Virtualization

Aidan Finn explains how Microsoft changed the process for upgrading the Hyper-V integration components in a Windows guest OS virtual machine.

Check out the new file types, their functions, and locations, which you’ll find in a Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM.

The end of the year is fast approaching and it’s time to review my 2016 predictions and make my predictions for 2017.

A malicious user could break out of a container if they uncover a design fault in the implementation of containers or an unpatched OS vulnerability. However, Windows Server addresses these security challenges by providing the option to place containers into Hyper-V partitions

Learn why containers are more efficient than virtual machines, and the benefits of using Docker images with containers.

Get a walkthrough of how to build a test/demo/evaluation lab for Windows Serve 2016, including Hyper-V and failover clustering, on a single machine (including a laptop).

Microsoft announced that Azure Stack (MAS) would be released in mid-2017 via a set of hardware partners on highly tested and certified systems, naming HPE, Dell, and Lenovo. This means that Microsoft’s new private cloud solution will only be available via a few partners, on very specific hardware sets. Is this a good or a […]

Veeam has announced a suite of new tools that will be coming later this year that will make it easier to backup, recover and migrate data in your data center.

Aidan provides step-by-step directions to download a virtual machine from Microsoft Azure and get it running on a local or on-premises Hyper-V host/cluster.

Microsoft announced this week that it will take the long-awaited step of moving two key client virtualization solutions—App-V and UE-V—from its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of utilities and bundle them for free with Windows 10 Enterprise and Education.

Preparing for disaster recovery is worth more than gold when an outage occurs. When the recovery process acts and feels like muscle memory instead of a scramble to figure out what to do, a business can recover faster and avoid the costly outages that impact every organization at some time or another.

Learn all about the new improvements to Hyper-V in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5.

Aidan Finn describes a common WHEA error that can be found in Hyper-V and provides a workaround.