This video describes how simple it is to manage physical, virtual, and heterogeneous hypervisor environments, like Hyper-V and VMware using System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

View a demo of the new Hyper-V Server.

In this one-off video, Matt McSpirit, Partner Technology Specialist at Microsoft UK, walks through a bare-metal installation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) on 2 physical nodes, hooks them up to an iSCSI SAN, configures the SAN storage, and then, from a Windows 7 (RC) laptop, validates, and builds a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) Cluster.

Iain McDonald, General Manager of Windows Server, outlines some of the highlights from Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2009 and announcements from Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Office 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2.

Jeff Wettlaufer demonstrates how to make Windows 7 deployments and life-cycle management cost-effective and efficient with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2.

Craig Marl previews System Center Online Desktop Manager, an integrated security and management tool that provides desktop management capabilities in the form of an online service.

MMS Day 2 Keynote: Brad Anderson, general manager Microsoft Management & Services Division

Bob Kelly outlines Microsoft’s vision of clouds as reliable, highly available systems that are built for redundancy.

Bill Morein demonstrates decoupling applications from the underlying operating system using application virtualization technology.

Microsoft's Michael Michael previews a future release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager demonstrating the potential of the integration of the private cloud with the public cloud.

MMS Day 1 Keynote: Bob Kelly, Microsoft corporate vice president

Bob Muglia discusses how cloud computing helps customers scale up their capacity with minimal capital investment.

Cox uses Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Application Virtualization to manage its 27,500 desk-top computers more cost-effectively.

CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education.

See how Microsoft's Virtualization solution is helping Kroll Factual data save money and make the most of new opportunities in the volatile world of business information services.

Mike Chan, product manager for the Forefront team, breaks down the differences between security protection for Forefront Protection for Exchange (FPE) and Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) and the built-in protection that exists in Exchange Server 2010.

Cristian Mora Aguilar, Forefront technical product manager, gives a demo and talks about Microsoft’s secure messaging solution and the business problems it solves.

In the aerospace and defense industries, multi-enterprise collaboration has allowed competitive companies to work together securely on highly complex projects.

Jon Oltsik, senior analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, talks about how security can better support business.

Scott Crawford, research director with Enterprise Management Associates, discusses how companies are containing security threats and costs.

Scott Crawford, research director with Enterprise Management Associates, outlines how a holistic approach can help companies deal with today's sophisticated threat landscape.

Scott Crawford, research director with Enterprise Management Associates, discusses "security fatigue" and how enterprises are managing the cost of security solutions.

Jon Oltsik, senior analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses how security managers and IT leaders can better secure their systems.

Jon Oltsik, senior analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses security best practices.

Julia White outlines the news that will be announced at TechEd Europe and how it will benefit organizations.

Bob Muglia speaks to trends in the enterprise - dynamic datacenters and user-centric computing - and the benefits of taking advantage of the technologies customers have today to best position their companies for the future.

Stephen Elop shares his vision for enterprise technology following Microsoft's Global CIO Summit. He talks of technology trends, big bets Microsoft is making, and fostering innovation through constructive disruption.

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Bob Kelly discusses IT as a strategic asset in today’s economy, based on results of a new survey of IT professionals that was commissioned by Microsoft Corp. and conducted by Harris Interactive.

Using Microsoft management, identity and security solutions to optimize its core infrastructure, NuStar Energy has achieved the agility that it needs to respond quickly in a fast-changing business environment.

Watch this video to see why the economic crunch is leading many businesses to choose Microsoft’s virtualization solution over the competition.

Organizations can still make big things happen in the datacenter at little or no cost. You want to reduce costs, consolidate your servers and resources, and get more from your IT investments. Microsoft can help.

Researcher Elliott Morris discusses what it takes to do a good job of implementing best practices in the datacenter.

Research director Neil Macehiter of Macehiter Ward-Dutton provides guidance on where IT can add value to the business during a down economy.

Researcher Elliott Morris reflects on the surprises that his team discovered in Microsoft's study on IT costs and best practices.

Research director Neil Macehiter of Macehiter Ward-Dutton outlines the core areas IT managers should focus on to reduce datacenter costs, while still providing value added services to the business.

Learn what you can do today to help reduce IT Costs, starting with Backup and Restore.

Researcher Brett Williams talks about the primary thing that IT departments can do today to improve service at little or no cost.