Discover how to enable and use Windows 11 Hyper-V for virtual machines. Step-by-step guide to setting up VMs, installing OS, and optimizing performance for developers, IT pros, and enthusiasts.

I've dabbled in Hyper-V and ESXi but I've never worked with it in the context of shared storage. I've actually never worked with shared storage so that's where I need to start - the failover on top of ...

I created a 2012R2 cluster using iSCSI storage and 3 nodes, and added a Hyper-V guest. However, I had not yet created the network (MS-native LACP team on each host) that I was going to use for the ...

Struggling with the Windows 11 Hyper-V Virtual Switch error? Discover proven, step-by-step fixes to get your virtual machines ...

One of the main sticking points with learning Hyper-V is getting your head around the Clustered Shared Volumes technique to provide .VHD files on a SAN to multiple Hyper-V hosts. The CSV technique is ...

Managing Integration Services used to be a pain until Microsoft began including it in all Windows OSes, starting with Windows Server 2016. But administrators of older platforms don't need to be left ...

If you want to convert a physical server to a Hyper-V VM, follow the steps mentioned in this guide. Do keep in mind that this physical server doesn’t have to be a server; it can be any computer, be it ...

The folder ‘virtual-machine-folder-path’ could not be found. You might not have permission to access it. There are two reasons why you are getting this problem, and they are: When you select the ...

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 ...

How a Hyper-V VM boots up will dictate a lot, especially if optical media are interchanged. IT pro Rick Vanover shows a few ways to manage boot order for Hyper-V virtual machines in this post. Hyper-V ...