Category: Hyper-V Administration and Backup

Hyper-V Best Practices for Administration

Flexibility, scalability, redundancy, and cost-efficiency… This is only a short list of benefits that Hyper-V can provide you with. While Hyper-V can help you build a large-scale environment capable ...

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Understanding Hyper-V VM Licensing on Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V Server 2016

VM licensing has always been a confusing topic for many users due to the multitude of implications and liabilities that it entails. Currently, Microsoft customers who want to build a highly functional ...

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How to Install Hyper-V Core: Step-By-Step Guide

What’s involved in building a Hyper-V virtual environment? First and foremost, you need a reliable and efficient Hyper-V host on which your guest VMs will run. In today’s blog post, we are going t ...

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Hyper-V Server Core vs GUI Installation: How They Compare

Starting with Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V has been available as a Windows Server role and as a standalone Hyper-V Server. There are essentially three Hyper-V installation options to choose from: GUI ...

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Hyper-V Networking Best Practices

In most cases when you deploy virtual machines (VMs) on Hyper-V, you need to configure network access for VMs according to your tasks. The correct Hyper-V network configuration ensures a high level of ...

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Full Overview of Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Best Practices

Hyper-V Dynamic Memory was first introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1. Prior to its release, a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) would start and run with the full amount of RAM assigned to it, whi ...

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Pros and Cons of Hyper-V Network Virtualization

Hyper-V Network Virtualization enables virtualization of network components and the building of integrated network infrastructure using hardware and software network resources. Hyper-V Network Virtual ...

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Best Hyper-V Management Tools for Your Virtual Environment

In 2008, Microsoft introduced Hyper-V as its own virtualization platform, allowing users to create and run multiple virtual machines (VMs) with various guest operating systems (OSs) within a single IT ...

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Top 10 Facts About Hyper-V Snapshots

Taking storage snapshots has proven to be an extremely effective feature for those working in virtual environments. However, snapshot technology might backfire if used without proper knowledge of how ...

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Top Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Features That Are Worth Your Attention

Microsoft Hyper-V was first introduced as a free server role within Windows Server 2008. Later, a standalone Windows Hyper-V Server was released, the main purpose of which was to provide a virtualizat ...

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