Microsoft's new Windows Admin Center extension enables agentless conversion of VMware VMs to Hyper-V with minimal downtime, currently in public preview.
A technical guide on configuring networking, downloading images, and deploying virtual machines on an Azure Stack HCI cluster.
A technical guide on manually deploying Azure Stack HCI, covering prerequisites, hardware requirements, and initial setup steps.
A calendar of major virtualization conferences for 2024, including VMware Explore, Nutanix .NEXT, and Microsoft Ignite, with dates and locations.
A technical guide on creating a custom Windows Server 2022 image using Hyper-V and uploading it to Azure for use with Windows Virtual Desktop.
A review of Synology's Active Backup Suite, evaluating its capabilities for small business backup of physical machines, VMs, and Office 365 data.
A developer's experience returning to Windows for software development after six years, focusing on WSL, Vagrant, Hyper-V, and Docker performance.
How to fix the 0x800705AA error preventing the Windows 10 Mobile emulator from starting by disabling Hyper-V's RemoteFX GPU feature.
Announcing TechSnips, a new e-learning platform with short, focused tech tutorial videos, and encouraging community contributions.
A technical blog post detailing the lab setup and initial test cases for preventing Windows 10 update reboots, using VMs and automated data collection.
A guide to using the PowerShell LabBuilder module to automate the creation of a Windows Server 2016 and Nano Server lab environment in Hyper-V.
A guide to configuring a Windows Virtual NAT device for isolated Hyper-V lab environments, enabling internet access without external switches or guest NATs.
A guide on installing VMware ESXi 6.0 as a nested virtual machine inside a Microsoft Hyper-V host, including troubleshooting tips.
A PowerShell function to retrieve localized names of Hyper-V Integration Services for configuration scripts.
A PowerShell script to identify which physical network adapters are bound to Hyper-V virtual switches, useful for managing network resources in virtualization.
Guide to creating dual-boot profiles on Windows to switch between Hyper-V and VirtualBox, as they cannot run simultaneously.
A PowerShell guide to retrieve the BIOS GUID of a Hyper-V virtual machine from the host OS using WMI/CIM.
Windows 10 Build 10586 breaks PowerShell Direct and DSC credential encryption, detailing workarounds and a bug report.
A PowerShell script to retrieve the IPv4 address of a Hyper-V VM's NIC attached to an external switch for remote management.
A technical guide on manually creating and configuring Windows Server Containers on Nano Server 2016 TP3, covering VM setup and networking.
