When configuring Hyper-V virtual processors for a VM, you must ensure the workload has enough resources to run smoothly, but not so much that resources go to waste. A best practice is to start with ...

One of the main sticking points with learning Hyper-V is getting your head around the Clustered Shared Volumes technique to provide .VHD files on a SAN to multiple Hyper-V hosts. The CSV technique is ...

If you need to create and configure VMs on a regular basis, using Windows PowerShell to do so can speed up the process. Whether you need to test new or standardized server setups, Hyper-V gives you an ...

Active Directory (AD) is one of those products that seems ubiquitous. It's something that's taken for granted and is just assumed to be around. However, for those computers that are not part of AD ...

One of the cooler announcements from Microsoft this year was the release of Windows Server 2008 SP1, which included several enhanced features for key components. One in particular that I am excited ...

Hyper-V R2 installation Installing and configuring a Hyper-V cluster is not as straightforward as implementing the VMware, Red Hat, and Citrix solutions. One reason is that installation of hosts and ...

Before you configure NIC teaming in Hyper-V, you need to evaluate each option and understand its limitations. Otherwise, you could experience performance issues or even inaccessible workloads. To ...

While installing an OS on Hyper-V virtual machine, you might come across an error saying The Virtual Machine Management service encountered an error while configuring ...