Hash is not enough – Add some salt!
They used to exchange password lists. Now they are exchanging hash tables. Do you want to know why? Read here: A salt-free diet is bad for your security
Things are getting very complicated…
Month: November 2012
Windows Azure Security Best Practices for Developers
Cloud computing is considered to be safe. But as with everything in technology, a solution is as safe as its weakest link. Bruce Kyle at Microsoft has written a series or articles on Windows Azure security especially for developers. As he explains:
A series of articles about the challenges in designing your software and what you can do in your software to insure access to those who should have access and prevent access those who do not. The intent of this series is to provide a context for you to learn more and empower you to write great applications for the public cloud.
Here are links to the articles:
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices — Part 1: The Challenges, Defense in Depth.
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices — Part 2: What Azure Provides Out-of-the-Box.
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 3: Identifying Your Security Frame.
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 4: What Else You Need to Do.
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 5: Claims-Based Identity, Single Sign On.
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 6: How Azure Services Extends Your App Security.
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 7: Tips, Tools, Coding Best Practices.
Hyper-V Survival Guide: everything you want to know on virtualization!
At Technet I found this huge list that seems to be updated frequently with more material. I copy it also here but it’s better to subscribe to the direct RSS link to get all new additions: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/hyper-v-survival-guide/rss.aspx
Hyper-V: Survival Guide
For organization ideas, and other important links, see:
- New! Hyper-V Cmdlets In Windows Server 8
- PowerShell Survival Guide
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Survival Guide
Microsoft Virtualization Community, because virtualization at Microsoft involves a lot more than Hyper-V.
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
- 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 VDI New! 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
- 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
- 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
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
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