Virtual Server Technical Resources

Get an overview of the benefits of Microsoft’s virtualization solution and the future of virtualization technology and management capability.

This whitepaper describes tips and methods to help you migrate your Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 virtual machine from IDE to SCSI bus. You can increase overall virtual machine performance in most scenarios up to 20% by using SCSI virtual hard disks instead of IDE.

Learn about the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file format, which specifies a virtual machine hard disk that can reside on a native host file system encapsulated within a single file and is used by Virtual PC 2004 and Virtual Server 2005.

Get an introduction to the methods and concepts of Virtual Server host clustering. With Virtual Server host clustering, you can provide a wide variety of services through a small number of physical servers and, at the same time, maintain availability of the services you provide.

The Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Management Pack monitors the availability, health, and performance of virtual servers and virtual machines and can be used with both Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Virtual Server 2005. Review this guide for technical information on monitoring scenarios, state monitoring, reporting, views, and tasks in the Virtual Server Management Pack.

Although Virtual PC and Virtual Server share many features in common, they are designed for different purposes. This white paper explains the differences between Virtual PC and Virtual Server and discusses the scenarios in which it is appropriate to use one or the other.

Learn about the architecture of virtual machine technology and how the combination of Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides a powerful virtualization platform.

Learn about the architecture of virtual machine technology and how the combination of Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides a powerful virtualization platform.

Learn about the architecture of virtual machine technology and how the combination of Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides a powerful virtualization platform.

Learn how servers running Windows Server 2003 and Virtual Server 2005 allow administrators to install multiple domain controllers in separate virtual machines.

Get technical details and recommendations for deploying Windows Server 2003–based line-of-business (LOB) applications that support consolidation and migration onto Virtual Server 2005–based virtual machines.

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