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Migrate from Vmware to Hyper-V using MS Virtual »

Migrate from Vmware to Hyper-V using MS Virtual Machine Converter – Part II

  Hello World, In part I of this post, we have seen how you could install the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) software. As described in the previous post, you could install the application on a standalone windows machine or if you prefer to centralize the operation from your vSphere client, you can choose to install the

Migrate from Vmware to Hyper-V using MS Virtual »

Migrate from Vmware to Hyper-V using MS Virtual Machine Converter – Part I

  Hello World, I've been asked some time ago if it was possible to migrate from "VMWARE" infrastructure to the new Hyper-v 3.0 infrastructure.  Microsoft has put a lot of effort to have this migration happening in the most painless way.  So, yes, it's possible to migrate from a Vmware infrastructure. In fact, there multiple ways that

INSTALLING ADMT 3.2 »

INSTALLING ADMT 3.2

Hello World, It has been a while since my last post (that was a good post wasn’t it).  I didn’t get any holidays this year. I’m currently busy with 2 different projects and I have really little time to blog lately. Today, I want to talk about ADMT v3.2. In my previous post, I notified you about the release of this version.  I wanted

Bulk Changes Active Directory Attributes – Part II »

Bulk Changes Active Directory Attributes – Part II

Hello World, Today, I would like to finish the post about Bulk Changes in Active Directory.  In part I, I've quickly demonstrate how to use built-in capabilities to make changes in bulk within your Active Directory.   However, there are some limitations about using this technique.  For example, you cannot change password in bulk or unlock

VHDResizer : How to Resize your VHD Disk »

VHDResizer : How to Resize your VHD Disk

Hello World, In this post, I have mentioned that was possible to resize the VHD Disk size using the VHDResizer.  The tool is quite straightforward and allows you to perform one of the following operations : Increase the Size of your VHD Disk Shrink the size of your VHD Disk Convert a  Fixed Disk to Dynamic or the other way

HowTo use Disk2VHD Utility »

HowTo use Disk2VHD Utility

Hello World, Recently, I needed to convert my physical laptop into a Virtual Machine.  Indeed, I've received a new Laptop loaded with Operating System and Applications. That was time for me to transfer my data from the old machine to the new one.  I did that and didn't encounter any major issues.  However, I wanted to keep for some time the

Tools to check Hardware-Assisted Virtualization »

Tools to check Hardware-Assisted Virtualization feature of a computer

Hello World, This is also a quite frequent question we are receiving.  Is there an easy way to check if a computer support 64-bit operating system and if virtualization technology can be used ?  Luckily, yes, there are some tools that allow you to check these kind of information. With the new iteration of the Virtual PC  (Windows XP mode),