Category: Virtualization

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard (and may be sick about hearing) of Microsoft Hyper-V. I know that Flavor Flav said “Don’t believe the hype” but this is one of those instances where you should listen.

If you *are* listening and would like to get some free training on Hyper-V, here’s the perfect opportunity. Microsoft is giving away 4 free online eLearning classes, and if you haven’t tried the updated eLearning stuff lately, it’s pretty good.

You can click on the individual clinics below or snag all 4 courses in
Collection 6333: Exploring Microsoft Virtualization Technologies.

Individual clinic links:

• Clinic 5935- Introducing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 
  (Self-paced course: 2 hours)
    – Features of Hyper-V
    – Features of server consolidation
    – Hyper-V implementation
    – Creation of virtual machines
    – Dynamic datacenters
    – Clustering in virtual environments
• Clinic 6334- Exploring Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 
  (Self-paced course: 2 hours)
    – Features and functionalities of VMM
    – Implementation and management of VMM
    – Management of VMM library
    – Management of hosts by using VMM
    – Implementation of virtual machine Self-Services
• Clinic 6335- Exploring Microsoft Application Virtualization
  (Self-paced course: 1 hour)
    – Features and functionalities of Application Virtualization
    – Deployment and maintenance of Application Virtualization
    – Management of Application Virtualization by using the Application
    – Virtualization Management console
• Clinic 6336- Exploring Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008
  (Self-paced course: 2 hours)
    – Implementation of Terminal Services
    – Working with Terminal Services RemoteApp, Terminal Services Web Access, Terminal Services Gateway, Terminal Services Session Broker, and Terminal Services Licensing

Note: This training is designed to be done at your own pace, whether that’s all in one shot, or 30-45 minutes per day. It’s totally up to you. And one of the really nice things about the Microsoft eLearning classes is that they have an E-Learning Offline Player, so you can view all of the content (except for the virtual labs) on your laptop anywhere. Very handy!