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October 26, 2004 12:00 AM

How do you use Virtualization Technology?

Ward Ralston
Windows IT Pro
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On behalf of the Microsoft Virtual Server Team I would like to express our thanks to you, the reader, and Windows IT Pro for allowing us the opportunity to understand how real-world IT Professionals are using (and benefiting from) virtual machine technology.

Through our initial beta and partner programs for Virtual Server 2005, we have seen some very insightful uses for Virtual Server 2005. For example, one company is using Virtual Server 2005 to create and maintain an Offline Root CA. Another company is using Virtual Server 2005 as a way to test patches on their critical servers before deploying the patch in a production environment.

Customers have told us that they commonly use virtual machines for server consolidation, application re-hosting, and test and development, and we'd love to know how those scenarios are working for you. And, if you have other valuable uses for Virtual Server 2005, we want to hear your ideas!

We are very excited about this opportunity to connect with you about Virtual Server 2005, so please take a moment to share your experiences in this blog - and enter your virtual machine solution in the corresponding contest. You could win a copy of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition!

Thank you on behalf of the Virtual Server Team,
Ward Ralston
Technical Product Manager
Microsoft Corporation

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  • Anonymous User
    8 years ago
    Dec 17, 2004

    For the question back on November 5th about having to buy a copy of Windows for each VM, while the answer is yes, one not commonly known fact is that any volume license of Windows XP and Windows 2000 actually comes with a virtual machine license. What does this mean? I means that if I use VMware wks or Virtual PC on a Windows 2000 Pro or WinXP Pro host, that I get a second license for a VM at no additional cost. This change happened in Oct 2003.

  • Anonymous User
    8 years ago
    Dec 06, 2004

    While you can use VSMT to migrate a server with a static IP, you'll need to manually configure the static IP address after the migration is complete. VSMT automatically assigns dynamic IP addresses, even if the source IP address was static. Read all about it in the user guide (%ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft VSMT\\Help\\VSMT.chm).
    - Megan (MSFT), tech writer for virtualization technologies - http://blogs.msdn.com/megand

  • wardralstonms
    8 years ago
    Nov 30, 2004

    Ward here.... one the moving images questions: Yes, you can move VHDs around to different drives. Shut the Image down and move the VHD and VMC files to the new locations. Make sure that you populate that location in the 'Search Paths" location.

  • Anonymous User
    8 years ago
    Nov 19, 2004

    I have a WindowsXP machine at home connected to my home network. I also VPN into the network at work and do alot of work from home. I did not want to put my home machine on the domain at work because it would cause problems with sharing at home. I had a Win2K license, so I purchased a copy of Virutal PC, installed Win2K and put it on the domain. I am now able to access the domain at work and my home network from the same machine. It's great!

  • Anonymous User
    8 years ago
    Nov 16, 2004

    I've created a VHD on my Virtual Server ,it is located in the default folder .My question is can I move it to anorther drive ?

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