The other VM (Windows Server 10 Test VM 3) was created directly on the Hyper-V Server Technical Preview server. With that said, take a look at the summary information for the currently selected VM.

Upgrading a Hyper-V server from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2 is a three-step process. In this article, I want to discuss the three steps involved. Step 1: Live Migration ...

One area Hyper-V 2016 may not improve is VM performance. In fact, my Sandra benchmark tests of a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine on Hyper-V 2012 R2 versus Hyper-V 2016 indicate a step backward.

Microsoft has made Hyper-V Server 2019, which it first released last fall, available on its Evaluation Center and plans to deliver it to Visual Studio Subscription customers by June 19.

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 ...

My second ZDNet article, published in Mid-February of 2008, was a review of the very first version of Hyper-V, which was introduced in beta form as an add-on to Windows Server 2008.

Cisco is collaborating with Microsoft to bring its virtual switch to Hyper-V next year when Windows Server 8 is released. While Cisco’s Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch already supports ...

Getting started with Hyper-V is a straightforward process. For dedicated Hyper-V servers, I recommend using WS 2008 Core in order to limit the Hyper-V server's attack profile. Note that graphical ...

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 ...

Hyper-V Replica, one of many operational and performance improvements to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012, allows users to replicate virtual machines over slow, unreliable network links. Replica is ...

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 ...

Hyper-V Server 2008, which includes only the Windows Hypervisor, Windows Server driver model and virtualization components, is now available online.