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In Windows Server 2012 (and R2), Microsoft released the Scale Out File Server (SOFS) feature. SOFS provides highly available file-based storage for applications and general use, and they are …
There are any number of tools, interfaces and scripts available to monitor the health of your Hyper-V environment. I like to use the resource and performance monitors which are available via the …
With the introduction of Server 2012, Microsoft added 164 PowerShell cmdlets directly pertaining to managing your Hyper-V environment. While you can certainly manage your VMs using the Hyper-V Manager …
In part 1 of this post we discussed planning for vCPU resource assignment for Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V VMs. Now let’s take a look at ways in which you can perform the assignment of vCPUs to your …
If your IT environment is like the vast majority of growing shops these days, you are probably considering, in the process of, or already managing some virtualized resources. Virtual machines are …
(The image above represents an example of replication and replicas – the cloning of sheep.  We’ ll stay with this theme in our images over the next few posts.) In the next few blog posts …
A Hyper-V snapshot is an encapsulation of a running VM’s state, data, and hardware configuration. When the user creates a snapshot, it creates a point in time for that VM and allows an easy way …
I have read some requests recently of examples of Hyper-V in production use in companies around the world. Good news, Microsoft offers a site that delivers thousands of case studies discussing how …
By now, you’ve read a number of news articles and blog posts about new features in Hyper-V, and how Hyper-V is continuing to close the feature gap and is gaining market share against VMware. …