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Virtualization Solution Helps Provider Consolidate Servers, Cut Customer Costs: Michigan-based NuSoft Solutions is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a leading solution provider and IT consultant in the midwestern United States. To maintain its reputation for results, NuSoft Solutions needed to provide its customers a robust way to implement server virtualization. With the help of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management; Case studies 2007-12-01
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Supports SQL Services Growth: Specialists in proactive database administration SQL Services provide corporate customers with reliable, continuous support. With an ability to anticipate potential problems for its customers, the company foresaw its own increasing growth stretching the capacity of its systems. As a result, SQL Services used Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to consolidate its...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Programming Languages, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2007-12-01
TechNet Webcast: Virtual Server 2005 and HP: Better Together (Level 200): HP has been actively developing hardware and highly competitive support software for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 since the release of Virtual Server 2005. This webcast illustrate the core components in the HP portfolio that can help organizations prepare for, move to, and manage a virtualized environment based on Virtual Server...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Webcast, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts 2007-11-29
TechNet Webcast: Using Melio Cluster File System With Virtual Server 2005 R2 to Enable Virtual Machine Migration and Availability (Level 300): Melio cluster file system and SAN storage greatly increases the flexibility of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, enables to migrate applications across physical hosts in response to changes in load, or to maintain availability when hardware maintenance is required. Using Sanbolic software and SAN storage, all Virtual Hard Disk (.vhd)...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Webcast, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Microsoft TechNet, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Servers, Hardware; Webcasts 2007-10-25
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager: Many mid-sized and larger businesses may want to create virtual machines to consolidate or isolate workloads within their IT infrastructure, but they may be concerned about deploying and managing these virtual machines and about backing up their business data and applications. The scenario presented in this cookbook will take one...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Data Protection, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine; White papers 2007-10-02

Deployment Cookbook: Backup and Recovery: Lack of technical specialization and limited IT budgets too often deprive mid-sized businesses of effective disaster preparation and recovery options. Acronis and Microsoft have joined together to provide a backup and recovery solution that addresses these challenges. Mid-sized organizations can use Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server and Microsoft Virtual...; Tags: Recovery, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Acronis True Image, Microsoft Corp., Acronis, Backups, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-09-17
Deployment Cookbook: Quick Migration With Virtual Server Host Clustering - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition & Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1: Most mid-sized and larger businesses may want to enable high availability within their virtual infrastructures. This is possible with Microsoft Virtual Server host clustering, which can provide a wide variety of services through a small number of physical servers and, at the same time, maintain availability of the services provided....; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; White papers 2007-09-11
SolutionBase: Introduction to Virtual Host Clustering with Virtual Server 2005 R2: Virtual Server 2005 R2 can be a powerful tool, but it's not very useful if your virtual server crashes. You can improve availability and reliability by creating a virtual server cluster. Here's how.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Clustering, Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Download resources 2007-05-07
SolutionBase: Implement virtual host clustering with Virtual Server 2005 R2: Clustering Virtual Server 2005 R2 servers together can help improve reliability and availability. Here's how you get the job done.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Clustering, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005; Download resources 2007-05-07
SolutionBase: Troubleshooting Virtual Server 2005 R2: Virtual Server 2005 can be a powerful tool, but it doesn't always work properly. Here are some of the common problems you'll face with VS2005 R2 and how to deal with them.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Productivity; Download resources 2007-04-24
SolutionBase: Considerations for running multiple virtual machines in Virtual Server 2005 R2: Virtual Server 2005 R2 allows you to host other operating systems on your server. Things get tricky when you want to run multiple virtual machines. Here's what you'll encounter.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Virtual Machine, Virtual Server 2005 R2; Download resources 2007-04-24
SolutionBase: What's new in Virtual Server 2005 R2: Virtual servers can go a long way to maximizing the use of network resources. Here's what you'll find in Microsoft's latest refresh of Virtual Server.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Servers, Networking, Hardware; Download resources 2007-04-10
SolutionBase: Installing Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2: Instituting virtual servers on your network can help you squeeze more performance out of your hardware investment. Here's how you install Microsoft's virtual server solution: Virtual Server 2005 R2.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Download resources 2007-04-03
Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop and Virtual Server 2005 R2: This white paper introduces Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop, a way of licensing Windows Vista for deployment in a centralized, virtualized setting. It then examines how Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop may be deployed using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 along with other Microsoft software and technologies. It examines two...; Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2007-04-01
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a virtualization solution for consolidating multiple workloads onto a physical server, allowing organizations to make more efficient use and simplify management of their hardware resources. Built on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and bolstered with new functionality, Virtual Server 2005 R2 enables IT organizations to...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-01-25
Eliminate physical servers and reduce costs: Deploy a virtual server with Virtual Server 2005: A virtual server is of no use to anyone without any servers deployed on it. Deployment can be done using the Virtual Server Migration Toolkit, but also by creating a virtual server virtual hardware and installing an operating system on it. In this sample chapter from Virtualization with...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Virtual Machine, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Book chapters 2007-01-10
SmartPeak WLM with HP BladeSystem and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 - dynamic workload management in a virtual environment: Guarantee application performance in virtualized environments with SmartPeak WLM. HP's testing shows how SmartPeak WLM controls resource allocation at the application level within the virtual machine, allowing the primary application to complete 3 times faster in a heavily loaded environment.; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp.; White papers 2007-01-08
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and Next-Generation AMD Opteron Processors Increase the Business Value of Virtualization: Virtualization is rapidly becoming a standard technology for use across the IT spectrum. A key enabling technology, virtualization allows customers to run multiple operating systems concurrently on the same physical computer by abstracting the physical hardware away from the operating systems. Each of these operating systems runs as a self-contained...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Processor, Operating System, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-01-01
Reducing Technology Costs With Intel Virtualization Technology and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1: Using Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 with Intel Virtualization Technology makes it possible to accomplish these scenarios and take solutions such as these even further by increasing the performance, reliability, and efficiency of Virtual Server host servers. This paper explores the unique combination of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-01-01
Simplify management and configuration of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is a versatile application that has multiple practical applications in your IT environment: it can meet your needs whether you need to implement a test, production, disaster recovery site, or any combination of these, while reducing the number of physical servers and reducing cost....; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Book chapters 2006-12-13