MS is sure making it hard to write a \u201ccurrent\u201d book on Hyper-V virtualization.<\/p>\n
VMMSSP 2.0 RC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A release candidate has appeared<\/a> for a V2.0 VMM Self-Service Portal.<\/p>\n \u201cVMMSSP (also referred to as the self-service portal) is a fully supported, partner-extensible solution built on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center VMM. You can use it to pool, allocate, and manage resources to offer infrastructure as a service and to deliver the foundation for a private cloud platform inside your datacenter. VMMSSP includes a pre-built web-based user interface that has sections for both the datacenter managers and the business unit IT consumers, with role-based access control. VMMSSP also includes a dynamic provisioning engine. VMMSSP reduces the time needed to provision infrastructures and their components by offering business unit \u201con-boarding,\u201d infrastructure request and change management. The VMMSSP package also includes detailed guidance on how to implement VMMSSP inside your environment. <\/em><\/p>\n Important: VMMSSP is not an upgrade to the existing VMM 2008 R2 self-service portal. You can choose to deploy and use one or both self-service portals depending on your requirements\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n My chapter on VMM was completed a while ago.\u00a0 *sigh*<\/p>\n Service Pack 1 Beta<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A public beta for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 was launched<\/a> today.\u00a0 This includes RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory.<\/p>\n Ben Armstrong has blogged<\/a> to confirm the supported guest operating systems for Dynamic Memory (as I posted here a while back based on the TechEd announcement and Ben\u2019s TechEd presentation).\u00a0<\/p>\n Windows Azure Appliance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We also have had the announcement of Windows Azure Appliance coming at some point in the future.\u00a0 This will be supported on specific hardware.\u00a0 It\u2019s hardly surprising that Dell was on the stage; Azure runs on Dell hardware, at least in Dublin.\u00a0 EBay and Fujitsu were on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n This product has been uber-secret, with nary a whisper.\u00a0 Some of us expected a different announcement \u2013 a traditional VM hosting solution based on Azure.\u00a0 I missed everything after the appliance announcement \u2013 the keynote was waaaay too long and I was well hammered cos I was playing the \u201cBob Muglia cloud drinking game\u201d (I\u2019m kidding \u2013 I didn\u2019t have any booze with me).\u00a0 I\u2019m left wondering a few things:<\/p>\n Yeah, I’m being a bit cynical.\u00a0 But I tend to approach new things from a critical point of view.\u00a0 You can pretty much take it that I am then genuine if I claim to like something.<\/p>\n BTW, Steve Ballmer said that if you\u2019re not interested in \u201cThe Cloud\u201d then MS wants nothing to do with you.\u00a0 Oh-Kay then!\u00a0 I wonder if the shareholders are comfortable with him adlibbing?<\/p>\n MS is sure making it hard to write a \u201ccurrent\u201d book on Hyper-V virtualization. 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