Brien details the pros and cons of Hyper-V replication versus clustering, and what scenarios work best for each method. For several years now, I have been using Hyper-V's replication feature to ...

One of the best new capabilities that Microsoft has introduced with Windows Server 2016 is the ability to upgrade the nodes within a failover cluster without incurring any down time in the process.

Microsoft's virtualization platform has matured into a solid, dependable workhorse. Here's a primer for getting the most out of it. There's a gradual shift in the business world away from the market ...

I’m a huge fan of server virtualization for mixed purpose hosting. It’s not a perfect fit for every situation but it’s very versatile. The portability of guest operating systems adds some level of ...

In just over a year, Microsoft went from having basically no real enterprise-class server virtualization technology to one that is at par and has VMware scared and running. Back in the middle of 2008, ...

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 ...

So we've moved into a 2016 Hyper-V cluster. Several nodes with non-clustered storage. We used to use VMM, but when we moved to this platform, we did not include it. So that's not part of the solution.

There's a gradual shift in the business world away from the market leader VMware Inc. for virtualization; partly because Microsoft Hyper-V is more cost effective in most scenarios, and partly because ...