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Using SMB shares with Hyper-V Replica

SMB is getting a lot of attention with Windows Server 2012, and we’ve had questions from a few customers regarding the inter-play between SMB shares and Hyper-V Replica. In this post we’ll share our experience around setting up and using various configurations...

Published Jun 14 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 43 views, 0 comments

MMS 2013 Labs: Powered by Microsoft/HP Private Cloud...

MMS 2013 Hands On Labs Virtualization Nation, A few weeks ago we held the annual 2013 Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. As in years past, the event sold out quickly and it was a very busy week. To everyone that attended, our sincere thanks. As...

Published May 29 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 58 views, 0 comments

XenDesktop 7 Supports Windows Server 2012

We are excited to see the release of XenDesktop 7 and support our partner Citrix. XenDesktop 7 brings together both XenApp and XenDesktop functionality into a common release and now brings support for Windows Server 2012. XenDesktop can easily be deployed...

Published May 23 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 64 views, 0 comments

Hyper-V Replica Capacity Planner

Customers have frequently asked us for capacity planning guidance before deploying Hyper-V Replica – e.g.: “How much network bandwidth is required between the primary and replica site”, “How much storage is required on the primary and replica site”, Read...

Published May 23 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 57 views, 0 comments

Resynchronization of virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica

What is resynchronization and why is it needed? Hyper-V Replica provides protection to VMs by tracking and replicating changes to the virtual hard disks (VHDs) of the VM. Hyper-V Replica runs 24 hours, 365 days in a year; for any VM that has been enabled...

Published May 10 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 74 views, 0 comments

How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running

We’ve been talking to a lot of people about deploying integration services (integration components) lately. As it turns out, they’re pretty easy to patch offline with existing Hyper-V tools. First, why would you update integration services...

Published Apr 18 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 82 views, 0 comments

Updates for Hyper-V

A new article has appeared on the TechNet Wiki that provides a complete list of updates for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15576.hyper-v-update-list-for-windows-server-2012.aspx I am really happy...

Published Apr 16 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 97 views, 0 comments

Hyper-V Replica Certificate Based Authentication - makecert

We have had a number of queries on how to enable replication using certificates created from makecert. Though the Understanding and Troubleshooting guide for Hyper-V Replica discusses this aspect, I am posting a separate article on this. The below steps...

Published Apr 13 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 116 views, 0 comments

Hyper-V Replica - Name Resolution of Internationalized Server/Domain names

In a mixed language environment where the server name or domain name contains international characters, you might encounter an error at the time of enabling replication. The event viewer messages will tell you that “Hyper-V failed to enable replication...

Published Apr 08 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 144 views, 0 comments

Multi-tenant disaster recover solution using Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 introduces fundamental improvements that make it a cloud-ready operating system. The capabilities provide a flexible and scalable solution which opens up a wide range of opportunities for hosting providers to build new cloud services...

Published Apr 01 2013 by Windows Virtualization Team Blog , 146 views, 0 comments

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