MASTERING VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER 2008 R2

One-of-a-kind guide from Microsoft insiders on Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2!
What better way to learn VMM 2008 R2 than from the high-powered Microsoft program managers themselves? This stellar author team takes you under the hood of VMM 2008 R2, providing intermediate and advanced coverage of all features.
Walks you through Microsoft's new System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, a unified system for managing all virtual and physical assets; VMM 2008 not only supports Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, but also VMware ESXas well!
Features a winning author team behind the new VMM
Describes all the new and enhanced features of VMM 2008 R2 and devotes ample time to how it also supports top competitors VMware ES
Uses a hands-on approach, giving you plenty of practical examples to clarify concepts
Open this in-depth guide and discover techniques and processes you can put to immediate use.

Michael Michael is a software architect on Microsoft's Virtualization and Data Center Management team working on the development and future direction of System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Michael has been working on management products at Microsoft for the past six years, including Windows Storage Server and Data Protection Manager. Hector Linares is a program manager on the Virtualization and Data Center Management team, developing System Center Virtual Machine Manager in the Management and Solution Division at Microsoft.

1 Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
2 Planning a SCVMM Deployment.
3 Installation and Configuration.
4 Managing VMware ESX Using SCVMM.
5 Managing Hyper-V Using SCVMM.
6 Managing Virtual Server Using SCVMM.
7 Provisioning Workloads.
8 Automation Using PowerShell.
9 Writing a Pro-Pack.
10 Planning for Backup and Recovery.
11 Troubleshooting.