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Microsoft Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x64 systems. Hyper-V existed as a stand-alone product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server, in Windows Server 2008 and the last and final release for Windows Server 2019. Both variants are able to run in Windows Server Core versions.

Microsoft Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x64 systems. Hyper-V existed as a stand-alone product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server, in Windows Server 2008 and the last and final release for Windows Server 2019. Both variants are able to run in Windows Server Core versions.

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What's the difference between import virtual machines types in Hyper-V?

I was importing a virtual machine to my Hyper-V manager and I got 3 options: Register the virtual machine in place (use the existing unique ID) Restore the virtual machine in place (use the existing unique ID) Copy the virtual machine (create a new…
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What's the difference between "Turn Off" and "Shutdown" in Hyper-V

It seems like a simple thing to find the answer too. But, I can't seem to find it in the Hyper-V doc. I'm sure it's there somewhere. Simple question, when I am in Hyper-V manager there are two options that seem similar but I am sure they are…
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When deploying a single server on new hardware, do you virtualize it or not?

There are a few questions that I've found on ServerFault that hint around this topic, and while it may be somewhat opinion-based, I think it can fall into that "good subjective" category based on the below: Constructive subjective questions: * tend…
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Should I still have a physical DC, even post-Server 2012?

Back in the pre-Windows Server 2012 days, the recommendation seemed to be to have at least one physical domain controller sat along-side your virtualised DCs. One justification for this was because if your Hyper-V hosts were clustered, then they…
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Hyper-V and Hyper-threading: On or off?

With the new Xeon CPUs supporting Hyper-threading, what is the current wisdom with regard to using it (or not) on a Hyper-V host machine? I was originally under the impression that turning it on in a virtual host environment could be detrimental as…
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Is there a reason to give a VM a round base-2 amount (2048MB, 4096MB, etc) of memory?

The title pretty much says it all, is there any advantage to giving a VM 2048MB of memory instead of rounding to base-10 and doing 2000MB?
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"The wait operation timed out" when running SQL Server in Hyper-V

I'm running SQL Server (2012) on a Hyper-V instance. It has plenty of resources and 25% reserved of the total resources, the VHD is placed on a very fast SSD drive for quick response times. Every now and then when the applications that use the SQL…
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Does Windows 7 support Hyper-V Manager?

Does Windows 7 support running Hyper-V Manager?
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What are the benefits of "enterprise-level" virtualization?

For a company with modest virtualization needs - VirtualBox is currently doing fine at hosting a few light servers - what would some of the benefits be of moving to a more robust platform? I'm hoping to shortcut my research a bit - to get a short…
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How can I disable "Use automatic checkpoints" for new Hyper-V VM's on Windows 10?

On Windows 10, when a new VM is created, it has "Use automatic checkpoints" in Settings/Checkpoints turned on by default. If I recall correctly, this was a change that the Windows team made some months ago on Windows 10 Insider builds (it doesn't…
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How do I convert a vhd to a wim file?

I just setup and sysprepped a nice new VM, now I need to convert it to a wim real quick, to upload to my sccm server. For some reason, I can't change the VM properties to boot from a legacy nic for pxe, which is how I usually capture my images using…
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How to delete hyper-v virtual switch extensions adapters from device manager

How to clean that hyper-v mess? I just want to delete all of them. And yes, right click -> uninstall does nothing :( I tried deleting the regedit entries and got a permission denied. I tried to set permissions to the entries and got a access is…
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Hyper-V on Windows 7?

I'm running the new Windows 7 RC x64. I would like to set up a couple of virtual servers running on the same box as my desktop OS. I know that I can do this with some of the other virtualization pacakges (Windows Virtual PC, VirtualBox, etc.) but…
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Convert Hyper V images to Virtual box

I need to change my client OS from Windows 2008 to Windows 7. I therefore need to convert all of my HyperV images to Virtual Box. What is the best way to do this? Or is there a way to run HyperV on Windows 7?
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Is Hyper-V a real hypervisor

According to Wikipedia, there are Hyper-V and Hyper-V server. Ok... Hyper-V server doesn't need an OS to run, so it is true Hypervisor. But what about Hyper-V inside windows2008, is it a "type 2" ?
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