Hyper-V Platform

Hyper-V Checkpoints Best Practices

June 1, 2023
Virtualization has significantly changed the way businesses conduct their operations and provide services to customers. One of the most sign...

Deploying Hyper-V VDI: A How-To Guide

June 1, 2023
In any modern business environment, the ability to access services whenever and wherever they are needed is extremely important. In recent y...

How to Disable a Hyper-V VM Stuck in the Starting/Stopping State

June 1, 2023
Hyper-V is a well-known hardware virtualization platform that is popular because it is the native Windows hypervisor. Virtualization provide...

Top Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Features That Are Worth Your Attention

June 1, 2023
Microsoft Hyper-V was first introduced as a free server role within Windows Server 2008. Later, a standalone Windows Hyper-V Server was rele...

Tips and Tools for Microsoft Hyper-V Monitoring

June 1, 2023
The main advantages of hardware virtualization include logical isolation and rational resource usage. When using Microsoft Hyper-V, it is im...

The Differences Between Hyper-V Generation 1 or 2

June 1, 2023
There are two generations of Hyper-V virtual machines – Generation 1 and Generation 2. The choice of VM generation is important when a VM is...

How to Create Hyper-V Virtual Machine: Complete Walkthrough

June 1, 2023
The goal of most organizations is to grow and expand over time. While meeting this goal, an organization also often finds it more difficult...

Performing Hyper-V USB Passthrough: A Step-By-Step Guide

June 1, 2023
Virtualization technology enables the abstraction of computing, storage, and networking resources, meaning that you can create a virtual ver...

What Is Hyper-V Manager and How Does It Work?

June 1, 2023
Hyper-V Manager has an intuitive user interface and offers basic yet powerful functionality, which makes it a feasible option for small and...

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...

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...

What Is Application-Aware VM Backup?

May 31, 2023
When it comes to backups, there is a wide range of options that must be considered such as backup type, frequency, source, destination, and...

How to Delete a Snapshot Using Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell

May 23, 2023
Snapshots, which are known as checkpoints in Hyper-V, come in handy when you need to retain the last properly running state of a VM before d...

How to Copy Files to Hyper-V Server and VMs: 7 Methods

January 24, 2023
Hyper-V is a hypervisor, which runs on Windows, and can be managed directly on the machine where it is installed as well as remotely. Often,...

How to Install and Configure Hyper-V Manager

February 18, 2019
Microsoft provides a wide variety of tools for managing Hyper-V environment: System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), PowerShell, Serv...

What Is a Failover? Clustering and Replication Use Cases

July 23, 2018
The availability of VMs is essential for ensuring business continuity. When the services running on business- and mission-critical VMs becom...

Host vs Guest-Level Hyper-V Backup

April 30, 2018
When using Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform, backing up your virtual machines is of critical importance. To keep your VM data saf...