The folks at Diskeeper have an opportunity I wanted to pass on.

Field Test Sites Running Hyper-V Needed

We're looking for some current Diskeeper customers that are interested in getting a first look at a new technology for Microsoft's Hyper-V platform.

Testing will start in a few weeks and we have a few openings left that we need to fill.

If you are using Hyper-V and are interested and able to test on it, simply fill-out a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) located here.

I'm catching up on some questions from previous webinars.

Shannon Asked: Is Com port and USB pass through coming for Hyper-V in R2?

According to Microsoft, the feature list included is:

The following changes are available in Windows Server 2008 R2:

* Live migration

* Dynamic virtual machine storage

* Enhanced processor support

* Enhanced networking support

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446676.aspx

You can always use third party network based solutions in place, such as USB-over

Just a quick link, as Enterprise Management Quarterly picked up my book.

http://www.emqus.com/index.php?/emq/article/virtualization_defined_a_primer_for_the_smb_consultant_674

A great summary of the book! Have you read about Legacy Consolidation yet?

Microsoft launched their Virtualization Kit, and besides being green, it's appropriate that the Kit is 'Virtual'.

Great material to build your own virtualization event, and track the Microsoft virtualization events.

Lots of great material to get your own practice rolling!

https://connect.microsoft.com/CommunityLaunch/content/content.aspx?ContentID=11045&IsDraft=False&wa=wsignin1.0

Check this great resource out.

I did some presentations yesterday and today, and I promised the links from those presentations.

Here they are!

Dave’s blog – http://www.smbvirtualization.net

MS Virtualization – http://microsoft.com/Virtualization

System Center - http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter

VECD - http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/solution-product-vecd.mspx

MDOP - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/enterprise/benefi...

Terminal Services - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/presentation-terminal.aspx

Evaluate WS2008 - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008

How to back up Hyper-V virtual machines from the parent partition on a Windows Server 2008-based computer by using Windows Server Backup
Found a great TechNet article on using Windows Server Backup to backup VMs.

Two dates in a row -- if you miss me in Charlotte, I'll be in Triangle the next day. From their email announcement....

Our March meeting will be on March 18th. Please note that there are three changes from the norm with this meeting.

1. This is a Wednesday, not a Tuesday. We will not be having a meeting this month at the normal time (third Tuesday).
2. The meeting will be from 3 PM to 6 PM, instead of 3 PM to 5 PM.
3. The meeting will NOT be at the Microsoft office. Instead, the meeting will be at the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce building.
   

Heard the buzz around Virtualization, but not sure how it fits into your offering? Do you think virtualization is just for the big boys? Want to learn about the opportunity around this growing technology space?

This month Dave Sobel, author of Virtualization: Defined - A Primer for the SMB Consultant, travels in from D.C. to share with us his insights on when and how to deploy virtualization in SMB. His presentation will walk you through the uses for virtualization in the SMB space, how to sell virtualization solutions, and how to implement them in your business.

First off, thanks to everyone who viewed my 5W50 presentation. The feedback was fantastic and I really appreciate it!

I promised to follow up with some of the information from the Q&A sessions, and so I'm spending some time here writing answering them. Some of the questions are articles themselves -- I'll answer them too.

Boon Tee Asked: What is the difference between Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Terminal Services?