The Rational Guide to Scripting Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 (Rational Guides) - Softcover

Desai, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932577297 ISBN 13: 9781932577297

Publisher: Rational Press, an imprint of Mann Publishing Group, 2006

Synopsis

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is Microsoft's server-side virtualization product. Virtual Server has been designed to allow users a great deal of power and flexibility in hosting virtual machines in mission-critical Enterprise deployments without having to invest in additional hardware.This book shows how to use scripting to automate complex virtual environments. It contains numerous scripting examples, and covers the automation of virtual machine creation and management. It shows software developers and network administrators how to programmatically set up virtual environments to rapidly build development and testing scenarios. The book also shows how to script entire data center virtualization environments to avoid scaling out with expensive hardware.

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Synopsis

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is Microsoft s server-side virtualization product. Virtual Server has been designed to allow users a great deal of power and flexibility in hosting virtual machines in mission-critical Enterprise deployments without having to invest in additional hardware. In this clear and concise book, Microsoft MVP Anil Desai shows how to use scripting to automate complex virtual environments. The book contains numerous scripting examples in VBScript, Visual Basic .NET and C#, and covers the automation of virtual machine creation and management. It shows software developers and network administrators how to programmatically set up virtual environments to rapidly build development and testing scenarios. The book also shows how to script entire data center virtualization environments to avoid scaling out with expensive hardware. Advanced topics include automating Virtual Server with .NET, client-side automation with VMRC, event handling, and command-line scripts. The book also contains reference material on the Virtual Server COM API and the VMRC COM API.This book expands on the topics covered in The Rational Guide To Managing Microsoft(r) Virtual Server 2005 by the same author.

Technical accuracy is assured by Mike Sterling, Program Manager on the Windows Virtualization team at Microsoft.

About the Author

Anil Desai is a Microsoft MVP and author of several books,
including MCSE: Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Planning,
Implementation, and Maintenance Study Guide and MCSE Windows Server 2003
Certification Kit. He is a software development consultant with strong
expertise in Microsoft's .NET development technologies and server-side
solutions. He specialises in both IT architecture and software development,
based on Microsoft technology.
About the Technical Editor
Mike Sterling is a Program Manager on the Windows Virtualisation team at
Microsoft.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rational Press, an imprint of Mann Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932577297
• ISBN 13: 9781932577297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222