Welcome to Robert Larson's Section

Robert Larson is the co-author of the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit, and the upcoming Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource kit, both published by Microsoft Press. Robert has over 20 years experience in the engineering and IT field. Currently an architect with Microsoft Consulting Services, Robert focuses on helping customers design and deploy optimized data center and server infrastructures using physical and virtual approaches. Robert has been working with various virtualization technologies for over 4 years and is a regular speaker at Microsoft TechEd conferences in the US and Europe on the Microsoft virtualization stack. Robert has also written whitepapers and delivered webcasts on virtualization technologies. You can find his blog at http://blogs.technet.com/roblarson.

Robert Larson's Latest Contributions

Installing and Configuring SCVMM 2008 Self-Service Portal: Date - Apr 09, 2009; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Management; The necessary steps for installing and configuring the Self-Service Portal component.
Installing and Configuring Windows Server Backup for Hyper-V: Date - Jan 15, 2009; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Backup & Recovery; How to configure WSB with the support for Hyper-V VSS writer.
Controlling Processor Resources in Hyper-V Guests: Date - Dec 03, 2008; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / General; The options for processor resource control and how to use them.
Dealing with MAC address pool duplication in Hyper-V: Date - Oct 22, 2008; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Networking; MAC address pools work in Hyper-V, how to prevent making unwanted duplications, and how to fix it if you do.
Virtual LAN (VLAN) support in Hyper-V: Date - Sep 17, 2008; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Networking; How VLANs work at a high level, the system requirements, how to configure VLAN support, and an example of how you can use VLAN tagging between hosts for quick isolated subnet tests.
Slipstreaming Hyper-V RTM: Date - Jul 30, 2008; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Installation and Deployment; The process of using the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for Windows Server 2008 to slipstream the Hyper-V RTM update and the integration components.