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View ArticleEnabling full management of VMware with SCVMM
Internally and externally to Microsoft I have seen a number of issues around how to enabling full VMware Management using SCVMM. Most of the time people don’t understand that the reason they can’t...
View ArticleMigrating from VMM 2008 Beta to VMM 2008
When migrating from SCVMM 2008 Beta to the final release bits (RTM), a utility is required in order to complete the process successfully. This tool is no longer posted on the Microsoft 'Connect' site,...
View ArticleShould SCVMM live inside a VM or on a physical server?
"Where should I install VMM, on a physical server or inside a VM and then add that same physical server as a managed host?" This is a common question from our customers regarding the placement of...
View ArticleError message when trying to install the VMM Admin Console: "System Center...
When trying to install the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Administrator Console, it may fail during the Prerequisites Check with the following error message:To continue, you must complete...
View ArticleSolution: System Center Virtual Machine Manager Guest Services installation...
When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager to install virtual guest services the job may fail with the following error.Error (13206)Virtual Machine Manager cannot locate the boot or system...
View ArticleKB: How to reinstall the System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager agent on...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an event you may see when deleting a Favorite in AVIcode or System Center 2012 Operations Manager.=====SymptomsScenario: A Hyper-V...
View ArticleKB: System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Setup fails to create child...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where installing VMM 2012 fails with “Unable to create or access the Active Directory container...
View ArticleWelcome!
Thanks for visiting our new site. New content should be available in a few days.
View ArticleEnabling full management of VMware with SCVMM
Internally and externally to Microsoft I have seen a number of issues around how to enabling full VMware Management using SCVMM. Most of the time people don’t understand that the reason they can’t...
View ArticleMigrating from VMM 2008 Beta to VMM 2008
When migrating from SCVMM 2008 Beta to the final release bits (RTM), a utility is required in order to complete the process successfully. This tool is no longer posted on the Microsoft 'Connect' site,...
View ArticleShould SCVMM live inside a VM or on a physical server?
"Where should I install VMM, on a physical server or inside a VM and then add that same physical server as a managed host?" This is a common question from our customers regarding the placement of...
View ArticleError message when trying to install the VMM Admin Console: "System Center...
When trying to install the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Administrator Console, it may fail during the Prerequisites Check with the following error message:To continue, you must complete...
View ArticleSolution: System Center Virtual Machine Manager Guest Services installation...
When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager to install virtual guest services the job may fail with the following error.Error (13206)Virtual Machine Manager cannot locate the boot or system...
View ArticleKB: How to reinstall the System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager agent on...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an event you may see when deleting a Favorite in AVIcode or System Center 2012 Operations Manager.=====SymptomsScenario: A Hyper-V...
View ArticleKB: System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Setup fails to create child...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where installing VMM 2012 fails with “Unable to create or access the Active Directory container...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 10 for Windows Azure Pack is now available
Update Rollup 10 for Windows Azure Pack (WAP) is now available to download. Issues that are fixed in this update rollup Issue 1: Windows Server 2016 only: Support for Encryption Supported VMs. Windows...
View ArticleImportant update regarding Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC)
Today, Microsoft is announcing the upcoming retirement of Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC). This announcement covers all released versions of MVMC (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1). Moving forward, we...
View ArticleCumulative Update 2 for System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Technical...
Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for Microsoft System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Technical Preview 5 is now available. There are two updates available for Cumulative Update 2 for System Center 2016...
View ArticleHow to prepare a Windows VHD for upload to Microsoft Azure
Just a quick note to let you know that we have a new article available that describes how to prepare a Windows VHD for upload to Microsoft Azure. The steps in this article are highly recommended...
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