29 May 2008 04:16 PM EDT
[ Tags: xendesktop,  hyper-v,  scvmm ]

So I was tinkering around with Hyper-V, and thought I'd give this a go.

Server Core installation was completely new to me, and I was thinking it would be fairly "simple".  I was right, but kinda not right.  I'm not used to CLI commands, so I had to do some hunting around for a bit.  I found some great articles, and unsupported tools that really accelerated setting this system up.  Maybe this will help you get XenDesktop up and functional with the latest releases of Hyper-V, and if you choose to, use Server Core.

 EDIT:  Please note that Citrix does not yet officially support XenDesktop on Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008.  We expect to within a release time frame surrounding MS' official release of SCVMM.

Using Windows 2008 EntEd Server Core with Hyper V.htm

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Hi Gabe,

That is great news, once again Citrix and Microsoft show their commitment to eachother. Any idea if the solution will still be supported when SCVMM will be supported by Microsoft on Hyper-V RC1 and the final release?

Posted by Roel Gydé at May 28, 2008 14:51 | Reply To This

Hi Roel,  good point.

 Even though RC1 has been available for a little over a week, SCVMM integration isn't quite there yet.  So, we have to wait for the SCVMM folks to release a version that is compatible with RC1.  I expect that to be in the next 2 weeks.  I will rebuild using those 2 components when they become available to see if anything has changed on the XenDesktop RTM side.

Posted by Gabe Carrejo at May 28, 2008 14:57 | Reply To This

Great work Gabe.

Contact me and I can help you get the video uploaded posted.

Posted by Barry Flanagan at May 29, 2008 16:48 | Reply To This