Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog

[RAFFLE] XIA Configuration Server 2010

Ilija Brajkovic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:49 +0000

XIA Configuration is designed to provide administrators with a single web interface for maintaining technical documentation for their networks. XIA attempts to engage a wider range of technologies and in greater detail than many traditional inventory products. At the time of writing the system supports the following item types. Active Directory and Group Policy Windows Servers [...]

MSCommunity ITPRO User Group Split meeting

Ilija Brajkovic — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:28:41 +0000

After many months of inactivity, IT PRO User Group in Split will finally get together this Thursday at 18:15h at Faculty of Electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and naval architecture (FESB), room C502. Because IT PRO (as well as Developers) user group was inactive for such a long time, I decided to start it again. [...]

[FREE EBOOK] The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts

Ilija Brajkovic — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:14:16 +0000

Today I want to share one very cool and useful eBook with you. It’s called The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts, and it is, as you might presume, a complete collection of all Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts!!! Written by Nitin Agrawal, this eBook comprises of more than 200 keyboard shortcuts containing almost all the keyboard [...]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux now supported with Hyper-V

Ilija Brajkovic — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:26:59 +0000

Here is a official statement from Microsoft: When we first released Hyper-V, support for Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was a shock to many customers. However, we’ve seen many customers in mixed environments virtualize SUSE Linux alongside their Windows virtual machines. We’ve received many requests for additional Linux distributions, and we worked closely with Red [...]

Hyper-V Live Migration

Ilija Brajkovic — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:53:46 +0000

Live Migration is probably the most mentioned feature of the Hyper-V 2.0. It enables system administrators to move virtual machine from one server to another with no downtime. It is very useful if you have a huge network with many virtual and physical servers, and you need to move your virtual machines very often. [...]

Starting a new career

Ilija Brajkovic — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:09:05 +0000

As you might notice, I don’t write too much lately. The reason is quite simple: I’m overloaded with tasks and I simply don’t have much time to write for this blog. There are so many things happening now, and I’m working really hard to finish everything on time. First of all, a few [...]

Install SUSE Linux on Hyper-V

Ilija Brajkovic — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:31:37 +0000

Microsoft officially supports SUSE Linux as a guest machine. You can install it and even get a official support from Microsoft if you have some problems. There are also Linux integration components available to download, which can help you enhance your experience using Linux as a guest machine. Ever wondered how the installation process [...]

Hyper-V vs. VMWare vs. Xen

Ilija Brajkovic — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:56:07 +0000

Here is one post that might start a flame between my readers. When you try to compare Hyper-V vs. VMWare vs. Xen, you will see that there is no “the best” solution. Every solution has it pros and cons. Which ones? Rick Vanover wrote a great article at Techtarget, trying to compare there three [...]

Hyper-V Architecture

Ilija Brajkovic — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:35:59 +0000

Hyper-V, used for server virtualization in Windows Server 2008 R2 , is a microkernelized hypervizor. What it really means, I tried to explain in my post about microkernelized hypervizors, but here a video showing you more details about it. This short video has been recorded by Ben Armstrong, a.k.a. The Virtual PC Guy, Product [...]

Very small Hyper-V Manager

Ilija Brajkovic — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:37:14 +0000

There is a new, very simple and very easy to use Hyper-V Manager available to download and use for free. This tool has been written by Jerry Orman. It is not fully featured application, and should not (and can’t) be used for complex deployments and usage. It sits in a system tray, and enables [...]