Introduction

We believe that hardware virtualization is the disruptive technology of our generation and one of the hottest technology topics being discussed today. Even though hardware virtualization has been around since the mainframe days, widespread adoption in the enterprise did not start until later this decade. The benefits of adopting virtualization focus primarily on savings from power, cooling, and rack space. However, management is the only way to reap the benefits of virtualization at a large scale. System Center products like Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager help deliver better management at scale.

This book provides the scenarios to get you started with VMM as a beginner as well as the in-depth knowledge necessary ...

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