Managing Hyper-V with Citrix Essentials vs. Microsoft SCVMM

September 14, 2009 Published by  SearchSystemsChannel.com Systems Channel Advisor Managing Hyper-V with Citrix Essentials vs. Microsoft SCVMM Jason Kappel, Contributor If you haven't heard of Hyper-V, you're going to hear much more in the next few months with the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 this past August. There's no better time than now for solutions providers to start thinking about how they can build services around managing, deploying and implementing Hyper-V. Choosing a tool to manage the hypervisor can be a tricky task, but this article makes it easier for you to recommend a product by outlining the key differences between two popular virtualization management tools -- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Citrix Essentials. RELATED: Microsoft Hyper-V vs. VMware ESX cheat sheet Optimizing Windows 7 application performance Reading these application performance optimization tips will help you launch and install applications efficiently while optimizing Windows 7 to run programs more effectively. Read this chapter excerpt. LTech adds Google Apps Power Panel to cloud repertoire The LTech Power Panel is hosted on the Google App Engine cloud platform and gives solutions providers advanced management options for Google Apps deployments. Read this Systems Channel News Roundup. Tuning vSphere 4 hardware for optimal performance If your customers want to implement vSphere 4, this tip tells you how to advise them on hardware, achieve maximum performance per host and suggests recommendations for disk I/O. Read this tip.   ADVERTISEMENT     Everything channel pros need to know about virtualization Desktop and application virtualization choices Linux server virtualization pros and cons How hardware-assisted virtualization changes consolidation equation   Need systems channel answers? Ask your own question or browse thousands of IT answers on IT Knowledge Exchange. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchSystemsChannel.com, part of the TechTarget network. TechTarget provides IT professionals with the resources they need to perform their jobs: Web sites, newsletters, forums, blogs, white papers, webcasts, events and more. Copyright 2009 TechTarget. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. If you no longer wish to receive Systems Channel Advisor from SearchSystemsChannel.com go to unsubscribe: http://searchSystemsChannel.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-677&em=charles%40cpedley.com&uid=6486075&eid=725278& Unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. Contact Us: SearchSystemsChannel.com Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 Contact: Webmaster@techtarget.com When you access content from this newsletter, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content as described in our Privacy Policy: PRIV LINK