“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…”
“Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall…”
“Thirty-five articles on Virtualization…”
All of these are great sing-along songs, whether for holidays, camping, bus-rides, or comparing virtualization technology. Each one is a classic.
Wait… you’ve never heard the last one? That’s okay, we are happy to teach it to you. It has a pretty catchy tune – the tune of cost savings, lower TCO, higher ROI, and a complete end-to-end management solution.
Even if you can’t remember the lyrics, why don’t you open up the articles – each one written by a member of Microsoft’s team of IT Pro Evangelists in the United States.
You can read along at your own pace, because no matter how fast or slow you read, as long as you are heading in the right direction then you are doing it right! –MDG
The 35 Articles on Virtualization:
| Date | Article | Author |
| 12-Aug-13 | Series Introduction | Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde |
| 13-Aug-13 | What is a “Purpose-Built Hypervisor? | Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde |
| 14-Aug-13 | Simplified Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 Host Patching = Greater Security and More Uptime | Chris Avis – @ChrisAvis |
| 15-Aug-13 | Reducing VMware Storage Costs WITH Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 16-Aug-13 | Does size really matter? | Brian Lewis – @BrianLewis_ |
| 19-Aug-13 | Let’s talk certifications! | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 20-Aug-13 | Virtual Processor Scheduling | Tommy Patterson – @Tommy_Patterson |
| 21-Aug-13 | FREE Zero Downtime Patch Management | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 22-Aug-13 | Agentless Protection | Chris Avis – @ChrisAvis |
| 23-Aug-13 | Site to Site Disaster Recovery with HRM | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 25-Aug-13 | Destination: VMWorld | Jennelle Crothers – @jkc137 |
| 26-Aug-13 | Get the “Scoop” on Hyper-V during VMworld | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 27-Aug-13 | VMWorld: Key Keynote Notes | Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde |
| 28-Aug-13 | VMWorld: Did you know that there is no extra charge? | Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde |
| 29-Aug-13 | VMWorld: A Memo to IT Leadership | Yung Chou – @YungChou |
| 30-Aug-13 | Moving Live Virtual Machines, Same But Different | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 02-Sep-13 | Not All Memory Management is Equal | Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru |
| 03-Sep-13 | Can I get an app with that? | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 04-Sep-13 | Deploying Naked Servers | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 05-Sep-13 | Automated Server Workload Balancing | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 06-Sep-13 | Thoughts on VMWorld | Jennelle Crothers – @jkc137 |
| 09-Sep-13 | Shopping for Private Clouds | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 11-Sep-13 | Dynamic Storage Management in Private Clouds | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 12-Sep-13 | Replaceable? or Extensible? What kind of virtual switch do you want? | Chris Avis – @ChrisAvis |
| 13-Sep-13 | Offloading your Storage | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 16-Sep-13 | VDI: A Look at Supportability and More! | Tommy Patterson – @Tommy_Patterson |
| 17-Sep-13 | Agentless Backup for Virtual Environments | Special Guest Chris Henley – @ChrisJHenley |
| 19-Sep-13 | How robust is your availability? | Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde |
| 20-Sep-13 | VM Guest Operating System Support | Brian Lewis – @BrianLewis_ |
| 23-Sep-13 | How to license Windows Server VMs | Brian Lewis – @BrianLewis_ |
| 24-Sep-13 | Comparing vSphere 5.5 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V At-A-Glance | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 25-Sep-13 | Evaluating Hyper-V Network Virtualization as an alternative to VMware NSX | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
| 26-Sep-13 | Automation is the Key to Happiness | Matt Hester – @MatthewHester |
| 27-Sep-13 | Comparing Microsoft’s Public Cloud to VMware’s Public Cloud | Blain Barton – @BlainBar |
| 30-Sep-13 | What does AVAILABILITY mean in YOUR cloud? | Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer |
…and as for me? Well it’s pretty simple… just go to www.garvis.ca and type Virtualization into the search bar. You’ll see what I have to say too!
The World According to Mitch 
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