I abuse Microsoft Virtual Labs, and that’s a good thing
Want to experiment without worrying about what might happen to your servers? Microsoft Virtual Labs offers you a consequence-free place to try new things.
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Windows Server 2016 Alive (Part 2)
In this article we’ll wrap up the virtualization discussion and then talk about new networking and storage features, as well as what’s new in the all-important area of security.
Windows Server 2016 Alive (Part 1)
In this first of a two-part series, we take a look at how Server 2016 improves Hyper-V virtualization with new management capabilities and the WS-MAN protocol, discrete device assignment, host resource protection, ability to make more changes to VMs while they’re running, and nested virtual machines.
What’s so cool about Windows Server 2016? Here are 10 things to look forward to
The hits keep coming with Windows Server 2016. Even though it was overshadowed by the desktop release of Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 has a lot of exciting features which will revolutionize how you think of your data center. Here are some …
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Containerization Proliferation: The Docker Effect (Part 6)
In this Part 6, we’re going to wrap up the series by talking a little about CoreOS, Kubernetes (Google’s container management solution), and Microsoft’s entries into this space: Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers.
Docker and Containers (Part 3) – Containers and Windows Server
This article describes the two types of Windows Containers that are available in Windows Server 2016.
Testing Multi-Hypervisor Management
In this article we will look at a few different approaches to multi-hypervisor management.
Difference between AMD-v/Intel VT-x and AMD-Vi/Intel VT-d
There are acronyms for everything, but even for the pros, it’s getting really crazy, especially when it comes to considering hosts with newer processors for virtualization scenarios. Unlike in other use cases, processor features are really important to understand when it comes to providing specifications for a new virtual host. Without the right features, you may not be able to run the workloads that you want. There are two features that create a whole lot of confusion, particularly since the naming is so similar. Both Intel and AMD have these features, which are described below: AMD-V, Intel VT-x. This capability has been a requirement for a while. Without it, for example, you couldn’t run 64-bit guest operating systems under ESX and you couldn’t even install Hyper-V. If you use Linux to retrieve processor capabilities, this feature will be listed as vmx (virtual machine extensions). AMD-V/VT-x allows a guest virtual machine to run at privilege levels in the processor that enable proper operation. If you’d like an in-depth analysis of this capability, take a look here. AMD Nested Page tables or (NPT) or Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI)/Intel Extended Page Tables (EPT). Up until recently, hardware that supported Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) wasn’t a hard and fast requirement, although it has the potential to significantly improve performance. However, newer hypervisors, such as Hyper-V 3.0 and newer features, such as RemoteFX under the current Hyper-V, require SLAT-capable hardware. On the Inte