Hyper-V Platform

Pros and Cons of Hyper-V Network Virtualization

June 1, 2023
Hyper-V Network Virtualization enables virtualization of network components and the building of integrated network infrastructure using hard...

Hyper-V Virtual Switches: Types and Configuration

June 1, 2023
Microsoft Hyper-V is one of the leading hypervisors used to deploy a virtual infrastructure and create virtual machines (VMs). In an environ...

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

June 1, 2023
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...

What Is System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

June 1, 2023
System administrators have a variety of tools at their disposal to manage Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructures, including Hyper-V Manager, Fail...

How to Replicate, Restore, and Fail over Using Hyper-V Nested Virtualization on Azure

June 1, 2023
Disaster recovery presumes the presence of at least one secondary site that is referred to as a disaster recovery site. A remote datacenter...

Setting Up Hyper-V Replication Natively and with the NAKIVO Solution

June 1, 2023
Using virtual machine failover helps you avoid downtime if a disaster makes your primary environment unavailable. Failovers allow you to rec...

Top 10 Facts About Hyper-V Snapshots

June 1, 2023
Taking storage snapshots has proven to be an extremely effective feature for those working in virtual environments. However, snapshot techno...

How to Request SSL Certificates from a Windows Certificate Server for Hyper-V

June 1, 2023
Hyper-V has built-in tools for VM replication from one Hyper-V host to another. This comes in handy for failover in a case of failure. Often...

Failover Vs Failback: Key Differences in Disaster Recovery

June 1, 2023
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 Deploy Graphics Devices Using RemoteFX vGPU

June 1, 2023
Installing video acceleration and a graphics card on a physical computer for better performance and image quality is a common task. But what...

Hyper-V Network Adapters: What, Why, and How

June 1, 2023
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...

Top 7 Hyper-V Features in Windows Server 2019

June 1, 2023
The year of 2018 welcomed the release of Windows Server 2019, which mainly focused on solving the issues surrounding hybrid clouds, failover...

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

June 1, 2023
Microsoft introduced their proprietary virtualization platform, Hyper-V, as a part of Windows Server 2008. Since its first release, Hyper-V...

How to Fix the Error: Hyper-V Checkpoint Operation Failed

June 1, 2023
A possible error when working with Microsoft Hyper-V checkpoints is the Hyper-V checkpoint operation failed error and other similar errors....

Hyper-V Backup Strategy: 15 VM Backup Best Practices

June 1, 2023
In a virtual environment, you can’t rely on the same backup principles that you use in a physical environment. You need to take the advantag...

How to Increase Disk Size in Hyper-V: The Ultimate Approach

June 1, 2023
Virtual machines require high storage capacity for proper performance and smooth operation. One way to increase capacity when a VM is about...

Complete Guide on How to Shrink and Compact Virtual Hard Disks in Hyper-V

June 1, 2023
When working with Hyper-V dynamically expanding disks, there is always a risk that those disks will grow uncontrollably and reach their maxi...

NTFS vs ReFS: Which One to Choose?

June 1, 2023
Hyper-V environments can’t properly function without reliable storage in place, as it has a significant impact on the virtual machine (VM) p...

Full Overview of Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Best Practices

June 1, 2023
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 s...

Windows Server 2016 Core Installation

June 1, 2023
When looking to install Microsoft Hyper-V, you need to install the Hyper-V role on Window Server. One option is to use the GUI to run and ma...