If you receive a prompt with the message Error applying Virtual Switch Properties changes when you try to re-create a Hyper-V virtual switch (vSwitch) for the same ...

Private virtual networks are the most secure virtual network because they never communicate with the Hyper-V host or with the physical network. But what exactly happens when you create one? Microsoft ...

Microsoft's new extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8 has already been implemented by 5nine, Broadcom, Cisco, inMon and NEC, among others. Implementations by those Microsoft ...

Virtualization has swept through the data center in recent years, enabling IT transformation and serving as the secret sauce behind cloud computing. Now it’s time to examine what’s next for ...

A new IT buzzword (that is, hot on the heels of the now fairly worn "cloud") is software-defined networking. Driven by the need for data center networks to be more agile and policy driven than ...

Cisco is collaborating with Microsoft to bring its virtual switch to Hyper-V next year when Windows Server 8 is released. While Cisco’s Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch already supports VMware ...

Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft’s Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC’s OpenFlow-based network fabric, ProgrammableFlow, will be integrated with Windows ...

One of the most powerful tools in Windows 10 is its built-in virtualization platform, Hyper-V. Using Hyper-V, you can create a virtual machine and use it for evaluating software and services without ...

Create a Client Hyper-V Virtual Machine for Windows XP Your email has been sent In a previous article, Get started with Windows 8 Client Hyper-V the right way, I reminded you that Microsoft is ending ...