What’s new in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager – part 3 for 4Sysops

And just after part 2 is published, here is the final part 3. This time I look at storage enhancements (Guest Fibre Channel, ODX, and bare metal deployment of Scale Out File Servers (SOFS)) as well as shared VHDX for guest clustering and the new features in services in VMM to create clusters. Read it here.

Enjoy! And thanks for your time in reading.

What’s new in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager – part 2 for 4Sysops

And hot on the heels of the first part comes part two on what’s new in VMM 2012 R2. This part covers what’s new for VMs (Gen 2, better Linux support, faster LM) and Clouds (easier to control permissions) as well as the new service – Hyper-V Recovery Manager. Read it here.

Enjoy! And thanks for reading.

What’s new in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager – part 1 for 4Sysops

It’s been hard finding time to write over the last couple of months with my fellow teacher’s at TAFE disappearing faster than we can keep up but here at last is part 1 of a three part series where I look at what’s new in Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2. This part covers Network Virtualization enhancements such as the new gateway, IPAM integration etc. Read it here.

Enjoy! And thanks for reading.

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What’s new in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 – part 1 for 4Sysops

My three part article on what’s new in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 is now online at 4sysops, part 1 covers the new Generation 2 VM type, enhanced VM interaction and automatic activation of VMs running on an activated Datacenter edition of Windows Server 2012 R2. Read it here.

Enjoy! And thanks for reading.

What’s New in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012–Part 9 for Virtualization Review – Comparing Hyper-V to VSphere

The last part of my article series is now finally available at virtualizationreview.com. This is the part where I compare Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 (NOT R2) with vSphere 5.1 and the accompanying management tools. Read it here and I’m looking forward to your comments.

Thanks for reading.