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Move a VM from XenServer to Hyper-V with StarWind V2V Converter

This guide drives you through the procedure of moving a VM from XenServer to a Hyper-V running on Windows...
Create a Windows VM in Proxmox VE

In my previous post, you learned how to get started with Proxmox VE as an alternative to VMware and...
Proxmox VE vs. VMware ESXi vs. Hyper-V

At some point, admins need to pick a suitable virtualization solution that best aligns with their existing server infrastructure....
Proxmox VE: Virtualization alternative to VMware ESXi and Hyper-V

Are you looking for a virtualization alternative to Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESXi? Proxmox VE is a Debian-based opensource...
Top 6 Hyper-V management tools

If you are responsible for managing Hyper-V in your organization, you should know about the advantages and disadvantages of...
Adding a new node to a Hyper-V cluster

Many organizations run Microsoft Hyper-V as a highly available role in Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC). Hyper-V clusters allow...
Start and stop a Hyper-V VM with PowerShell

In my last article, we created a new VM for Kali Linux, mounted the ISO file to its virtual...
How to create a Hyper-V VM with PowerShell

In this new post of my Hyper-V management series, I will explain how create a Hyper-VM with PowerShell.
Create a Hyper-V virtual switch with PowerShell

In this second post in my series about Hyper-V management with PowerShell I will explain how to create a...
Install Hyper-V with PowerShell

In this first post of my series about managing Hyper-V with PowerShell I will outline how to install Hyper-V...
Create and read SCVMM custom properties with PowerShell and the VMM Console

In this guide, I will show you how to add, remove, and read Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager...
Activate enhanced session mode for Ubuntu VMs in Hyper-V

Enhanced session mode increases the integration of a guest OS with the host, thereby greatly improving the user experience....
Usbipd-win: Access and share USB devices in Hyper-V VMs and WSL

Usbipd-win is an open-source project that allows sharing locally connected USB devices with other machines, including Hyper-V guests and...
Microsoft will not release a free Hyper-V Server 2022

Until now, with each new version of Windows Server LTSC, Microsoft released a corresponding version of the free Hyper-V...
Creating and configuring a virtual machine completely with PowerShell (using Azure Stack HCI as an example)

If you have to create several identical VMs that deviate significantly from the wizard's defaults in the Hyper-V Manager,...
Activate SMB compression when copying files over the network

Windows 10 20H2 introduced SMB compression as a new feature, and Server 2022 will also include it. SMB compression...
Install Hyper-V on AWS EC2 bare metal instances

This step-by-step guide explains how to install Hyper-V on AWS EC2 bare metal instances. Bare metal instances enable you...
Create highly available VMs in a Hyper-V cluster using Windows Admin Center

Beginning with version 1910, the Cluster Manager in Windows Admin Center is not limited to managing failover and HCI...
Convert Hyper-V virtual machines from generation 1 to 2

Hyper-V introduced the second-generation virtual machines with Windows Server 2012 R2. They offer several advantages over Gen 1 VMs,...