It may seem a bit odd to discuss power management in the context of Hyper-V. After all, virtual servers run on virtual hardware. Even so, power and cooling costs can account for a big chunk of the IT ...

Some of these assumptions are perfectly valid for most situations, but others -- despite Microsoft's best intentions -- are a bit more puzzling. Microsoft offers three separate tools for interacting ...

How would you like to manage all your virtual machines (VM)s and hypervisors across multiple cloud platforms from one interface? What's that you say? You'd love that ...

Last time, I was working to get the Hyper-V Manager on Vista SP1 talking to a Server 2008 Hyper-V system. A couple of clarifications are in order – and a recommendation on a good document to have on ...

Discover how to enable and use Windows 11 Hyper-V for virtual machines. Step-by-step guide to setting up VMs, installing OS, and optimizing performance for developers, IT pros, and enthusiasts.

In an effort to leverage good ol’ Windows passthrough authentication, I created an account on my Vista machine and another account with identical credentials on my Server machine… then I fired up ...

Although Microsoft's Hyper-V is easier to use than some of the competing hypervisors, it does have its nuances. As such, I thought that I would put together a column consisting of random tidbits of ...

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 ...

Hyper-V comes with its own manager, but System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 may be what your VMs really need This week I’m at the Connections conference in Las Vegas, and the buzz is all about ...

We have noticed that sometimes the Hyper-V VM is stuck, and we are unable to power it on or off because it is unable to change state. In this post, we will discuss ...

‘Virtual-machine-name’ failed to stop: The device is not ready for use. (0x800710DF). (Virtual Machine ID unique-numbers) If you click the Close button and try to ...