Hyper-V Platform
How to Configure Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2016 and Newer
April 28, 2026
The point of setting up the Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V hypervisor is to host virtual machines. Once you have installed the Hyper-V role, th...
Host vs Guest-Level Hyper-V Backup
April 28, 2026
When using Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform, backing up your virtual machines is of critical importance. To keep your VM data saf...
A How-To Guide on Setting Up Hyper-V VLANs
April 28, 2026
A virtual environment can consist of several physical servers, with multiple virtual machines (VMs) simultaneously running within each host....
Hyper-V Storage Best Practices
April 28, 2026
Storage is one of the most important components involved with servers; this includes virtualization servers that have a hypervisor installed...
Top Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Features That Are Worth Your Attention
April 28, 2026
Microsoft Hyper-V was first introduced as a free server role within Windows Server 2008. Later, a standalone Windows Hyper-V Server was rele...
How to Disable a Hyper-V VM Stuck in the Starting/Stopping State
April 28, 2026
Hyper-V is a well-known hardware virtualization platform that is popular because it is the native Windows hypervisor. Virtualization provide...
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 vs. Hyper-V Role
April 28, 2026
Since 2008, Microsoft has provided two deployment options for the Hyper-V hypervisor – a standalone installation of Hyper-V Server and a Hyp...
The Essentials of Windows Server Licensing for Virtual Machines
April 28, 2026
Organizations use the Windows Server OS on physical servers and virtual machines including Microsoft virtualized servers. Windows Server lic...
How to Create a Fixed-Size Hard Disk for a Hyper-V VM
April 28, 2026
One of the topics mentioned that we want to take a closer look at here is how to create a fixed size hard disk on a guest Hyper-V VM. There...
Virtualization Applications Are Not Working: What Do You Do?
April 28, 2026
When you install a virtualization application on a Windows machine on which Hyper-V or related services are installed, errors can often occu...
Hyper-V Best Practices for Administration
April 28, 2026
Flexibility, scalability, redundancy, and cost-efficiency… This is only a short list of benefits that Hyper-V can provide you with. While Hy...
Understanding Hyper-V VM Licensing on Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V Server 2016
April 28, 2026
VM licensing has always been a confusing topic for many users due to the multitude of implications and liabilities that it entails. Currentl...
How to Install Hyper-V: A Step-By-Step Guide
April 28, 2026
Microsoft introduced their proprietary virtualization platform, Hyper-V, as a part of Windows Server 2008. Since its first release, Hyper-V...
Hyper-V Network Adapters: What, Why, and How
April 28, 2026
The previous blog post covered how to create a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM). However, creating a Hyper-V VM is merely the first step of buil...
How to Create Hyper-V Virtual Machine: Complete Walkthrough
April 28, 2026
The goal of most organizations is to grow and expand over time. While meeting this goal, an organization also often finds it more difficult...
Failover Vs Failback: Key Differences in Disaster Recovery
April 28, 2026
In the modern world, any business could suffer from corruption of data and disruption of mission-critical operations from time to time. Howe...
How to Convert a Physical Machine to Hyper-V VM
April 28, 2026
Virtualization provides an expansive list of advantages including easy migration, rational consumption of resources, scalability, etc. For t...
Hyper-V Checkpoints Best Practices
April 28, 2026
Virtualization has significantly changed the way businesses conduct their operations and provide services to customers. One of the most sign...
Hyper-V vs VMware: Which One to Choose?
April 28, 2026
There are two major players that dominate the virtualization market: Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere. Selecting one of them to run virt...
Hyper-V or VirtualBox – Which One to Choose?
April 28, 2026
When you want to run a virtual machine, you have several hypervisors to choose from, including two of the most popular products: Oracle Virt...