I am always getting asked lots of questions on what VMware is and exactly what it does.  Until now I did not have a single video or article that explained almost everything that could be done by VMware.  During one of the Vmware Virtualization Forums one of the presentations was recorded.  Below is the video from Richard Garsthagen presentation “VMware Vision and Future Direction” which was done at the Swedish Virtualization Forum.  I highly recommend watching the video if you are new to virtualizaiton and even if you have been around it for a long period of time.  I think everybody will walk away learing something new from this video.  Please let me know what you think.

Hyper-V Server has now been out for a few weeks.  Hopefully some of you have had a chance to install it in your test labs.  Microsoft has released a document to help you configure and administrate it.  I actually did find the install pretty strait forward and easy to complete.  The helpful addition to Hyper-V Server 2008 is the configuration tool.  I think they should add something very similar to the Server Core 2008 Install so everything does not have to be done through command line.  Check out the link below to find the guide from Microsoft.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e1e111c9-fa69-4b4d-8963-1dd87804c04f&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft has posted information on a beta version of Exam 70-403.  The test is on System Center Virtual Machine Manger 2008.  The main purpose of the exam is to validate that you know how to configure and administrate system center virtual machine manager.  Below are the list of skills that are being measured.  Currently the only training that is available is hands on training.

• Installing SCVMM
• Administrating SCVMM
• Maintaining and Monitoring VMs
• Deploying and Migrating VMs

Microsoft Learning Website
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exams/70-403.aspx