Vendor of some software we are going to use for payroll has stated that they:<br>Require SQL 2005 (do not support 2008)<br><b>Do not support 64-bit versions of ...

Alright, so a minor meeting about a server issue has turned into a full-out 'virtualize all the things' - new servers, Hyper-V 3 (server 2012), 2 hosts with failover clustering, iSCSI SAN, etc. The ...

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 ...

Running a bunch of hyper-v virtual machines that matter? You’ll want a high availability cluster. Of course you’ll also want to take backups of those VMs as well. Prior to moving your VMs into the HA ...

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 ...

We've looked at quite a bit so far in regards to the newest version of Microsoft Hyper-V: the huge changes to networking functionality, scalability enhancements, NUMA management, cluster patching 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...