
• Vid: Virtual Machine Manager Self Service Portal 2.0
• Lessons from the Trenches: Deploying Hyper-V R2 and NetApp
• Netapp:  Best Practices for File System Alignment in Virtual Environments
• Getting to Know Hyper-V: A Walkthrough from Initial Setup to Common Scenarios
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components poster in Deepzoom (free online, includes Hyper-V architecture components)
• Considerations when hosting Active Directory domain controller in virtual hosting environments
• Hyper-V: Technical Library Resources
• Hyper-V: Hardware Considerations
• Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool
• Requirements and Limits for Virtual Machines and Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2
• Hyper-V Release Notes
• Hyper-V R2 update & hotfix list
• Hypervisor Functional Specification v2.0: For Windows Server 2008 R2
• Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Virtualization
• Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide (download)
• Dynamic Memory announcement (Virtualization Blog)
• Capacity Planning from a Memory Standpoint (Virtualization Blog)
• Page Sharing (Virtualization Blog)
• Page Sharing Follow-Up (Virtualization Blog)
• Second Level Paging (Virtualization Blog)
• Hyper-V Dynamic Memory (Virtualization Blog)     
• Documentation for Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta
• Software and supported virtualization environments
• Answering Exchange Virtualization Questions and Addressing Misleading VMware Guidance
• Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started with Hyper-V
• Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Overview
• Hyper-V Getting Started Guide
• Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on USB Flash Drive
• Best Practices for Running Linux on Hyper-V White Paper
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Utilities
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Hard Disk Performance white paper
• Hyper-V Performance FAQ R2
• Hyper-V Virtual Machine Snapshots: FAQ
• Protecting Virtual Environments with DPM 2010
• Prerequisites and Known Issues for protecting Hyper-V using DPM 2007 SP1
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0
• HP Sizer for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2
• What VMM Does with AZMan Role Definitions from Hyper-V
• How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows
• Live Migration Network Configuration Guide
• Microsoft Server Energy Savings Calculator
• What are the uses for different types of virtual networks?
• Microsoft Integrated Virtualization Calculator
• Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 (you can use these to test your production loads for capacity planning)
• How Microsoft Designs the Virtualization Host and Network Infrastructure Technical Case Study
• Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines by Using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology Technical Case Study
• Hyper-V RAM Calculator
• Will My Computer Run Hyper-V? Detecting Intel VT and AMD-V
• Hardware Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool
• Hyper-V: Planning for Backup
• Hyper-V Solution Accelerators: Infrastructure Planning and Design -Windows Server Virtualization
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit for Hyper-V
• Understanding Microsoft Support of Cluster Solutions
• Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V: Optimizing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Hyper-V Environments
• MSDN & TechNet Powered by Hyper-V Blog
• MSDN & TechNet Powered by Hyper-V Whitepaper
• Planning for Hyper-V Security
• Security in a Virtual World
• Microsoft Security Compliance Manager
• Security Considerations with Forefront Edge Virtual Deployments
• Solution Accelerators: Infrastructure Planning and Design -Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology
• Virtualization Capabilities of Windows Server 2008 (Level 100)
• Hyper-V Security Guide
• An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
• Are You Ready for Virtualization? (Level 200)
• Checklist: Configure Virtual Machines for Development and Test
• Checklist: Configure Virtual Machines for High Availability
• Checklist: Configure Virtual Machines for Server Consolidation
• Essential Tools for Planning Your Virtual Infrastructure
• E-Clinic 5935 - Introducing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
• Hyper-V FAQ
• TechNet Library Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources
• IE virtualization whitepaper
• Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC Eval VHD walkthru
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008: First Look
• Download Free Microsoft Server 2008 R2
• Green IT in Practice: SQL Server Consolidation in Microsoft IT
• Links to Essential Planning and Piloting Resources for IT Professionals
• BizTalk Server Hyper-V Guide
• Security Considerations with Forefront Edge Virtual Deployments
• HP Sizer for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2
• Storage Tip: How to calculate Windows Server 2008 LUN Limit per HBA
• Disaster Recovery in a Geographically Dispersed Cross-Site Virtual Environment
• Performance characterization report for Microsoft Hyper-V R2 on HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
• Performance characterization report for Microsoft Hyper-V R2 on HP ProLiant BL490c G6 servers
• Improving scalability and storage performance with HP StorageWorks EVA8400 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Performance characterization report for Microsoft Hyper-V R2 on HP ProLiant G6 servers with Intel Xeon X5500 or AMD Opteron 8400 processors
• Performance characterization report for Microsoft Hyper-V R2 on HP ProLiant DL785 G6 servers
• Performance characterization of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on HP ProLiant servers and MSA2000 storage
• Running Complex SAP Landscapes in a Virtualized Datacenter
• Emulex OneConnect FCoE UCNA Outperforms the Competition and Approaches One Million IOPS Barrier
• NetApp Solution Guide: Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint Server Mixed Workload on Microsoft Hyper-V and NetApp Fabric MetroCluster
• Avanade - IT Firm Virtualizes Databases: Trims Servers 85 Percent, Ups Performance 50 Percent
• Virtual Hard Disk Performance - Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows 7
• Tony Voellm’s blog
• Windows Server Performance Team Blog - Windows Server Operating System Performance information, tools and discussion
• Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 IDE vs. SCSI Performance
• Microsoft Multipath I/O Step-by-Step Guide
• Benchmarking Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
• Virtualization Performance of SAP ERP Solutions on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series with Microsoft Hyper-V
• A Performance Comparison of AMD OpteronTM Processors with Microsoft® Hyper-VTM Server 2008 R2
• Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment Best Practices and Performance Considerations White Paper
• Deployment Considerations for Windows Server 2008 failover cluster nodes on different, routed subnets
• Multi-site Clustering Whitepaper
• Introducing Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
• iSCSI Software Target 3.2 FAQ
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Core Parking Whitepaper: Processor Power Management in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
• Time Synchronization in Hyper-V
•  Failover Clustering & Hyper-V: Planning your Highly-Available Virtualization Environment
• TechNet Edge Video: Dynamic Memory Overview
• TechNet Edge Video: Taking a look at RemoteFX
• Some observations on Dynamic VHD Performance
• IOMETER Open source I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems
•  Virtualisation Video: Windows Server Licensing
• Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool: version 2.0
• 5Nine Manager for Hyper-V
• Using SharePoint Products and Technologies in a Hyper-V virtual environment
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Performance and capacity requirements for Hyper-V
• File Server Capacity Tool - (64 bit)
• Using Hyper-V with Windows Small Business Server 2008
• Best Practices for Using Hyper-V with Windows Small Business Server 2008
• Known Issues with Running Windows Small Business Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment
• Scenarios for Deploying Windows Small Business Server 2008 in a Hyper-V environment
• Blog: Building a new Hyper-V Private Cloud Lab

Deploying

• New! Configuring Windows 2012 Private VLAN (PVLAN)
• New! Installing Android 2.2 on Hyper-V
• New! Using PowerShell to check Integration Services versions
• New! Dealing with MAC address pool duplication in Hyper-V
• New! Requirements for RemoteFX USB redirection
• New! Requesting Hyper-V Replica certificates from a CA (incl scripts)  http://aka.ms/okiizs
• Configure a Hyper-V VM for automatic startup    
• Creating virtual hard disks–the slow way
• Install CentOS on Windows 8 Hyper-V
• Hyper-V Configuration & Deployment Guidance
• Linux Integration Services Version v3.2 for Hyper-V
• Core Configurator 2.0 (Windows Server 2008 R2)
• Hyper-V Deployment & Best Practices 
• Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2
• Virtual Machine Provisioning with Opalis
• Hyper-V: How to make sure you are getting the best performance
• Best practices: Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Data Center in an HP BladeSystem environment
• Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide
• Hyper-V Performance FAQ
• Install the Hyper-V Role on a Full Installation of Windows Server 2008
• Install the Hyper-V Role on a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008
• Constrained Delegation to remotely manage Hyper-V that uses CIFS/SMB file shares
• Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with File Server Storage
• TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery and Advanced Data Protection Manager 2010 Scenarios
• Getting to grips with Hyper-V's API
• Hyper-V and Multiprocessor VMs: Perf
• Hyper-V and VHD Performance - Dynamic vs. Fixed
• Install and Configure Hyper-V Tools for Remote Administration
• Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for SQL Server
• Hyper-V API from Powershell
• Configuration-only VM export
• Hyper-V: Configuring Virtual Machines
• Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM) Parent-Child Configuration Using Differencing Disks
• Dynamic Data Center Toolkit
• Hyper-V: Configuring Virtual Machines - Configure Disks and Storage
• Hyper-V: Configuring Virtual Machines - Configure Memory and Processors
• Hyper-V: Configuring Virtual Machines - Configure Networking
• How does basic networking work in Hyper-V?
• Hyper-V: Configuring Virtual Machines - Configure a Virtual Machine for High Availability
• Linux Integration Services v2.1 for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2
• Hyper-V: Connect to a Virtual Machine
• Hyper-V: Create Virtual Machines
• Hyper-V: Install a Guest Operating System
• Hyper-V Scripts
• Scripting Hyper-V with WMI and PowerShell: Part 1
• Deploying System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (for backup)
• Hyper-v and Snapshots (Part 1)
• Hyper-v Snapshots (Part 2)
• Install the Hyper-V Role on a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008
• Managing Snapshots with Hyper-V
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Live Migration
• Starting a Hyper-V Virtual Machine via a Script
• Step-by-Step Guide for Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
• Storing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files on a CIFS/SMB file share 
• Understanding Networking with Hyper-V
• Virtual Machine Migration Guide: How To Migrate from Virtual Server or Virtual PC to Hyper-V
• Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster w/ Hyper-V role Hotfix
• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker Drive Encryption
• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options
• HP Factory-Installed Operating System Software for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 User guide 
• Using HP ProLiant Network Teaming Software with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Hyper-V
• Transparent Hyper-V VLANs now supported with HP NIC Teams
• Configuring Transparent Hyper-V VLANs with HP Network Configuration Utility and HP Virtual Connect
• HP Network Teaming tested with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Migration Guide
• How to Install Forefront Security for Exchange Server (FSE) in a Hyper-V Virtual Environment
• How to Configure Remote Management of Hyper-V Server (free version) - in a workgroup
• Configure the iSCSI initiator in Windows Server Core or Hyper-V Server
• Using Hyper-V Differencing Disks with VDINew! Pagefile size on Hyper-V Servers
• Installing Ubuntu Server 10.10 on Hyper-V
• Bare Metal Deployment of Hyper-V Servers with VMM 2012 and HP iLO

Managing

• New! Backup and Recovery for Hyper-v: Veeam Backup Free Edition provides a number of powerful utilities for managing VMs. It complements your regular backup tool by providing easy ad-hoc backups of individual VMs.
• New! SCOM 2007 R2 Hyper-V Management Pack Extension (for Performance Monitoring)
• New! Change IP address Hyper-V Cluster
• New! Skimming a Hyper-V Service Event log with PowerShell
• New! PS - Export a virtual machine by Virtual PC Guy
• New! Common Hyper-V Configuration Problems
• New! Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• New! Monitoring Hyper-V Performance
• New! Hyper-V Performance FAQ R2
• New! List of Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles Related to Microsoft Virtualization Technologies for 2011
• New! How to Compact a Dynamic VHD with Diskpart
• Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Tools
• Measuring Performance on Hyper-V
• Protecting Hyper-V Machines with System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
• TechEd 2010 NZ Demo - Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Performance Analysis: How You Can Get the Most out of Hyper-V
• List of VMM Updates PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V R2
• Windows 2008 Failover Clustering: Patching a Windows 2008 SP2 Failover Cluster running Highly Available File Services (Step by Step)
• Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x64)
• Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x86)
• HVRemote - Hyper-V Remote Management configuration utility
• Beta release of Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0
• Virtual Machine Connection Key Combinations with Hyper-V
• Achieving High Availability for Hyper-V
• Backup and Disaster Recovery for Server Virtualization
• How to Protect your Microsoft Virtualized Environment with DPM2010
• Hyper-V Step-by-Step Guide: Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
• Performance counter for iSCSI
• Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool
• Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008: Hyper-V R2 white paper
• Virtualization Security Best Practices
• KB: 961804
• Virtualization WMI Provider
• Hyper-V Web Manager (Codeplex)
• Hyper-V WMI Using PowerShell Scripts - Part 1
• KB958662: How to back up Hyper-V virtual machines from the parent partition on a Windows Server 2008-based computer by using Windows Server Backup
• VM Operations
• Managing Virtual Switches and Networks Across Hyper-V Hosts
• Hyper-V: How to back up Hyper-V VMs from the Host using Windows Server Backup
• Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
• How DPM Protects Hyper-V
• Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0
• SCCM Software Update Management Guide
• Turning off a virtual machine
• List of WMI-Related Hotfixes for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
• Hyper-V Integration Components version list table
• Stress tools to test your Web server
• Tools for Exchange Performance and Scalability Evaluation
• BGINFO tool:  automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version
• Hyper-V Networking Best Practices
• Hyper-V NIC Teaming and FAQ
• Microsoft Support Policy for NIC Teaming with Hyper-V
• Hyper-V Private Cloud Characteristics and Staffing
• New: Monitoring a Hyper-V environment (Part 1)
• New: Monitoring a Hyper-V environment (Part 2)

Optimizing

• How to defrag a Hyper-V R2 Cluster Shared Volume
• Definitive Guide to Hyper-V Network Optimization
• Consolidate Performance w/ Hyper-V
• Hyper-V Performance on R900 with Six-Core Intel Xeon Whitepaper
• Hyper-V Performance Scales Well in 24-Core Dell Server 
• Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 with Hyper-V
• SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results
• Hitachi Universal Storage Platform Family Best Practices with Hyper-V Best Practices Guide
• NetApp Top Top Five Hyper-V Best Practices
• NetApp Storage Best Practices For Microsoft Virtualization
• NetApp Implementation Guide For Microsoft Virtualization
• BestPractices for a Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Data Center in an HP BladeSystem Environment White Paper
• Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool
• Solving storage for virtualization (server and VDI) with Virsto and Microsoft

Video

• New! Dynamic Memory Architecture Part 1
• New! Dynamic Memory Architecture Part 2
• Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!)
• Using Windows XP Mode to Run Older Programs
• Dynamic Memory for Hyper-V
• P2V Migration for Software Assurance Beta with Jeremy Chapman
• Microsoft System Center Management for Virtualization
• NVSPBIND Demo with Keith Mange
• Installation des System Center Virtual Machine Managers 2012 Release Candidate (German)

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2008
• Troubleshooting Cluster Shared Volumes with HP EVA MPIO
• Troubleshooting Hyper-V
• Hyper-V: Troubleshooting Snapshot Restore Domain Logon Failure
• Security configuration guidance support
• MAC Address allocation and apparent network issues MAC collisions can cause

Podcast

• Virtualization in a Nutshell 01:07:19
• Hyper-Green Virtualization: Scaling Enterprise IT for Energy Efficiency 58
• Understanding the Microsoft Server Virtualization Portfolio, Including Hyper-V 01:04:27
• TechNet Radio: Green IT (Part 2 of 2): Virtualization 45:50
• The Virtues of Virtualization 00:50:05
• A 360 View Inside the Virtual World 01:21:12
• Why Virtualization Is More Than Server Virtualization 01:00:30
• Virtualization and Windows Server 2008 01:45:28
• Windows Server Virtualization Under the Hood 00:57:45
• Examining Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 01:08:34
• Spotlight on Cost: Reducing Operational Costs in Your Data Center 60
• Spotlight on Cost: How to Control Costs in Your Branch Infrastructure 56
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership with Virtualization on Windows Server 2003 45:45
• Overview and Road Map of the Microsoft Virtualization Strategy  01:23:26
• Virtualization Capabilities of Windows Server 2008 57:55
• Platform Solution Blueprints: Virtualization and Infrastructure Management 57:56
• TechNet Radio: How Microsoft Does IT: The Future of Server Virtualization 23:36
• How Microsoft Designs the Virtualization Host and Network Infrastructure 1:30:05
• Introduction to Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model and Virtualization 50:10
• How Microsoft Does IT: Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology 77
• Using Virtual Machine Manager and Windows PowerShell to Deploy HP Windows Server 2008 Academy Labs 01:24:53
• TechNet Radio: Get Ready for Microsoft Virtualization Technologies with the Assessment and Planning Solution 31:31
• TechNet Radio: Michael Murphy and Kevin Remde interview Jeff Woolsey on exciting new features of Windows Server virtualization. 26:48
• Windows Server 2008 Product Workload Scenarios 01:35:22
• Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 1 of 8): Product Workload Scenarios 01:23:43
• Best Practices for Sizing Server Workloads with Microsoft Hyper-V and Intel Xeon Processor Families 01:20:22
• Virtualizing Test and Development Environments for a Quick Return on Investment 00:59:40
• Assess Your Server IT Infrastructure for Windows Server 2008 Migration and Virtualization 00:58:00
• Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology: Planning for Hyper-V and Terminal Services 01:15:19
• How to Implement Microsoft Hyper-V Server and Intel Virtualization Technology 01:17:31
• If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? 01:30:37
• TechNet Radio: Managing Virtualization with Virtual Machine Manager 2007 32:26
• The New Server Core Installation Option in Windows Server 2008 01:26:05
• Running a Minimal Windows Server 2008 Environment with Server Core 01:13:29
• Hardening Windows Server 2008 Deployments with the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide 01:02:35
• HP Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V 01:05:27
• Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 7 of 8): Windows PowerShell and Manageability Improvements 01:50:36
• How Microsoft does IT: Management and Operations in Windows Server 2008 00:57:32
• IT Manager Community Talk with Kevin – Virtualization 35
• TechNet Radio: Managing a Virtualized Environment today and in the future 00:27:13
• Managing a Virtual Solution with System Center 01:16:57
• Managing the Virtualized Test and Development Environment 00:52:58
• Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 01:16:29
• Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 44:56
• Protect Your Windows Virtual Environment with System Center Data Protection Manager 01:05:55
• How Microsoft Does IT: Enhancing High Availability with Server Core in Windows Server 2008 00:59:42
• High Availability with Hyper-V 01:09:26
• High Availability Basics with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V 23
• Innovating High Availability with Cluster Shared Volumes 70
• Build High-Availability Infrastructures with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering 00:57:30
• Introduction to Failover Clustering 60
• Failover Clustering 101 01:10:35
• Failover Cluster Validation and Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008 01:16:59
• Delivering High Availability to Your Infrastructure 00:51:39
• Failover Clustering Feature Road Map for Windows Server 2008 R2 64
• Storage Best Practices for Virtual Server 00:54:23
• Virtual Server 2005 and HP: Better Together 00:48:38
• Microsoft Virtualisierungs Podcast (in German, 13 Folgen)

Blogs

• Aidan Finn (Industry, MVP)
• Chris Wolf (Analyst, MVP)
• Clive Watson
• Clustering for Mere Mortals (David Bermingham, MVP)
• DanteDog's Virtualization (Kenon Owens)
• Dariusz Porowski (MVP, MCT) (in Polish)
• Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho (Industry, MVP)
• Hans Vredevoort (Hyper-V.nu, MVP)
• Hyper-V Blog (Unitrends)
• James O'Neill
• James van den Berg (Mountainss.wordpress.com, MVP) 
• Jeff Johnson
• Joey Snow
• John Howard
• John Kelbley
• Keith Combs
• Leandro Carvalho (MVP)
• Microsoft Assesment and Planning Blog
• Microsoft App-V
• Microsoft Server App-V 
• Matt Hester
• Nathan Lasnoski (MVP)
• The World According to Mitch
• Oliver Rist
• Robert Larson
• SMB Virtualization (Industry, MVP)
• Microsoft System Center 
• Virtual PC Guy (Ben Armstrong)
• Virtualization Planet (Edwin Yuen)
• Virtual World
• Windows Server Customer Engineering
• Windows Server Team
• Windows Virtualization Team
• Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog
• Jose Barreto's Blog
• Hyper-V-Server Blog (in German, MVP)
• Ertan Gulen's Blog (Turkish)
• Tools hyper-v (in Brazil)

Forums

• Hyper-V
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
• Microsoft Private Cloud Forums

Books

• Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook by Leandro Carvalho.

Twitter

   
• LeandroEduardo (Virtual Machine MVP)
• Jamesvandenberg (MVP SCVMM)
• dynamic_dc (Allen Stewart)
• edwinyuen (Edwin Yuen)
• MS_Int_Virt (Kenon Owens)
• vtango (Vijay Tewari)
• VirtualPCGuy (Ben Armstrong)
• WinSrv (Windows Server iX)
• hypervserver (Carsten Rachfahl)
• DariuszPorowski (Virtual Machine MVP)
• Patrick Lownds (Virtual Machine MVP)

Tools

• Free Hyper-v Backup: VeeamZIP for your VMs. Veeam Backup Free Edition provides a number of powerful utilities for managing VMs. It complements your regular backup tool by providing easy ad-hoc backups of individual VMs.
• Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Version 2.08
• Unitrends Enterprise Backup is a free software version of the Unitrends backup and recovery solution. It enables you to protect up to 4 VMs absolutely free.
• VHD tool is an unmanaged code command-line tool which provides useful VHD manipulation functions including instant creation of large fixed-size VHDs.
• Hyper-V MachineRecovery Tool to recover/import Hyper-V machines which were not exported
• Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard
• Failover Cluster Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007
• File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) (2008)
• Microsoft iSCSI Target Software available to the public!
• NLB Management Pack for SCOM 2007 Released
• RSAT - Remote Server Administration Tools (2008)
• RSAT – Remote Server Administration Tools (2008 R2)
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0
• Microsoft Server Energy Savings Calculator
• Microsoft Integrated Virtualization Calculator
• Volume Activation Management Tool 2.0 (Beta)
• Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar
• HP Sizer for Microsoft Hyper-V R2
• VHD Resizer from VMToolkit
• RDP Active X control is a wrapper around the Microsoft Active X control that allows you to connect to a VM through a Hyper-V host.
• Royal TS V2 allows you to manage and connect to Hyper-V guests through a host
• vtUtilities VT Technology Management Utilities for Hyper-V.

Miscellaneous

• Blog: Adding a Pass-Through Disk to a HA VM
• Blog: Configuring Pass-through Disks in Hyper-V
• Blog: The Deployment Guys
• KB Article: Hyper-V R2 Upgrades
• TechNet: Design for a Failover Cluster in Which All Nodes Run Hyper-V
• TechNet: Failover Cluster in which the Servers run Hyper-V
• TechNet: Getting Started with Hyper-V
• TechNet: High-Availability for a Server Running Hyper-V
• TechNet: Requirements and Recommendations for Failover Clusters in Which All Nodes Run Hyper-V
• TechNet Case Study: Best Practices for Deploying VMs using Hyper-V
• TechNet Case Study: How Microsoft IT Designs the Virtualization Host & Network Infrastructure
• Training: Configuring Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
• Training: eBook: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
• Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 24 of 24): High Availability with Hyper-V
• Webcast: Building a Hyper-V R2 Cluster
• Webcast: Creating Business Continuity Solutions Using Windows Virtualization
• Webcast: Deploying Clusters for Live Migration
• Webcast: Failover and Live Migration
• Webcast: Failover and Quick Migration of VMs
• Webcast: Getting Started with Live Migration
• Webcast: Getting started with Hyper-V in R2 videos
• Webcast: High Availability Basics with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Level 200)
• Webcast: High Availability with Hyper-V
• Webcast: Hyper-V Quick Migration on a Failover Cluster
• Webcast: Introducing Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
• Webcast: Making Highly-Available VMs (2008 R2)
• Webcast: Server Virtualization Webcast Videos
• Webcast: Top 10 VMWare Myths, including CSV and live migration
• Website: Hyper-V Server (2008)
• Website: Hyper-V Server (2008 R2)
• Whitepaper: Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
• Whitepaper: Quick Migration with Hyper-V
• Video: Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!)
• Blog: Adding Features via PowerShell
• Blog: CLI: Adding Disks
• Blog: CLI: Cluster Creation
• Blog: CLI: Cluster Resource Groups
• Blog: CLI: Disk Resources
• Blog: CLI: Quorum
• Blog: Creating a Cluster using WMI
• Blog: Failover Clusters, Performance Counters, and PowerShell
• Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Frequently Asked Questions
• Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Getting Started
• Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering: Read-Only Cluster Access
• Blog: PowerShell for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2
• Blog: PowerShell for Network Load Balancing (NLB) in Windows Server 2008 R2
• Blog: PowerShell Remoting and the “Double-Hop” Problem
• Blog: Failover Clustering WMI Provider Impersonation Limitations
• TechNet: How to create an Exchange SCC Failover Cluster with CMD
• Blog: Virtualization Visio Stencils
• New! Blog: If VM Role isn’t IaaS, where exactly, does it fit in?
• Training: Microsoft Virtual Academy

Related Products

• Try Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 RTM free for 180 days
• Virtualization Solution Accelerators
• Windows Server Terminal Services
• Hyper-V
• Virtual Server
• Application Virtualization (SoftGrid)
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Windows Virtual PC
• Cluster Team Site

See Also

• List of Technologies and Related Topics
• Hyper-V Portal
• Hyper-V: Scripts