When I work with virtualization technologies and the ability to do testing, screen casts and heck even my job to work with new software, I am always reminded of my favorite quote:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke in 1961
It amazes me how applicable that quote is still today, and virtualization technology is going to keep that quote alive for me many years to come.
Think about virtualization for just second, you can create an entire server environment(Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, IIS…etc) with some RAM and hard drive space. How great is that. Yeah I know there are all kinds of other components that go into making virtualization happening. There are so many other virtualization workloads to consider, from VDI, Application Virtualization, Remote Desktop Services….etc. There is a nice article written by Michael Otey of Windows IT Pro Magazine which talks about the many Microsoft virtualization offerings, check it out here:
To learn more and to read the entire article at its source, please refer to the following page, The Magic of Virtualization- Matt Hester's WebLog
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