Reading Time: 3 minutesWith Windows Server 2016 we have some cool new features within Hyper-V. One of them are Hyper-V Virtual Machine Groups. In this post I am going to explain what Virtual Machine Groups are and how to create them. What are Hyper-V Virtual Machine Groups? First thing to note is that Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I have managed to get a new work laptop, one that can utilize nested Virtualisation with Hyper-V. Because of this, I needed to create my lab again. I had some spare time so I decided to create a basic script to help me create new Hyper-V Virtual Machines via Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAutomatic Virtual Machine Activation was added into Windows Server 2012 R2. It allows you to activate your VM’s without using a KMS Server or using MAK Keys and you do not require an internet connection either! The VM’s activate against the host Hyper-V server. Using this method the Guests activation Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Cloud Witness? Cloud Witness is a new type of Failover Witness Quorum Witness that uses Microsoft Azure blob storage to read/write a blob file which is then used as an arbitration point in case of split-brain resolution. There are significant benefits with using a Cloud Witness. Uses Microsoft Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis guide is to show you how to configure networking on a nano server. This can be done in a few ways. In this guide I will show you how to Set a static IP address via the Recovery Console and also via PowerShell Direct. Set IP address via Recovery Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow that Microsoft Ignite is over and I have had a chance to catch up with some of the information. I thought I would post a list of what’s new and updated in Hyper-V 2016. Most of this has me excited for what Microsoft is doing and I will be Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Windows Server 2012 Microsoft introduced a new feature that allows us to clone domain controllers. This helps us sysadmins to quickly restore a domain controller in an event of failures (when we have one left) and it also helps us to deploy to test environments when needed. Before Server 2012 you Read more…