This "survival guide" is meant to direct you to all things related to System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Use this page to add links to any great VMM information that you know of.

This survival guide covers BOTH System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager, AND System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Virtual Machine Manager.  Many links take you to topics and articles that apply the both versions, or to lead-in topics that give you a choice to drill down into one version or another.

Getting Started  

• Overview of System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
• What's New in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (covers both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
• Release Notes for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (choice between 2012 and 2012 SP1)
• TechCenter Landing Page
• System Center 2012 Self-Study Guide (Complete Edition)

Planning and Deployment  

• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Requirements for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
• Deploying System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
• Installing a Highly Available VMM Management Server
• Configuring SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups in System Center 2012 SP1, Virtual Machine Manager

Upgrade

• Upgrading to System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
• Upgrading to VMM in System Center 2012 SP1
• What's New in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (covers both 2012 and 2012 SP1)

Administration, Operations and Security

• Administering Virtual Machine Manager
• Configuring Fabric Resources
• Deploying Virtual Machines and Services in a Private Cloud
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Performing Maintenance Tasks
• Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part I)
• Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part II)
• Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part III)
• Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part IV)
• Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 - Logical Networks (Part V) 
• SCVMM 2012 Storage and Load Balancer Provider downloads
• SCVMM 2012 Ports communications for Firewall Configuration
• Capability Profiles in SCVMM 2012
• Managing XenServer with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012
• Load Balancing and Cloud Computing (SCVMM 2012)
• The Service Concept in VMM 2012

Scripting / PowerShell / SDK

• Cmdlets in System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (covers both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
• Virtual Machine Manager Add-in SDK (applies only to 2012 SP1)

Tools and Downloads

• Download the official System Center 2012 - VMM content (may not be as current as the “live” Web version in TechNet)
• Download the VMM cmdlet Help
• VMM cmdlet Help (inludes links to both 2012 and 2012 SP1)
• SCVMM 2012 in Microsoft Virtual Academy and Virtual Labs
• Download the Microsoft Private Cloud evaluation software (includes System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager)
• Download the VMM Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA), the Microsoft Product Support Reporting Tool (MPSRPT), and the VM recovery tool (Note that the VM recovery tool is not officially supported.)

Security Updates & Hotfixes

• Validating Hyper-V 2012 and Failover Clustering 2012 Hotfixes and updates with PowerShell

Books

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook. Covering VMM 2012 SP1, Operations Manager 2012 SP1 and SC App Controller 2012 SP1. 

Videos

• System Center VMM 2012 Overview
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012  : Microsoft Virtual Academy course (3 modules) giving an overview of VMM, how to configure a private cloud using VMM 2012, and how to model and maintain virtualized services in VMM 2012.
• Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals  This is a link to the whole series. For sections specifically related to VMM 2012, see:
  • Virtualization Jump Start (07): System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
  • Virtualization Jump Start (08): Private Cloud Solutions, Architecture & VMM Self-Service Portal 2.0    
• MMS 2011 Day 1 Keynote
• Best of MMS Belgium 2011 video series  (Includes "Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Technical Overview", "Managing Your Fabric With System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012")
• MVA (Microsoft Virtual Academy) Introduction to VMM 2012 (pt-br)

Blogs

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager blog  (from the Microsoft engineering team)
• Microsoft Server Application Virtualization Blog  (from the Microsoft engineering team)
• SCVMM 2012 content on Hyper-V.nu blog
• SCVMM 2012 content on Virtualization and some coffee blog
• SCVMM 2012 content in portuguese (pt-BR)
• Microsoft Technologies Private Cloud and Virtualization
• System Center Cloud and datacenter Management blog
• Management and Virtualisation blog

Other

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: VMM Gets Major Upgrade  (TechNet Magazine)

Troubleshooting

• Post your question to the VMM forums
• Troubleshooting OS Deployment of Hyper-V Through VMM 2012  (Blog post)
• List of Build Numbers for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• List of Public Microsoft Support Knowledge Base (KB) Articles for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012)
• List of Public Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1
• System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Error Codes [0-499]
• Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Manager

Community

• System Center Central
• myITforum.com
• Web-based forum
• Community Group
• Email Discussion List

Facebook

• System Center Central
• myITforum.com

LinkedIn

• myITforum.com 

Google+

• myITforum.com

Twitter

• System Center Central
• myITforum.com 
• James van den Berg (MVP SCCDM)