A while back, I had mentioned that we intend to update the Windows 7 Application Compatibility List around once every two weeks or so, at least while we were still ramping up and there were plenty of gaps to fill.

For those of you just joining us – we keep a list of vendor-supported applications available in a couple of places,

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I’ve been spending a lot of time “getting to know” Internet Explorer lately, and one topic that I wanted to understand a bit more deeply is precisely how file and registry virtualization in protected mode works. If you look at the outcome of virtualization events, here is what you see:

Next week, I’ll be kicking off my TechNet Webcasts: The IE6 – IE8 Upgrade Series. I’ll be delivering 3 different sessions to discuss the whys and hows of moving to Internet Explorer 8, particularly looking to help out those who are still using Internet Explorer 6.

Here are links to the registration for each session:

6/3/2010 10:00 AM

TechNet Webcast: The Enterprise Value

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When we released Windows Server 2008 R2 we stated that we would support up to 384 virtual machines running on a single instance of Hyper-V – but only up to 64 virtual machines running on a node of a cluster.

Last week we announced that we now support up to 384 virtual machines running on a node of a cluster –

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A while ago I made an open offer to people to contact me if they had experienced issues using Hyper-V backup.  A number of you contacted me with reports of large registry files in the parent partition – that would slow down system boot over time.Ruby Rings

Well, after a lot of investigation we have figured out

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While I did not realize it – my presentation on Dynamic Memory at TechEd US 2010 this week was recorded – and is now available for all to see:

Which means that everyone can see how my demo went off the tracks for a moment! (sigh).  Apart from that – there is

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I had a great time today at TechEd talking about Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V R2 SP1.  I am going to do some detailed posts about it in the coming days – but for now I am just posting the presentation files that I used today (click on the title of this post to get the files).

Cheers, Ben

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When I was getting ready to head out to TechEd this week I copied a bunch of my Windows Virtual PC virtual machines onto a USB disk.  60 of them to be precise.  But then I had the problem of how to get them all registered.

Sure, you can register a virtual machine with Windows Virtual PC by just double clicking

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I am now on the ground in New Orleans, have a hotel room and have registered at the show.  I thought I would quickly share my schedule so that you can track me down:

If you are at TechEd US 2010 this year and are interested in virtualization – we have quite a full schedule for you.  Here is the summary of all of the virtualization sessions that are going on this week:

Date and Time

Session

Session

Session

Monday, Jun 07, 2010

1.00 – 2.15 pm

VIR 206: Virtualization 360: Microsoft Virtualization Strategy, Products, and Solutions for the New Economy

VIR02-Int

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