Why you should be using BitLocker on your servers
In Windows Vista we introduced “BitLocker” to Windows – a native full disk encryption technology for Windows. Most people immediately saw the potential for BitLocker on laptops. Encrypting your...
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Windows Server Posters–in an App!
It seems like all I am talking about right now is our posters – but this is too cool to not mention. Hopefully, as a reader of my blog you are well familiar with the highly detailed Windows Server...
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Checking Out System Wide Disk Operations in Hyper-V
Recently I was working on a Hyper-V server, and was about to restart it, when I remembered that I had logged in with a different user account earlier on in the day. I had used this other user account...
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Dynamic Memory Pro Tip–be reasonable with your startup ram
Hyper-V now allows you to configure a startup, minimum and maximum memory limit. If you are like me – you probably leave the startup ram at the default of 512mb – but you should really consider...
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Using PowerShell to configure live migration networks in a Hyper-V cluster
A long time ago, Didier Van Hoye asked me how to configure the networks that should be used for live migration by a Hyper-V cluster using nothing but PowerShell. Unfortunately, I never got around to...
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Configuring wide screen resolutions in a Hyper-V virtual machine
I recently had to do some demonstrations on my laptop – which has a 1366 x 768 display. This made it hard to use Hyper-V virtual machines, which default to 1024 x 768 and only allow you to configure 4...
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Why does Hyper-V create a snapshot every time I apply a snapshot?
I was asked this question today. My first response was: “It doesn’t”. But after a bit of thought I realized what was going on for the user in question. Whenever you take a snapshot of a Hyper-V...
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Understanding Maximum Dynamic Memory from inside a VM
Dynamic memory is a great feature that allows Hyper-V administrators to get better utilization of their physical memory. But it can be hard to tell what is going on from inside of a virtual machine....
View ArticleCan you run Windows Server 2012 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2?
I have been asked this question a couple of times recently. The odd thing, to me anyway, is that most of the people who have asked me have stated: I read this article:...
View ArticleMicrosoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 Now Available
Yesterday we released the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497 It has a staggering amount of features....
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