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Microsoft VDI Part II - Virtual Desktop Configuration

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:11:00 GMT

Microsoft VDI Part II: Virtual Desktop Configuration

Welcome to part 2 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through configuring Microsoft VDI, and in part 2, we walk through the Virtual Desktop Configuration!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

Microsoft VDI Part III: Client Side Experiences

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Microsoft VDI Part III: Client Side Experiences

Welcome to part 3 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through configuring Microsoft VDI, and in part 3, we wrap up by taking a look at the Client Side Experiences!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

Microsoft VDI Part I - Server Side Configuration

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Microsoft VDI Part I: Server Side Configuration

Welcome to part 1 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through configuring Microsoft VDI, starting, in part 1, with the Server Side Configuration!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!)

Matt McSpirit — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:54:00 GMT

In this one-off video, Matt McSpirit, Partner Technology Specialist at Microsoft UK, walks through a bare-metal installation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) on 2 physical nodes, hooks them up to an iSCSI SAN, configures the SAN storage, and then, from a Windows 7 (RC) laptop, validates, and builds a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) Cluster. The end result? A Highly Available, Live Migratable, Virtual Machine!

All in about an hour!! View the rest of Matt's videos, here.

3. Hyper-V R2: Building a Hyper-V R2 Cluster

Matt McSpirit — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:58:00 GMT

In this video, I walk through the configuration of a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster, configuring networking, servers, and the SAN integration.

Check out the whole series, here!

1. Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services – The Series (P1)

Matt McSpirit — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:28:00 GMT

Part 1: RDS Session Host - Initial Installation & Configuration

Welcome to part 1 in a 5-part series focused on Remote Desktop Services in 2008 R2!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through the different areas of RDS, starting, in part 1, with the initial installation and configuration of the RDS Session Host!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

5. Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services – The Series (P5)

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:26:00 GMT

Part 5: RDP7 Deep Dive & User Experience

Welcome to final part of the 5-part series focused on Remote Desktop Services in 2008 R2!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through the different areas of RDS, and in Part 5, we take a look at RDP7 in more detail, including the user experience!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

4. Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services – The Series (P4)

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:26:00 GMT

Part 4: RDS Gateway - Initial Installation & Configuration

Welcome to part 4 in a 5-part series focused on Remote Desktop Services in 2008 R2!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through the different areas of RDS, and in part 4, we cover the initial installation and configuration of the RDS Gateway!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

3. Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services – The Series (P3)

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:16:00 GMT

Part 3: RDS Connection Broker- Initial Installation & Configuration

Welcome to part 3 in a 5-part series focused on Remote Desktop Services in 2008 R2!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through the different areas of RDS, and in part 3, we cover the initial installation and configuration of the RDS Connection Broker!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

2. Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote Desktop Services – The Series (P2)

Matt McSpirit — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:11:00 GMT

Part 2: RDS Web Portal- Initial Installation & Configuration

Welcome to part 2 in a 5-part series focused on Remote Desktop Services in 2008 R2!

In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft UK, walks through the different areas of RDS, and in part 2, we cover the initial installation and configuration of the RDS Web Portal!

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

2. Hyper-V & NetApp Storage - Demo Part I: Storage Config

Matt McSpirit — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:40:00 GMT

In the second of this 4 part series, we set up and configure a NetApp storage backend, to be used with a Hyper-V R2 Cluster. We install and configure the system using NetApp System Manager, and walk through Volume and LUN creation, and more...

You can check out the remainder of this 4 part series, here!

4. Hyper-V & NetApp Storage - Demo Part III: Optimising Storage

Matt McSpirit — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:13:00 GMT

In the final part of this 4-part series, we take a look at some of the key capabilities of the NetApp storage backend, with which our Hyper-V cluster is integrated. We look at the space savings achieved when using Thin Provisioning, DeDuplication and we also take a look at SnapShots.

You can view the rest of the series, and more, here!

3. Hyper-V & NetApp Storage - Demo Part II: Cluster Building

Matt McSpirit — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:01:00 GMT

In the 3rd video, of this 4 part series, we validate, and build our Hyper-V R2 cluster, using the NetApp storage backend. We also create a few highly available Virtual Machines to run on our cluster.

You can view the rest of the 4 part series, and more, here!

1. Hyper-V & NetApp Storage - Overview

Matt McSpirit — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:38:00 GMT

In this video, I'm joined by Steve Winfield and Pete Mason from NetApp, to discuss the value add that some of the NetApp storage technologies can bring to a Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure. We explore the basics, but also look at some of the more advanced features like DeDupe and Thin Provisioning.

This is the first of 4 videos, with the remaining 3 actually showing the technologies in action. Check them out here!

6. Hyper-V R2: Failover & Live Migration

Matt McSpirit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:12:00 GMT

In this video, we round off our look at clustering by performing a number of Live Migrations of different VMs, using both the GUI, and PowerShell, and then instigating a disruptive shutdown of a physical host, and observing the failover behaviour, automatically provided by Failover Clustering.

5. Hyper-V R2: Introducing Cluster Shared Volumes

Matt McSpirit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:40:00 GMT

This video takes a look at the new Cluster Shared Volumes capability in Windows Server 2008 R2, and explains the advantages you gain when it's enabled. It then goes on to show creation of 2 virtual machines, using CSV storage at the backend.

4. Hyper-V R2: Making Highly Available VMs

Matt McSpirit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:21:00 GMT

This video demonstrates the creation of 2 different types of highly available virtual machines, running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster. These include a VM with a regular VHD as it's storage, and another with a Pass Through Disk. I also highlight some of the key changes that have been made in the Failover Clustering MMC GUI.

2. Hyper-V R2: Dynamic Storage

Matt McSpirit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

This video looks at the new Dynamic Storage capability in Hyper-V R2, which enables the addition or removal of storage (VHD or Pass Through Disk) to/from a running virtual machine, with no downtime.

1. Hyper-V R2: Initial Installation & Configuration

Matt McSpirit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:26:00 GMT

This video walks through the installation of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2, and also looks at some of the key changes in this release, such as Processor Compatibility Mode, Core Parking, and more.

Check out the whole series, here!

Desktop to Datacenter - Part 12 - New Virtualization Features in Windows Server 2008 R2

Viral Tarpara — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:41:00 GMT

Join Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, on this multi-part virtualization series where he discusses the topic in depth showing demos and scenarios that customers go through. Whether you are a small IT shop learning about virtualization or a company designing a datacenter, watch these short videos to get you up to speed on what Hyper-V can do for you.

This video covers new features in Windows Server 2008 R2 and continues from part 1 overview.

Desktop to Datacenter - Part 11 - Hyper-V Server 2008 Installing, Configuring, Managing

Viral Tarpara — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:21:00 GMT

Join Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, on this multi-part virtualization series where he discusses the topic in depth showing demos and scenarios that customers go through. Whether you are a small IT shop learning about virtualization or a company designing a datacenter, watch these short videos to get you up to speed on what Hyper-V can do for you

This video is Part 2 - Hyper-V Installing, Configuring, Managing.

Desktop to Datacenter - Part 10 - Pass Through Disks

Viral Tarpara — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:25:00 GMT

Join Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, on this multi-part virtualization series where he discusses the topic in depth showing demos and scenarios that customers go through. Whether you are a small IT shop learning about virtualization or a company designing a datacenter, watch these short videos to get you up to speed on what Hyper-V can do for you.

This video is Part 10 and looks into the use of Pass Through Disks for virtual machines on Hyper-V, using Fibre Channel SAN Storage, as opposed to using the regular .vhd file format for virtual machines.

Desktop to Datacenter - Part 9 - Failover Clustering with Sanbolic Kayo FS

Viral Tarpara — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:01:00 GMT

Join Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, on this multi-part virtualization series where he discusses the topic in depth showing demos and scenarios that customers go through. Whether you are a small IT shop learning about virtualization or a company designing a datacenter, watch these short videos to get you up to speed on what Hyper-V can do for you.

This video is Part 9 and demonstrates the integration of Sanbolic's Kayo FS with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, and thus the enabling of multiple VMs per LUN, with the added benefit of individual migration and failover.

Desktop to Datacenter - Part 8 - Multiple VMs per LUN

Viral Tarpara — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Desktop to Datacenter - Part 7 - Failover & Migration of VMs

Viral Tarpara — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Join Partner Technology Specialist, Matt McSpirit, on this multi-part virtualization series where he discusses the topic in depth showing demos and scenarios that customers go through. Whether you are a small IT shop learning about virtualization or a company designing a datacenter, watch these short videos to get you up to speed on what Hyper-V can do for you.$0 $0 This video is Part 7 - Failover & Migration of VMs