Automating Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines

Automating Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines: Fast guide

Hannah Drake, Assistant Editor
When dealing with physical servers, many IT pros and end-users have found ways to use automated methods of handling otherwise tedious tasks. For example, performing backups and deploying operating system (OS) updates are generally done manually in only the smallest of environments. Fortunately, there are ways to automate the management of virtual machines, too. This fast guide offers titles and summaries of the "Automating Microsoft Virtual Server" series by Anil Desai. He describes ways to programmatically manage virtual machines.

Author Anil Desai is an independent consultant, and specializes in evaluating, implementing and managing solutions based on Microsoft technologies. He has worked extensively with Microsoft's Server products and the .NET development platform and has managed datacenter environments that support thousands of virtual machines. Anil is an MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA and a Microsoft MVP (Windows Server -- Management Infrastructure).

Using VBScript to automate Microsoft Virtual Server

Part one of the series introduces you to the benefits of automating virtual machines, and provides script examples using VBScript for connecting to Virtual Server.

Using Visual Studio .NET to automate Microsoft Virtual Server

Part two is a little more advanced than part one. In this section, Anil goes over the basics of creating a .NET application, checking Virtual Server references, and again connecting to Virtual Server.

Configuring the Virtual Server service

This tip presents ways you can programmatically manage properties and details related to the Virtual Server service itself, including getting host details in both VBScript and VB.NET, as well as C#.

Managing virtual machines

This article goes over the process of creating new VMs, and managing some basic VM properties, including creating, deleting, registering and unregistering VMs, and script examples for managing VMs in VBScript, VB.NET and C#.

This was first published in March 2007

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