Administration Category
How to Convert VHD to VMDK: A Step-By-Step Guide
April 28, 2026
VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are two of the most popular virtualization platforms. Each solution uses different virtual disk file fo...
The Differences Between iSCSI, SAS and FC Protocols
April 28, 2026
There are three main storage networking technologies used in enterprises each with its advantages and disadvantages. In this post we’ll comp...
How to Copy Files to Hyper-V Server and VMs: 7 Methods
April 28, 2026
Hyper-V is a hypervisor, which runs on Windows, and can be managed directly on the machine where it is installed as well as remotely. Often,...
SMB vs NFS Protocols: An In-Depth Comparison
April 28, 2026
Sharing files between computers and users helps communicate and exchange data more efficiently and conveniently. You can share files over th...
CIFS vs SMB File Share Protocols: The Differences Explained
April 28, 2026
When it comes to selecting a protocol to share files over the network, you commonly come across the SMB and CIFS terms in software interface...
What Is Hyper-V Resilient Change Tracking: Using RCT for VM Backup
April 28, 2026
When it comes to backup efficiency and copying only unique data blocks between full backups (that is, creating incremental backups), change...
Free ESXi: Restrictions and Limitations
April 28, 2026
VMware is a market leader in virtualization solutions, and VMware ESXi is a renowned type 1 hypervisor. Increasingly, individual users and o...
Basic PowerCLI Scripting for VMware vSphere
April 28, 2026
Previously, we looked at PowerCLI – what it is, how to install it, and integrating into Windows Powershell ISE. Now, let’s take a look at ba...
The Differences Between VMFS 5 vs VMFS 6 and How to Migrate
April 28, 2026
VMware VMFS is a reliable cluster file system optimized to store virtual machine files. The most recent versions of VMware VMFS – VMFS 5 and...
Using Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Technology for Consistent Backups
April 28, 2026
When creating a backup of a virtual or physical machine with running applications, especially applications that intensively write data to fi...
How to Mount VMFS in Windows, Linux, and ESXi
April 28, 2026
Sometimes you may need to mount a VMFS datastore in Linux, Windows, or another ESXi host. VMFS is a file system created by VMware that doesn...
What’s New in VMware vSphere 8.0?
April 28, 2026
On August 30, 2022, VMware announced a new version of VMware vSphere. The VMware vSphere 8 release date for the public has not been announce...
What is ReFS File System: Benefits and Best Practices
April 28, 2026
Windows Server 2019 offers many exciting benefits across the board. However, when thinking about storage features with this release and, mor...
How to Delete a Snapshot Using Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell
April 28, 2026
Snapshots, which are known as checkpoints in Hyper-V, come in handy when you need to retain the last properly running state of a VM before d...
Using VM Performance Monitoring to Boost VM Performance
April 28, 2026
Virtualization is widely used nowadays due to the advantages for business IT infrastructures, such as scalability, cost-efficiency, and conv...
Basic Authentication vs. Modern Authentication and How to Enable It in Office 365
April 28, 2026
According to a Verizon report, the majority of data breaches are made possible by compromised credentials, especially on email servers. Soci...
How to Fix the Error: Hyper-V Checkpoint Operation Failed
April 28, 2026
A possible error when working with Microsoft Hyper-V checkpoints is the Hyper-V checkpoint operation failed error and other similar errors....
Quick Fixes for Office 365 Slowing Down the Computer
April 28, 2026
Office 365 slow performance issues can be a headache for employees in your organization and for customers. If Microsoft Office 365 slows dow...
What Is Hyper-V Manager and How Does It Work?
April 28, 2026
Hyper-V is a virtualization platform used to run virtual machines (VMs) in Windows-based environments, and it is available starting from Win...
What Is System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
April 28, 2026
System administrators have a variety of tools at their disposal to manage Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructures, including Hyper-V Manager, Fail...