virtual machines

29 select videos, posts and shows from last week. Next week will be interesting with the Microsoft MVP invading the Redmond campus for MVP Global Summit... One of the highlights of last week was the DEVintersection 2015 event of which you can watch a number of sessions and keynotes on-demand...

Hey, so recently I wanted to play some older games that did not work on any windows 7+ so I wanted to install windows vista as a multiboot system, now I saw that there was this warning: Warning You must install the older operating system first, and then install the more recent operating...

18 episodes and posts from last week... Link Removed This week on Channel 9, Nikola and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Chinese President Xi Jinping tours Microsoft, sees potential of innovative new technology Link Removed Don't Panic! The 42nd episode...

Keith Mayer and Tommy Patterson are back for part 2 of their series on “Open Source + Azure” and today they show us how to implement MySQL databases inside Linux VMs on Azure. [Link Removed] Besides MySQL on Azure IaaS, what other options are available to me? [Link RemovedLink Removed DEMO...

Keith Mayer and Andy Syrewicze are back for the next part in their “Build Your Cloud” series and in today’s episode they discuss how you can protect your data in the cloud through At-Rest Data Encryption. [Link Removed] What are some at-rest data encryption options? [Link RemovedLink Removed...

A set of drivers that enable synthetic device support in supported Linux virtual machines under Hyper-V. See the Details section of this page for a link to more information about the latest Linux Integration Services (LIS) availability and supported distributions. Link Removed

I am excited to announce significant expansions to the Link Removed. We are evolving the 'Online Services Bug Bounty, launching a new bounty for Project Spartan, and updating the Mitigation Bypass Bounty. This continued evolution includes additions to the Link Removed: Link Removed Azure...

Mark Russinovich, CTO of Azure, announces the GA of Premium Storage as he demonstrates the performance of Azure Premium Storage and DS series VMs. Full details can be found at the following blog post:Link Removed Link Removed Continue reading...

Download the MPR Tool for Linux VM on Hyper-V and test application for logo requirements Link Removed

Drivers that enable synthetic device support in supported Linux virtual machines under Hyper-V. See the Details section of this page for a link to more information about the latest Linux Integration Services (LIS) availability and supported distributions. Link Removed

It was hard narrowing down the list of stuff to highlight this week. Lots and lots of exciting Azure news, plus a full schedule of our regular shows... Link Removed This week on Channel 9, Nisha and guest host Mat Velloso discuss the week's top developer news, including; ... Link Removed In...

Anybody having problems getting Windows 10 to work on an existing Work group network? All of my Windows 7, Vista and XP machines real and virtual work fine. Windows 10 allows access from Windows 7 but Windows 10 opens the selected Windows 7 PC but when I select a folder it has an error. I've...

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Whilst the August roll-up update was formally called Windows 8.1 Update 2 this November roll-up could be considered Update 3 and are basically like mini service packs. It should be available via Windows update but the standalone is also available from the links below: This update includes the...

The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Optimization Assessment tool will automatically inspect your Virtual Machines running in Microsoft Azure. Optimize your investment in Azure with the prioritized recommendations provided. Link Removed

I get asked this most by people using vmware because they have gotten trained to copy | paste for their file transfers and hyper-v doesn't allow that. You can set up network paths and mapped drives but that can be fiddly or open security issues so ime the best solution is to make a vhdx (virtual...

Illustrates disaster recovery of an on-premises SharePoint farm to Windows Azure IaaS. Warm and cold standby options are included. Link Removed

I have a sony vaio core i7, 8 gb ram windows 8 pro with hyper-v for windows 8 installed and working. my issue is that all my vms come up fine but after about 10 minutes of inactivity they automatically shut down. I have set all my power options in both the vm and my host as never on all the...

For anyone thinking of setting up VMs w/ Hyper-V, you may find this helpful... will try to add some screen shots, soon. 1. One must have a CPU that supports Hyper-V 2. Hyper-V must be enabled in the BIOS 3. > Turn Windows Features On or Off. Find Hyper-V on the list & put a checkmark in its...

If anyone would like guidance in configuring VMs, like XP or Windows 7, in Hyper-V please feel free to ask me. I'd be glad to tell you how. Cheers, Drew Link Removed