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Introduction to virtualization and how tos

• Optimizing Microsoft Virtual Server 2005: Learning guide

  This learning guide teaches you how to optimize CPU, memory, disk and network performance using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. Continue Reading

• Automating Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines: Fast guide

  This fast guide offers titles and summaries of the "Automating Microsoft Virtual Server" series by Anil Desai. He shows you how to programmatically manage virtual machines. Continue Reading

• How do I know if a server can be virtualized?

  Find out if your servers are virtualization enabled in this expert response from James Geis. Continue Reading

• Best practices for naming VMware virtual machines

  Are you naming your VMware virtual machines in a way that will help you keep track of where they are and what they do? If not, you must read this expert response by Andrew Kutz. Continue Reading

• Documenting Virtual Server virtual machines

  How is virtual machine documentation handled in Microsoft Virtual Server? Find out. Continue Reading

• Paravirtualization with Xen

  Ronald McCarty walks you through Xen paravirtualization, from management tips to cloning to maintenaince.Continue Reading

• What technology makes VDI possible?

  In part five of his VDI series, Brian Madden explains which technologies helped create virtual desktop infrastructures.Continue Reading

• Blade servers for virtualization: Enterprise resource guide

  Get quick access to the best blade server resources here. Find out if blades are the right choice for you, get clarification on old blade myths and more.Continue Reading

• Paravirtualization explained

  In this tip, Ronald McCarty explains exactly how paravirtualization stacks up against full virtualization complete with advice on when to use it and product considerations.Continue Reading

• Using Visual Studio .NET to automate Microsoft Virtual Server

  In this series, "Automating Microsoft Virtual Server," Anil Desai describes ways to programmatically manage virtual machines.Continue Reading

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) explained

  VDI, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, is quickly entering the buzzword danger zone. In this six-part series, Harley Stagner explores what VDI is, why people use it and what the various vendors are doing in this space.Continue Reading

• VDI versus server-based computing desktops - Desktop delivery options

  Read this tip for a comparison between VDI versus server-based computing (SBC) technologies such as Citrix Presentation Server and Microsoft terminal server.Continue Reading

• Are vendors inflating virtualization capabilities?

  This reader saw an article that said vendors make unrealistic virtualization claims. He wanted a second opinion from us. See what expert Serdar Yegulalp had to say.Continue Reading

• The VDI landscape: An introduction, overview and exploration

  Virtual desktop infrastructure: What exactly is it, anyway? You may think you know, but the phrase has entered the buzzword danger zone. The truth is revealed in this tip.Continue Reading

• Paravirtualization pros and cons

  Expert Bernard Golden takes a look at the strengths and weaknesses of paravirtualization in this expert response.Continue Reading