This page provides a collection point for all activities around the focus area of systems management for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ technology. It will be updated with the latest findings, demos, chat transcripts, and other activities as they happen.

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Chat Topics Transcripts

• Case Study Live: Highly Available Hyper-V and Advanced DR for HotSchedules (transcript available 5/20/09)
• Using the MD3000i with Hyper-V and ESX
• Performance of Hyper-V Virtual Machines
• Microsoft Hyper-V Function and Features
• Microsoft Hyper-V Management Kick-off
• Dell OpenManage on Hyper-V
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Overview

Background Technical Information

• SCVMM 2008 Tutorial from virtualizationadmin.com
• Microsoft SCVMM 2008 Home Page
• Mcirosoft SCVMM 2008 FAQ
• Microsoft SCVMM 2008 General Overview White Paper
• Dell TechCenter Hyper-V Demos

Lab Work - Screenshots - Demos

• Todd installed SCVMM 2008 on a Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2970 server in the lab and handed me the keys. Here are some screenshots showing first use. First thing I did was add our VMware Virtual Center Server into the console.
• Demo: Using SCVMM 2008 with VMware VMotion software