Archive for October, 2006

Virtual PC 2007 Beta Up Next Week

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

by Paul Thurrott, of WindowsITpro.com

This week, Microsoft revealed that it will soon offer the first beta version of its Virtual PC 2007 application, giving testers a sneak peek at the upcoming virtual machine environment. Virtual PC 2004, the current version, hasn’t been updated in quite some time, and getting Vista installed as the virtual OS requires a series of Cirque du Soleil-like technical gymnastics. Like its predecessor, Virtual PC 2007 will be free, but other details about the application are few.

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Extending a Cloned (Deployed) Windows VM’s root partition without using any 3rd party tools

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

My pal, Jase McCarty has found away to dynamically make a virtual disk big after deploying it… read more about Jase’s travels in virtual-reality – and white paper here:

Link:

http://www.jasemccarty.com/blog/2006/09/vmware-extending-cloned-deployed.html

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VMware Eases Move to VirtualWorld with Next-Generation Conversion Tool

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Free Edition of Conversion Tool to Be Offered at General Availability

PALO ALTO, Calif., October 2, 2006 – VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today introduced VMware Converter 3, the next generation of its conversion tool that enables fast and reliable Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) conversions through a simple and centralized management product. VMware will provide a version of VMware Converter 3 free-of-charge at general availability for anyone seeking an easy and affordable approach to converting to a virtual environment and will provide an enterprise edition at no additional cost to customers who have current support and subscription contracts for VirtualCenter Management Server.

Link:

http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/converter.html

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