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How to Install Hyper-V on Windows Server 2019

The Windows Server 2019 Install Procedure The following steps walk through Windows Server 2019 Installation from media. Aside from the text fields and the license prompt in step 3, installing…

Hyper-V PowerShell 101 Virtualization 101

Create and Configure Virtual Machine with PowerShell

Create New Virtual Machine Let's go to create the new virtual machine. Type new-vm -vmname test -memorystartupbytes 1GB Create Virtual Hard Drive new-vhd -path "C:\users\Public\Documents\Hyper-v\Virtual Hard Disks\test.vhdx" -sizebytes 20GB -fixed Use…

Hyper-V Virtualization 101 Windows Server 2012 /R2

Fixing Windows 2012R2 Hyper-V Role Failing At 99 Percent

installing the Hyper-V Role is straightforward on a new system, I have seen couple of scenarios where the Hyper-V role will fail on installation. Scenario conditions are outlined below: Fresh…

Hyper-V Virtualization 101

How to reset the local admin password of a Hyper-V VM

Do you ever get that sinking feeling, when you’ve forgotten the root password to your test lab? Again? I hate it too! So I decided to figure out a way…

Hyper-V Virtualization 101

Moving your VM Storage

Use the fantastic tools built-in to Hyper-V 2012 to make it easy to migrate your VMs onto new storage or over to a new host. Never mess with copying .vhdx…

Hyper-V Virtualization 101

Cloning VMs in Hyper-V

It’s a common enough scenario: build one template machine and then mirror that to make a testlab, so you’d think this would be a built-in feature of Hyper-V, but its…

Cyber Security 101 Hyper-V Windows Server 2016

Hack Hyper-V: how to protect your Microsoft private cloud

Hyper-V Virtualization 101 Windows Nano Server Windows Server 2016

6 Benefits Nano Server Will Bring to Hyper-V

In April 2015, Microsoft announced a new feature available in Windows Server 2016 called Nano Server. It is similar to Windows Server Core mode but remarkably smaller. Apparently there are…

Hyper-V Virtualization 101

Hyper-V Private Cloud Networking for Beginners – Virtual Networks

Introduction Just in case you didn’t get the memo: Microsoft is “all in” when it comes to cloud computing. I’ve written a bit about cloud computing before on this site…

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Understanding Networking with Hyper-V

With Hyper-V the world of networking is quite different than it was with Virtual Server. First to set the scene, with Windows Server 2008 installed on a system with one…