Hyper-V Platform
Hyper-V Storage Migration Guide
December 23, 2024
Modern organizations are interested in being mobile, flexible, and efficient so as to remain competitive in the ever-changing market. Thus,...
How to Disable Hyper-V in Windows
December 18, 2024
Microsoft Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor that you can install on Windows – including on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. In some scenario...
Port Mirroring in Hyper-V: A Setup Guide
November 6, 2024
Troubleshooting is a common task for system administrators working with networks. Professional network equipment usually has features for mo...
Comprehensive Guide to KVM vs Hyper-V
October 9, 2024
Understanding the differences between KVM and Hyper-V is essential when building a virtualized environment to optimize hardware resource uti...
Differences Between VM Snapshots and Backups
September 3, 2024
Backups and snapshots are two popular technologies that enterprises use to mitigate data loss and minimize disruptions. In fact, backups and...
Hyper-V GPU Passthrough: An Essential Guide for Beginners
July 16, 2024
In some scenarios, you may need to use a video card (containing a GPU), also called a graphic adapter or display adapter, on a virtual machi...
Back Up Hyper-V Virtual Machines: The Ultimate Guide
April 16, 2024
If you’re running Microsoft Hyper-V machines, there’s no shortage of backup approaches to ensure recovery in different scenarios – from reco...
How to Convert OVA/OVF Files to Hyper-V VM
December 12, 2023
Microsoft’s Hyper-V is a native hypervisor for Windows, that is you can use it to run virtual machines (VMs) with different guest operating...
How to Migrate from VMware to Hyper-V
December 11, 2023
You may need to convert a VMware VM into a Hyper-V VM for different reasons. For example, you may have a multi-hypervisor environment, you m...
How Hyper-V High Availability Works
December 4, 2023
Today’s organizations need to ensure the 24/7 availability of their services. If an organization experiences downtime, the consequences are...
What Is VM Sprawl and How to Prevent It
November 20, 2023
Virtualization allows you to create a number of virtual machines on a single physical server. This technology provides several advantages, i...
Hyper-V vs VMware: Which One to Choose?
August 3, 2023
There are two major players that dominate the virtualization market: Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere. Selecting one of them to run virt...
Hyper-V Nested Virtualization Explained
July 25, 2023
Hyper-V nested virtualization is a feature that was first released with Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, and available on workstations as...
Hyper-V or VirtualBox – Which One to Choose?
June 20, 2023
When you want to run a virtual machine, you have several hypervisors to choose from, including two of the most popular products: Oracle Virt...
Using Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Technology for Consistent Backups
June 16, 2023
When creating a backup of a virtual or physical machine with running applications, especially applications that intensively write data to fi...
What Is Hyper-V Resilient Change Tracking: Using RCT for VM Backup
June 9, 2023
When it comes to backup efficiency and copying only unique data blocks between full backups (that is, creating incremental backups), change...
How to Install ESXi on Hyper-V
June 1, 2023
One of the previous blog posts explained Hyper-V nested virtualization as well as the installation of a virtual Hyper-V server on a VM that...
Top 20 Tips on How to Improve VM Performance in Hyper-V
June 1, 2023
Every system is prone to errors and failures once in a while, and users are constantly looking for ways to improve performance with their vi...
A How-To Guide on Setting Up Hyper-V VLANs
June 1, 2023
A virtual environment can consist of several physical servers, with multiple virtual machines (VMs) simultaneously running within each host....
How To Use Hyper-V Differencing Disks: A Complete Guide
June 1, 2023
Virtual hard disks are rightfully considered an essential part of a Hyper-V environment as they provide digital storage space for securing c...