I was representing Microsoft this time, and presented Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012.
Some of the feedback from the attendees was:
“what, we didn’t know that Hyper-V had all these
features”
“What? Is this hypervisor also a free stand-alone
product, that I can download?”
“Is it really possible to have direct access to Fibre
Channel from a virtual machine?”
“If I buy System Center, then I get all these components
and can even manage my VMware environment?”
Now, it’s not a secret that I present a lot on the topic
of virtualization – and especially Hyper-V. However, most of time when I do so,
it is more or less for Microsoft people or purely Microsoft customers. I must
admit that I was a bit surprised that this group did not have the information
about this already, that Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 is a role that they can enable, as long as
the hardware supports x64 virtualization and DEP, or is available as a free download called Hyper-V 2012 server.
I felt the settings were right when the person from
VMware left the room, just when I was about to start my presentation. I guess
he knew what was coming, and they gets what coming.
Luckily for me, I am in charge to set the agenda for how
we (Lumagate) can target these customers. We will (in a couple of hours)
present some new concepts on our web pages, to show how we can help customers
to get on the right virtualization platform, prepared for real cloud computing,
either public, service provider, private and of course – hybrid.
See the agenda for our roadshow that starts tomorrow in
Oslo (unfortunately, this is only in Norwegian).
Note: I’ve not
written any technical blog posts lately, but much of my time has been dedicated
to presenting on these subjects, both for the community, Microsoft and
Lumagate. I’ve tried to participate in the forums as much as I can, and will
asap when times let me, provide you with a really interesting case study using
SCVMM 2012 SP1 and Windows Server 2012. You won’t be disappointed.
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