Microsoft Hyper-V: A reminder of where we’re at

This content is 13 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.Earlier this week I saw a tweet from the MIX 2011 conference that highlighted how Microsoft’s … Continue reading Microsoft Hyper-V: A reminder of where we’re at

Hyper-V R2 service pack 1, Dynamic Memory, RemoteFX and virtual desktops

This content is 13 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.I have to admit that I’ve tuned out a bit on the virtualisation front over the … Continue reading Hyper-V R2 service pack 1, Dynamic Memory, RemoteFX and virtual desktops

Extending certificate validity to avoid mouse/video refresh issues with the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection

This content is 14 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.In order to avoid man in the middle attacks, Hyper-V’s Virtual Machine Connection (vmconnect.exe) requires certificates … Continue reading Extending certificate validity to avoid mouse/video refresh issues with the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection

Hyper-V R2 Dynamic Memory: over-subscription vs. over-commitment

This content is 14 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.There’s been a lot of talk about how Microsoft’s Dynamic Memory capability in Hyper-V R2 compares … Continue reading Hyper-V R2 Dynamic Memory: over-subscription vs. over-commitment

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V crash turns out to be an Intel driver issue

This content is 14 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.A few weeks ago, I rebuilt a recently decommissioned server to run as an infrastructure test … Continue reading Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V crash turns out to be an Intel driver issue

Physical disks can only be added to Hyper-V VMs when the disk is offline

This content is 15 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.I don’t often work with passthrough disks in Hyper-V but, after configuring my Netgear ReadyNAS as … Continue reading Physical disks can only be added to Hyper-V VMs when the disk is offline

Creating a Hyper-V workstation

This content is 15 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.A couple of years back, I was running Windows Server 2008 on my everyday notebook PC … Continue reading Creating a Hyper-V workstation

Injecting network drivers into a Hyper-V Server (or Windows Server) installation

This content is 15 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about running Windows from a flash drive – specifically … Continue reading Injecting network drivers into a Hyper-V Server (or Windows Server) installation

Hyper-V is now supported on flash drives

This content is 15 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.Last week I wrote about booting Windows from a USB flash drive. This had been a … Continue reading Hyper-V is now supported on flash drives

Copying files to/from a Hyper-V Server or Windows Server (server core) computer over RDP

This content is 15 years old. I don’t routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.It’s reasonably well known that it’s possible to expose local resources (including local drives) on a … Continue reading Copying files to/from a Hyper-V Server or Windows Server (server core) computer over RDP