If you do not know even before the RTM release of System Center 2012 Microsoft started work on SP1 of the product. One of the main feature in SP1 is the support for Windows 2012 and Hyper-V 3.0, more features and improvements are expected when beta is released. You can grab the documentation here.
Category: Virtualization
Building Cloud Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1 and Introducing Windows Server “8” Hyper-V Network Virtualization: Enabling Rapid Migration and Workload Isolation in the Cloud
I’ve stumbled on two great articles by Jeffrey Snover from Windows Server Team. In order to understand the first article you have to mindshift from the current model how IT service is delivered. The second article will give you look in the latest Network technologies:
Introduction to Hyper-V 3.0
Scott D. Lowe published a series of articles about Hyper-V 3.0. I cannot say they are deep-dive in Hyper-V 3.0 they are more like basics:
KB: Changing the owner of a VM in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager causes the console to become unresponsive
If you stumble on such issue read the article to resolve it.
End to End Application Packaging, Deployment and State Management using Server App-V
Derrick Isoka wrote very useful article about “End to End Application Packaging, Deployment and State Management using Server App-V”. The article will allow you:
- Grasp how packaging using the Server App-V Sequencer works
- Understand how deployment with PowerShell is easy
- Understand how Server App-V allows for application portability through state separation