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09 March 2010 21:07

[Events] Free MMS Convention Pass for the price of an email

If you’d like to go to MMS but the price of the Summit pass is beyond you don’t worry as someone is going to win a free pass. How do you enter this free competition? Easy just send an email as detailed below: Secure Vantage Technologies (SVT) is pleased...
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08 March 2010 07:30

[MMS] New MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Available

From the MMS 2010 News page: A new download is available on the MMS 2010 site to help schedule your time at MMS 2010. The document provides a session listing grouped by timeslot, with a list of the topics being presented in that slot. To plan your schedule...
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05 March 2010 19:56

[System Center] New System Center Training Portal

I think this one slipped through the net whilst I was at the MVP Summit but it seems Microsoft has created a new System Center Portal which attempts to centralise all of the training information on System Center in one place rather than you having to...
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15 February 2010 17:36

[Virtualisation] How Microsoft IT Uses System Center Virtual Machine Manager to Manage the Private Cloud

Real world scenarios showing how Microsoft IT uses System Center Virtual Machine Manager are a key component of its management strategy in supporting the virtualized data center. http://edge.technet.com/Media/How-Microsoft-IT-Uses-System-Center-Virtual...
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08 January 2010 12:28

[MS KBs] Most Recent KBs for <product> RSS Feeds

One of the most useful set of RSS Feeds I use to keep up-to-date with what is happening in Microsoft is their “Most Recent KBs for <product>” one’s. Now for some BIZARRE reason I don’t yet understand I’ve lost my subscriptions to a whole bunch of...
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15 December 2009 08:20

[SCVMM] Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 Now Available

Overview The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 helps organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system...
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15 December 2009 08:15

[SCVMM] System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 Documentation Download

You can download the technical documentation for VMM 2008 R2 from: Version: 1.0 Date Published: 12/10/2009 Language: English Download Size: 110 KB – 975 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e547b676-112f-419e...
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08 December 2009 16:00

[SCVMM] Directions for using the SCVMM MPS Reporting tool

From the SCVMM Team Blog : I noticed this weekend that the directions for the SCVMM MPS Reports utility are incomplete. The only instructions that come with the utility are the ones on the download site that tell you how to download and run the tool:...
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08 December 2009 08:54

[SCVMM] What does 'over-committed' status really mean?

From the SCVMM Team Blog : One of the top questions that I keep hearing from our customers is to explain the ‘over-committed’ status and why we sometimes display this status. An example of when this status might be displayed is when attempting to migrate...
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16 November 2009 21:50

[MS KBs] When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on

Full Title: When you remove a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, the .vhd file on the Hyper-V server is deleted without warning SYMPTOMS In Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2...
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16 November 2009 21:40

[MS KBs] Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 hotfix rollup package

INTRODUCTION This article describes the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 issues that are fixed in the hotfix rollup package that is dated November 10, 2009. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=976244
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24 October 2009 18:06

[WSUS] New Product Category for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

From the WSUS Product Team Blog : There will be a new product category added to your WSUS server Products and Classifications dialog under the existing System Center Virtual Machine Manager family, titled Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager...
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21 October 2009 08:31

[MMS] 2010 Registration Opens 3rd November 2009

Registration for MMS 2010 officially opens in less than three weeks time on the 3rd November. I HOPE to be able to make it next year but can’t make any sort of commitment just yet (a few other things in the pipeline I’m working on). For more details of...
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14 October 2009 08:27

[SCVMM] Solution: You may be unable to create Virtual Machines after re-installing SCVMM using a retained database

Great tip here from Steve Bucci   on the SCVMM Team blog : Here’s a good tip in case you ever want to reinstall System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).  If you use the "Retain Data" option you will likely be unable to create...
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13 October 2009 21:24

[SCVMM] Hyper-V Management + Delegated Administration + SCVMM

From Ben’s blog : A while ago I blogged about how to allow non-administrators to control Hyper-V .  You do this by editing the Hyper-V authorization store.  What I failed to mention at that time was that this method does not work if you are...
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