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Windows Server 2008 R2 provides several improvements to Hyper-V that have been in high demand ever since its initial release. These updates to Microsoft's low-cost... More...

Jun 2, 2009
Services, but you can use PowerShell to manage other virtualization technology, too. Hyper-V, the machine virtualization technology from Microsoft, can also be managed from the command line.

With... More...

May 20, 2009
for brokering connections between users and hosted desktops running atop one or more Hyper-V servers.

This architecture, commonly called VDI or "hosted desktops," adds a second mechanism for connecting... More...

Apr 23, 2009
functionality in file systems, Active Directory Domain Services, network management, Hyper-V and so on. Cool Tool!

File Server Migration Toolkit

Last year when we were writing Microsoft Windows Server... More...

Apr 6, 2009
Windows Clustering, BitLocker, Network Access Protection, Offline Files, iSCSI Initiator, Hyper-V, Network Load Balancing and others.

In upcoming articles, I will explain these new and enhanced features in... More...

Mar 23, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

As a version 1 product, Microsoft Hyper-V does not include some of the advanced features you'll find in its competitors' products, but it does support... More...

Feb 2, 2009
resources to a VM, or modify the resources assigned to a VM during its operation.

While Microsoft Hyper-V does not yet support the ability to move VMs from one host to another while they are running -- the ability will... More...

Jan 5, 2009
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          Hyper-V Tools Install Remote Server Administration Tools as a feature. Expand Remote Server Administration... More...
Dec 23, 2008
This chapter excerpt from Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet, is printed with permission from Sams Publishing, Copyright... More...
Dec 18, 2008
This chapter excerpt from Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet, is printed with permission from Sams Publishing, Copyright... More...
Dec 18, 2008
This chapter excerpt from Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet, is printed with permission from Sams Publishing, Copyright... More...
Dec 15, 2008
This chapter excerpt from Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet, is printed with permission from Sams Publishing, Copyright... More...
Dec 12, 2008
to have. One of these is a feature every hypervisor should have and one that Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V seems to be without in this version: live virtual machine (VM) migration. Live migration in a virtual... More...
Nov 21, 2008
network.

With Microsoft releasing its very first hypervisor this year -- Windows Server Hyper-V -- some might think that its arsenal of management tools would be meager, but that is not the case. Microsoft has... More...

Nov 13, 2008
2008's new features have received a lot of press -- particularly big, glamorous features such as Hyper-V, read-only domain controllers and Windows PowerShell. Still, one of the more overlooked new security... More...
Nov 10, 2008
2 | Part 3

In a bid to compete against VMware, Microsoft recently released Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, its flagship virtualization engine or hypervisor. Still, as a version 1 product, many in the industry have... More...

Nov 5, 2008
deserved 80% of the current marketplace for server virtualization.

Now, with the release of the Hyper-V role for Windows Server 2008, Microsoft obviously wants its own share of the market. This is the first time... More...

Oct 7, 2008
for workloads that do not require shared storage, such as Exchange CCR clusters and some limited Hyper-V clustering arrangements.

No Majority: Disk Only -- This last quorum model relies only on the availability of... More...

Sep 25, 2008
not be able to communicate across the network either.

Enter the hypervisor

With the release of Hyper-V, Microsoft took a completely different approach to server virtualization in that virtual machines are... More...

Aug 19, 2008
s virtual server products do not currently support USB devices. This is true even for the Hyper-V virtual server product designed for Windows Server 2008. If something as important as USB support has been... More...
Jul 30, 2008
Hyper-V is the virtualization feature for Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Hyper-V creates a virtualization layer... More...

Jul 14, 2008
support half a dozen or so users for virtualizing desktops using technology like Microsoft's Hyper-V or VMware's ESX Server. And it may support dozens or hundreds of users for virtualizing applications using... More...
May 20, 2008
virtualizing servers using VMware, you will obviously not find any benefit from Windows Server Hyper-V virtualization. Also If you are using third-party backup or administration tools, you won't see benefits in... More...
Feb 7, 2008
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