Virtual Server Technical Resources

Learn about the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file format, which specifies a virtual machine hard disk that can reside on a native host file system encapsulated within a single file and is used by Virtual PC 2004 and Virtual Server 2005.

The Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Management Pack monitors the availability, health, and performance of virtual servers and virtual machines and can be used with both Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Virtual Server 2005. Review this guide for technical information on monitoring scenarios, state monitoring, reporting, views, and tasks in the Virtual Server Management Pack.

Although Virtual PC and Virtual Server share many features in common, they are designed for different purposes. This white paper explains the differences between Virtual PC and Virtual Server and discusses the scenarios in which it is appropriate to use one or the other.

Learn about the architecture of virtual machine technology and how the combination of Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides a powerful virtualization platform.

Learn about the architecture of virtual machine technology and how the combination of Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides a powerful virtualization platform.

Learn about the architecture of virtual machine technology and how the combination of Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides a powerful virtualization platform.

Learn how servers running Windows Server 2003 and Virtual Server 2005 allow administrators to install multiple domain controllers in separate virtual machines.

Get technical details and recommendations for deploying Windows Server 2003–based line-of-business (LOB) applications that support consolidation and migration onto Virtual Server 2005–based virtual machines.

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