Crossroads: Adding a Cisco Switch into your Hyper-V installation

This Blog is mainly about SharePoint, but from time to time there are other topics that might be of interest. That’s why I’ll start a new section called Crossroads were I’ll keep you posted about other news that will fit into the broader context of SharePoint.

Today I’ll start with the question: Did you know, that you can add a virtual Cisco Switch to your Hyper-V installation? Best part is, you might even use it free of charge.

Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Microsoft System Center is one of the three pillars of Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision that will transform the traditional datacenter environment, help businesses unlock insights in data stored anywhere, enable the development of a wide range of modern business applications, and empower IT to support users who work anywhere while being able to manage any device in a secure and consistent way. The other two pillars of the Cloud OS are, of course, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Azure, and Microsoft Press has recently released free Introducing books on these platforms as well.

The free eBook is available for download from the following link:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/12/16/free-ebook-introducing-microsoft-system-center-2012-r2.aspx

Microsoft IT-Camp on Hyper-V and Systemcenter

Friday the 13th has an attitude to some people, for me actually it was an interesting day. Attending the Microsoft IT-Camp in Walldorf, Germany there where a lot of interesting information about System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Hyper-V, SMB 3.0 and Azure Pack. So here are just a few impressions.

Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility (HVRemote)

Die Virtualisierungen von Servern ist heute keine große Kunst mehr. Mit Hyper-V stellt Microsoft sogar eine eigene kostenlose Version mit alle notwendigen Komponenten zur Verfügung. Allerdings kann die Konfiguration der RSAT Management Tools auf einem anderen Rechner ziemlich nervenaufreibend sein. Wenn man noch nicht sehr viele Erfahrungen mit den Remoting-Funktionen von Windows gesammelt hat, kann die Konfiguration am Anfang ganz schön frustrieren.

Man kann sich aber auch gleich viel Ärger ersparen indem man das Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility (HVRemote) verwendet. Einfach auf den Servern, welche konfiguriert werden sollen und den Arbeitsplatzrechnern auf dem die RSAT Tools installiert sind, herunterladen und ausführen.