Select the check box next to each server you want to deploy as a Hyper-V host and click Next. When you reach the Provisioning Options page, select the host group you want to assign as the target ...

Windows Server 2016 instead makes change tracking a feature of Hyper-V itself, making it much easier for third-party backup vendors to support Hyper-V. Snapshots and checkpoints are dangerous for ...

We've also discovered that, in order to build host server configurations, you must follow some specific caveats or Hyper-V's value to your organization will be diluted. As most people know, Hyper-V is ...

With the release of its updated standalone Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 product, Microsoft claims to [finally] have a hypervisor to match that of market leader VMware. Moreover, by bundling newly added ...

I'm putting together some specs for a new server and am finding it requires a lot of thought and review to get things "perfect" if there is such a goal ...

I was hoping someone here with a little HyperV experience might be able to answer a question for me. I've got a server in my office that's currently running Windows 2003. Even though it's the ...

Multiple concurrent live migration: In Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V could perform just a live migration, which only allowed for a single migration move at a time. By contrast, vSphere could ...

Today, half of our server virtualization consulting business is now based on Hyper-V R2, and it’s not that our VMware business has decreased, more and more organizations are virtualizing, and ...

Use these three tips to fine-tune your Hyper-V host machines.

Typically, when you patch a HyperV host server, it’s normal to let the underlying hosted virtual machines “do their thing.” When the HyperV host reboots, the virtual machine can be set by ...

Altaro Hyper-V Backup for home office and small business users will include a freeware version that supports up to three VMs on a single host It’s nothing new to say that virtualization is ...

Backups in Hyper-V can sometimes be a bit shaky, due to a reliance on the underlying Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) system. Windows Server 2016 instead makes change tracking a feature of Hyper-V ...