Automated Virtual Machine Activation

Let’s face it… Microsoft wants you to use Microsoft, so when it can, it creates technologies that make it easier … More

Hyper-V Server Clustering Network Issue: Validation Failed?

If I’ve told you once I’ve told you a thousand times… When you build a Failover Cluster on Windows Server … More

I have used Hyper-V for as long as there has been Hyper-V. Today I use it much less than … More

My colleague created a virtual machine for me in our datacentre a few weeks ago. (Thanks Michael!) Earlier this week … More

Last month I posted an updated list of free ebooks that Microsoft Press offers (Free E-Books… Way beyond PDF Files!) … More

I was called in to help a company recently with a small Hyper-V environment. They created a 2TB VHD file … More

I manage a vSphere environment at work, and it is a real change from the last few years when I … More

Are there problems with it? Yes. Do I absolutely love it? I love my kids and my dogs… but I suppose … More

For several years I have been speaking and writing about desktop deployment to standardize your client system environment. What about … More

As a subject matter expert (SME) on virtualization, I was neither excited nor intimidated when Microsoft announced their new exam, … More

I always said I am not hard to please… I only need perfection. So when I wrote my PowerShell script … More

I have been telling people for a couple of years that if they want to ensure a good future in … More

Warning: The following post was written by a scripting luddite. The author readily admits that he would have difficulty coding … More

“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…” “Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall…” … More

it is pretty well known that for Live Migration to work in Hyper-V, the CPUs on the hosts must be … More