One of the new features available in Exchange 2010 SP1 beta that I’m excited about (and already making use of) is the ability to share calendars from Exchange either in iCalendar or HTML format. So – why is this useful? Doesn’t Exchange 2010 already have improved Calendar sharing with the new federated sharing features available from [...]
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    * Will be included in Hyper-V R2 SP1
    * Designed for production use with minimal production impact
    * Design and integrated with the Hyper-V memory management on the Host
    * Enabled via an enlightenment in the Guest

How it works

    * Memory is pooled and dynamically and securely distributed across VMs
    * Memory is dynamically added/removed based VM usage with no service interruption
    * Guest enlightened: guests & Hyper-V work TOGETHER

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If you don’t already know, the first public beta of Exchange 2010 SP1 is now up for download. Although it must not be installed into production environments it’s defiantly worth a look due to some of the improvements brought to the table: Better setup experience including integrated pre-req installer and setup resumes where you let off [...]
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Today, at Teched North America in New Orleans, I attended a breakout session where Microsoft compared their Virtualization to VMware. Jason Fulencheck, from Microsoft, quoted a late 2009 Gartner survey where they polled CIO’s and IT managers about server virtualization. The results were very interesting: 40% of the participants responded that they would adopt a multi-vendor strategy for their server virtualization. Two out of three of these people would likely adopt Microsoft & VMware as vendors.

Why Microsoft?

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Brien M Posey: Understanding Hyper-V’s inner workings is the key to achieving good server performance and resiliency. This article series explains how virtual networking works in a Hyper-V environment and how you can configure the virtual network in a way that helps you to achieve your networking goals.

One of the main reasons why many organizations initially choose to begin virtualizing their data centers is to reduce hardware costs by using more of the existing server hardware’s total capacity. While making better use of underutilized server hardware sounds appealing, I have seen several organizations that have pushed their servers too far and ended up with a variety of performance problems as a result. Obviously, there is a fine line between using more of your server’s capabilities, and over stressing your server hardware. Often times this difference boils down to understanding how the server’s configuration affects performance.

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Hello everybody, from New Orleans, where Microsoft has a Tech-Ed 2010.

I just arrived at the New Orleans and registered myself at Tech-Ed 2010 :).
Right away get my Stuff badge... So, if somebody would like to talk to me, come to see me at Technical Learning Center.... See you...

Misha