Microsoft Virtualization: part 7 (wrap up and additional resources)
Written by: Mark Wilson
Over the last few weeks (it was originally supposed to be a few days… but work got in the way), I’ve written several posts on Microsoft Virtualization:
- Introduction.
- Host virtualisation.
- Desktop virtualisation.
- Application virtualisation.
- Presentation virtualisation.
- Management.
I thought I’d wrap-up the series by mentioning the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) solution accelerator – a free inventory, assessment and reporting tool which can help with planning the implementation of various Microsoft technologies – including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (v3.2 is in a public beta at the time of writing) – to find out more about MAP try and catch (in person or virtually) Baldwin Ng’s session at the November meeting of the Microsoft Virtualization User Group.
Also worth noting is the 7 hours of free e-learning courses that Microsoft has made available:
- Clinic 5935: Introducing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
- Clinic 6334: Exploring Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
- Clinic 6335: Exploring Microsoft Application Virtualization
- Clinic 6336: Exploring Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008
Microsoft’s virtualisation portfolio is not complete (storage and network virtualisation are not included but these are not exactly Microsoft’s core competencies either); however it is strong, growing fast, and not to be dismissed.
Posted: 9:00 on Thursday 23 October 2008 under App-V (SoftGrid), VMM, Virtual Server/Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008.
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