WHITE PAPER - In this expert e-brief, Microsoft expert and Storage Media Group contributor Brien M. Posey explains the most relevant technical features within the product and answers key questions about supporting and managing storage for Hyper-V. Read now to learn more.
Posted: May 14, 2012 | Published: May 14, 2012


Topics:  Microsoft Hyper-V | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage for Virtualized Servers | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Optimization | Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Compare Microsoft Hyper-V against VMware vSphere in this essential resource. Discover where Hyper-V falls short and how SMBs can benefit from considering alternative virtualization platforms.
Posted: May 2, 2012 | Published: May 2, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SMBs | VMware

WHITE PAPER - To fully leverage virtualization benefits, you need to have the right management platform in place. This white paper examines key evaluation criteria for choosing a virtualization management tool and explains how the right technology can enable you to support multiple hypervisors and position your business for cloud computing.
Posted: April 25, 2012 | Published: December 31, 2011


Topics:  Data Center Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | SharePoint | SQL Server | Virtual Machine | VM

WHITE PAPER - Discover 5 essential guidelines that can help you virtualize your data center regardless of the vendor or platform that you choose. Gain tips for balancing the various hardware components, sizing storage and more.
Posted: April 16, 2012 | Published: April 16, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Jumpstart your virtualization initiative with a tested reference configuration of Microsoft Hyper-V, servers, networks, and storage. Discover how this solution offers enhanced performance, reliability, and expandability, and enables storage consolidation and server virtualization through the use of hypervisors and shared external storage.
Posted: March 29, 2012 | Published: March 29, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Network Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Server Management | Storage Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes an integrated virtualization architecture that delivers high performance and availability while minimizing the power consumption of each physical server.
Posted: February 1, 2012 | Published: January 23, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper recommends a specific virtualization architecture and explores its key characteristics and capabilities. Discover the risks of virtualizing older servers and learn how to avoid them here.
Posted: February 1, 2012 | Published: January 23, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - This resource offers the results of a study done evaluating the scalability of the Citrix XenDesktop environment on blade servers running Microsoft Hyper-V connected to the NetApp Storage array. In addition, learn best practices for sizing large-scale customer deployments of XenDesktop on the Cisco Unified Computing System™.
Posted: November 18, 2011 | Published: November 18, 2011


Topics:  Blade Servers | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Microsoft Hyper-V | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Xen

WHITE PAPER - This white paper offers the results of a study evaluating the scalability of the Citrix XenDesktop environment on Cisco® UCS B-Series Blade Servers running Microsoft Hyper-V connected to the NetApp Storage array. In addition, review best practice recommendations and sizing guidelines for large-scale customer deployments of XenDesktop.
Posted: November 17, 2011 | Published: November 17, 2011


Topics:  Blade Servers | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Microsoft Hyper-V | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Xen

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization can indeed complicate backups as it improves their usability. Once virtualized, you can absolutely enjoy the ability to restore whole servers just as easy as files, folders, or application objects. But you can only get there if you implement solutions that really work. Check out this white paper to learn more.
Posted: February 8, 2011 | Published: February 8, 2011


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Management | Data Security | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Hyper-V | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups | Virtualization Security | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for resources to help you determine how much powering and cooling the data center is costing your organization, and learn how the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 can help reduce these requirements.
Posted: November 16, 2010 | Published: November 16, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read on to learn what SMBs should consider before implementing virtualization as well as the specific benefits of using Dell hardware with Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization solution.
Posted: October 15, 2010 | Published: October 14, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for resources to help you determine how much powering and cooling the data center is costing your organization, and learn how the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 can help reduce these requirements.
Posted: October 15, 2010 | Published: October 13, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Large-scale consolidation using Dell PowerEdge servers with the Intel Xeon 7500 series processors and Hyper-V can multiply the benefits of virtualization, while significantly reducing associated costs. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: April 7, 2010 | Published: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Multi-core Processors | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Virtual Machine | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper includes information useful both before and after the purchase of a business ready configuration that includes Dell PowerEdge R710 servers, Dell MD3000i iSCSI storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V technologies.
Posted: April 1, 2010 | Published: February 5, 2010


Topics:  iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | Microsoft Hyper-V | Microsoft Virtual Server | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | VM | VMware