The video demonstrates Long Distance Live Migration with Microsoft Hyper-V achieved with the HP StorageWorks EVA or XP Disk Array. A similar demo was given to the bloggers that attended the HP StorageWorks Tech Day in Houston.

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Service Pack 2 (App-V 4.5 SP2) updates App-V 4.5 with the latest security and stability enhancements to help keep computers running App-V up-to-date, reliable, and more secure. The goal of this service pack is to increase the overall quality of the existing product features while maintaining a high level of compatibility with previous releases.
Feature Summary:

• Support for Office 2010 – App-V 4.5 SP2 now supports the virtualization of Microsoft Office 2010.
• Support for SQL Mirroring – App-V 4.5 SP2 now supports Microsoft SQL Mirroring.
• Customer Feedback and Hotfix Rollup – App-V 4.5 SP2 also includes a rollup up of fixes to address issues found since the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 SP1 release.

Download details Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Service Pack 2

Aidan Finn: A big reason we choose Hyper-V for hardware virtualization is System Center.  That’s why two of those points focus on System Center.  I’ve previously talked about server hardware monitoring for IBM, Fujitsu, HP and Dell.  I’ve no experience with the Fujitsu stuff so I cannot rate it.  But that doesn’t stop me from ranking IBM as last in this category, based on my experience.  Dell and HP both do a great job in this category.  But that’s just the servers.  You should make sure your storage and networking solutions also have OpsMgr health and performance management packs.

Matthew H. Mattoon: As part of virtualization on Hyper-V, there is the ability to use Para-virtualized drivers instead of using built-in drivers for slower, emulated devices. Para-virtualized drivers are simply device drivers that are written for native virtual devices. In other words they are not emulating a pre-existing physical device. The Path to Enlightenment is simply the method you use to take an operating system and enable it to use these synthetic devices.

In this article we will be describing the different methods of enabling enlightenment on Ubuntu Linux for the following 3 categories: Ubuntu 9.04 and Earlier, Ubuntu 9.10, and Ubuntu 10.04. Each of these distribution versions has significant differences which require sometimes slightly and sometimes major differences in procedure.

This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It focuses on architecture, snapshots, live migration, virtual networking, storage, and import/export.
You can use this poster in conjunction with the previously published Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 component posters (see <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193499">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193499</a> and <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179116">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179116</a>).

Matthew H. Mattoon details eight things you need to know before you decide to run linux on Hyper-V