With Windows Server 2016, Microsoft has introduced a lengthy list of improvements to Hyper-V. Along with functional additions like container support, nested virtualization, and increased memory and ...

The recent release of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 TP5 offers a closer look at the likely capabilities and features coming to the final release of the server OS, which, among many new features, ...

Although Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V introduced an overwhelming number of new features, Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V introduces even more. With Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft did a good job of ...

Microsoft released a beta version of Windows Hyper-V Server with drivers that enable the open source FreeBSD 8.2 server operating system to run in a virtual machine. The beta isn't intended for use in ...

Cisco is collaborating with Microsoft to bring its virtual switch to Hyper-V next year when Windows Server 8 is released. While Cisco’s Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch already supports VMware ...

Microsoft released on June 19 new test builds of its next versions of Windows Server which included the first Insider preview of Hyper-V 2019. The Windows Server Build 17692 test releases are ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Just two months after the release Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (formerly codenamed Viridian) RC0, the RC1 build has hit the Microsoft Download Center. The RC1 releases will be available as optional ...

With the release of its updated standalone Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 product, Microsoft claims to [finally] have a hypervisor to match that of market leader VMware. Moreover, by bundling newly added live ...

With the Technical Preview (TP) 5 of Windows Server 2016 recently released, I thought I'd take the opportunity to cover all the new goodness coming in Hyper-V. TP 5 is apparently feature complete; ...