Posts Tagged ‘Virtualisation’
Looking for Lync Server 2010 Virtualisation best practice, if the answer is YES, then help is at hand. Microsoft have published an extremely helpful white paper to cover off this very subject. Check out an excerpt taken from the TOC below: 1.1 What is Virtualization?. 1.2 Why Virtualize?. 2 Virtualization in Lync Server 2010. 2.1 Terminology. 2.2 […]
Microsoft has updated its support documentation for virtualised communications clients. New scenarios include: Office Communicator 2005 supports Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame only when Office Communicator is used for text chats and presence functions. Office Communicator 2007 supports Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame when Office Communicator is used for text chats, presence functions, and Remote […]
A number of benefits can be realised with the take on of Vitualisation in the data centre, but with this comes a number of shortcomings. These issues are discussed and potentially addressed in a paper published by Microsoft Research. Taken from Computerworld: Microsoft’s researchers also addressed VM migration and Layer 2-like addressing but using a […]
To ensure XP hold-ons make the jump to Windows 7 Microsoft have launched “Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation” or “Med-V”. From a “very” high level this provides a virtual version of XP that can host legacy XP applications with a layer of central management on top. Whilst I prefer that this type of technology exists than […]
Virtual PC overview: Windows Virtual PC (RC) is the latest Microsoft virtualization technology that allows you to run many productivity applications on a virtual Windows environment, with a single click, directly from a Windows 7-based PC. For more information about Windows Virtual PC, please visit the Windows Virtual PC website. Windows Virtual PC supports the […]
We should not forget that with a new version of Windows Server comes an updated Hyper-V (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2), this brings a wealth of new functionality and gives VMware’s equivalent a real kicking! “Market dominant VMware has something to fear.” -PC Magazine “Unlike VMware’s offering, [Hyper-V] Live Migration doesn’t cost extra and isn’t particularly […]
