Converting a Shared Virtual Hard Disk VHDX to a VHDS Set Format #HyperV #WS2016
Introduction Shared VHDX is a great feature that was introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2, it’s very easy to set up for guest clustering. However, […]
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Activate Windows Server 2016 Virtual Machines Using PowerShell Direct #HyperV #PowerShell #AVMA #WS2016
Introduction A while ago, I wrote a blog post on how to automatic activate Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machines using PowerShell, you can read […]
How To Enable Virtual TPM (vTPM) in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM? #HyperV #WS2016
Introduction Trust is the biggest blocker to cloud computing adaption. In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft did a lot of work around Hyper-V core platform to […]
Configuring Constrained Delegation with Kerberos in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V With PowerShell #HyperV #WS2016
Microsoft recently announced a configuration change for constrained delegation with Kerberos in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V (Live Migration). You can read about this announcement here. In […]
Step by Step: Secure and Control a PowerShell Direct Session with Just Enough Administration #HyperV #PowerShell #JEA
Introduction PowerShell Direct allows you to use PowerShell directly between your host operating system and virtual machines guest operating system (Specifically Windows 10 and Windows […]
What’s New in PowerShell For Hyper-V In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5? #HyperV #PowerShell #WS2016
On October 2nd 2014, Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 1 bits along with System Center Technical Preview 1. On May 4th 2015, and […]
A First Look at VM Groups and VM Start Ordering in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V #HyperV #WS2016
Introduction Let’s take a first look at VM Groups and VM Start Ordering in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V. As the name implies, VM Groups are […]
How To Configure Hyper-V Virtual Switch That Supports NAT Network with PowerShell? #HyperV #PowerShell
[Updated 03/05/2016: New-ContainerNetwork at the end of this post.] In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 and Windows 10 build #1058, Microsoft included a new […]
How To Copy Files Between the Guest and the Host in #HyperV With PowerShell Direct?
Introduction In Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V has a nifty feature of the Integration Components / Integration Services that allows you to inject/copy files into […]
How To Set DNS Server Address on Nano Server using PowerShell DSC #NanoServer #PowerShell #DSC
Hello folks, As we are approaching the holidays and being busy preparing for Christmas and New Year! I thought let’s end-up the year with a […]
What’s New In Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V? #HyperV #WS2016
Picture left to right: Fellow MVPs, Clint Wyckoff, Dave Kawula, Mr. Hyper-V (Ben Armstrong, Principal Program Manager Lead), Didier Van Hoye, Charbel Nemnom and Andy Syrewicze. […]
PowerShell Direct Deep Dive #HyperV #WS2016 #PowerShell
Hello folks, Microsoft introduced a new feature in Windows Server 2016 called PowerShell Direct. What is PowerShell Direct? PowerShell direct allows you to use PowerShell […]
Step By Step: Running Hyper-V Cluster On #Nano From Windows Server 2016 TP4 Using PowerShell Direct #HyperV
[Updated: December 6th, 2015 – Nano Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 support] Nano Server is a new installation option in Windows Server 2016 built for the […]
What’s New in PowerShell For Hyper-V In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2? #HyperV #PowerShell #WS2016
Hello folks, In October last year, Microsoft released Windows Server Technical Preview 1 bits along with System Center Technical Preview and Windows 10 Technical Preview. […]
How to Automate The Upgrade Of Virtual Machine Configuration Version In Hyper-V 2016? #HyperV #WS2016
Hello folks, What is Virtual Machine Configuration Version? In the previous versions of Hyper-V, whenever you upgraded your host to a new release, the moment […]
Is Hyper-V vNext Going To Support Nested Virtualization? #HyperV #Containers #WindowsServer
The answer is yes, yes and yes! A dream come true! Until today, Windows server Hyper-V could only run Virtual Machines when Hyper-V is enable […]
Windows Server 2016 #HyperV DEMO04: Distributed Storage QoS
[Updated: May, 22nd, 2016] Hello folks, In today’s demo, I will show you a very interesting new feature introduced in Windows Server Technical Preview called […]
Windows Server 2016 #HyperV DEMO03: Production Checkpoints
Hello folks, In today’s demo I will show you another new feature in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V called Production Checkpoints. A little bit of overview […]
Windows Server 2016 #HyperV DEMO02: Hyper-V Replica Support For Hot Add/Remove of VHDX
Hello folks, Today I will demo another new big operational feature in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, Hyper-V Replica support for Hot Add and Remove of […]
Windows Server 2016 #HyperV DEMO01: Hot Add/Remove Memory and Virtual Network Adapters
Hello folks, In today’s demo, I would like to show you two big new features request in Hyper-V vNext for solving operational problems. None of […]
What’s New in PowerShell For Hyper-V In Windows Server Technical Preview 1? #HyperV #PowerShell #vNext
Hello folks, In October last year, Microsoft released Windows Server Technical Preview 1 bits along with System Center Technical Preview and Windows 10 Technical Preview. […]
What’s new for Hyper-V in the Windows Server Technical Preview 1? #HyperV #vNext
Hello folks, Today Microsoft® released the new Windows Server Technical Preview bits along with Windows 10 Technical Preview. Here are the list of features on […]