In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Hyper-V comes with its own manager, but System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 may be what your VMs really need This week I’m at the Connections conference in Las Vegas, and the buzz is all about ...

Here are some reasons why your Hyper-V virtual machines might fail to shut down and how you can troubleshoot this recurring issue. Occasionally, you may find that when you attempt to use the Hyper-V ...

With the massive sizes of Hyper-V VMs, it might be a good idea to put a hard cap on how large they can grow to. When you create a new virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager, the virtual hard disk ...

Microsoft's virtualization platform has matured into a solid, dependable workhorse. Here's a primer for getting the most out of it. There's a gradual shift in the business world away from the market ...

Cloning a virtual machine while it is running is a very handy feature that I have personally used on numerous occasions, especially to test upgrade versions of a production virtual machine. Sure, ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Last week Microsoft ran a series of webcasts for the press, focusing on their virtualisation and cloud services (and the tools and technologies around them). Calling them "Cloud Week", the company ...