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• Prepare your VMs for cloud portability

  The ability to move workloads to the cloud offers many advantages, but make sure your VMs can make a smooth transition. Continue Reading

• Can virtualization software manage server power consumption?

  Tools like Microsoft's System Center can help admins manage virtual machines, but can they also improve server power consumption? Continue Reading

• Best practices for effective server virtualization

  The advantages of virtualizing server workloads may be firmly established, but proper planning, provisioning and performance monitoring remain critical to effective server virtualization management. This three-part guide provides expert guidance on ... Continue Reading

• Building your virtual infrastructure with SCVMM 2012 R2

  SCVMM 2012 R2 plays a vital role in managing your Hyper-V infrastructure. Learn how to set it up properly to avoid potential problems. Continue Reading

• Make your virtual infrastructure cloud ready

  Even if your organization isn't ready for a private or hybrid cloud, there are steps you can take today to make a future transition easier. Continue Reading

• Using SCVMM 2012 R2 to manage your virtualization infrastructure

  There is a lot of flexibility when you manage your virtualization infrastructure with SCVMM 2012 R2. But here are some guidelines to follow when doing so.Continue Reading

• Three secrets to VM lifecycle management

  Just because a virtual machine can run forever, doesn't mean it should. VM lifecycle management can help determine when it's time to retire a VM.Continue Reading

• For virtualization documentation, timing can be everything

  Virtualization documentation can swallow up huge chunks of time if you have to retrace your steps. Recording what you do as you do it could save lots of time down the road.Continue Reading

• How to maintain a secure virtualization environment

  It's important to not only take the big issues into consideration but also remember about small problems to keep a secure virtualization environment.Continue Reading

• Tread carefully: Private cloud challenges abound

  Recent reports have shown that the vast majority of businesses are struggling to overcome private cloud challenges. Why is it so difficult and is it worth the trouble?Continue Reading

• Five rules to ease VM provisioning

  Incorrectly sizing a VM can lead to poor performance or wasted resources. Implementing a formal VM provisioning process and taking these five rules can help mitigate the risks.Continue Reading

• Virtual capacity planning step one: Evaluate what you have

  Taking stock of the VMs in your environment today will lay the foundation for an effective capacity planning strategy for virtual environments.Continue Reading

• Here's what a cloud-ready infrastructure looks like

  A Cloud-Ready Infrastructure: A smart organization will want to be sure it is properly preparing a virtualized infrastructure to capitalize on the opportunities that cloud computing presents. While there are many public/hybrid cloud providers to ...Continue Reading

• Proactive measures help to ensure business continuity

  An organization needs to devise a strategy that keeps its virtual machines available to the extent possible and recoverable when disaster strikes. This strategic planning should include disaster avoidance -- not simply disaster recovery. This ...Continue Reading

• When it comes to VM size, start small and grow as needed

  Don't fall into the trap of overprovisioning your VMs. It's easy to add resources if the workload demands more.Continue Reading