The Virtual Hard Disk Image Format Specification (VHD Spec) has been available from Microsoft since October 2006. You can bypass registration and download straight from here.
The document is only seventeen pages long but manages to capture how it is set up.
The specification was originally created by Connectix and was gained by Microsoft from the acquisition [...]
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Virtual Hard Disk Specification
October 1, 2008Hype Cycle and Virtualization
August 9, 2008In 1995, Gartner invented the concept of the Hype Cycle chart. It depicts the life of a new technology and how people perceive it over time. Below is the first chart displayed by Gartner in 1995.
The lessons to learn from such a diagram is that new technologies always go through a phase of [...]
Beyond Hardware Virtualization
August 7, 2008Just when technology matures, a new technology rises to challenge it. In this case we are seeing the dawn of application and desktop virtualization against the well established rule of full hardware virtualization. Before getting too deep into the detail of the differences and features, it is worthwhile to try to define the [...]
Server Based Computing versus Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
August 3, 2008One of the things I did not see coming was the pending battle between Server Based Computing (SBC) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). This first became obvious at BriForum 2008 with sessions titled such as “SBC vs VDI”. The resulting discussions were very lively and ran throughout all the different VDI discussions. [...]
Hello world
September 11, 2006I am a developer/researcher in Citrix Advanced Products group. One of the things I would like to do is interact more with the community to learn what is currently going on.
Nothing else to report just yet.
I am interested in discussing what people think about DVI.
