14 DAY TRIAL // Customers than want to gain insight into Microsoft’s vision for virtualization can now take advantage of a collection of videos offered by the Redmond company free of charge. The “Microsoft Virtualization for VMWare Professionals” Jump Start went live on TechNet Edge earlier this month, and the label is pretty much self-explanatory.
However, according to the software giant the Jump Start content is designed not only for IT professionals leveraging VMware solutions, but also for those running Microsoft’s own virtualization products.
“This cutting-edge course features expert instruction and real-world demonstrations of Hyper-V, many components of the System Center Suite, including VMM 2012, and a myriad of VDI solutions,” Microsoft explained.
“This course is designed for Data Center Managers, IT Professionals, IT Decision Makers, Network Administrators, Storage/Infrastructure Administrators & Architects. Expert IT infrastructure consultant, Corey Hynes, and Microsoft Technical Evangelist, Symon Perriman, leveraged an engaging "team teaching" approach which makes the class as entertaining as it is educational.”
There are no less than a dozen of videos published by the Redmond company on TechNet Edge, and IT pros interested in watching them will find a list of links included at the bottom of this article.
All of the content is also available for download, users need only visit the specific pages reserved for each of the videos and grab the video or audio files offered by Microsoft.
Microsoft has really worked to cover a lot of aspects related to virtualization, especially placing the focus on its advantages over VMware.
Here are the links to the Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start videos:
Virtualization Jump Start (01): Virtualization Overview
o Virtualization Jump Start (01): Virtualization Overview
o Virtualization Jump Start (02): Differentiating Microsoft & VMware
o Virtualization Jump Start (03a): Hyper-V Deployment Options & Architecture | Part 1
o Virtualization Jump Start (03b): Hyper-V Deployment Options & Architecture | Part 2
o Virtualization Jump Start (04): High-Availability & Clustering
o Virtualization Jump Start (05): System Center Suite Overview with focus on DPM
o Virtualization Jump Start (06): Automation with Opalis, Service Manager & PowerShell
o Virtualization Jump Start (07): System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
o Virtualization Jump Start (08): Private Cloud Solutions, Architecture & VMM Self-Service Portal 2.0
o Virtualization Jump Start (09): Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Architecture | Part 1
o Virtualization Jump Start (10): Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Architecture | Part 2
o Virtualization Jump Start (11): v-Alliance Solution Overview
o Virtualization Jump Start (12): Application Delivery for VDI