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Virtualization technology is invaluable in modern IT infrastructure. It’s also essential to create virtual machines or a network of virtual machines (VMs) when running alternate OSes or setting up a ...

Last month we looked at the basics of Hyper-V Replica, including how to configure it, selecting the transport protocol between two servers and setting up a virtual machine (VM) for replication. This ...

Looking at making the jump over to Hyper-V to avoid dropping 6 kilobucks for vmware essentials plus just to allow me to do shared nothing live migrations and manage all of my hosts from a single pane ...

If you are using Hyper-V as your virtualization solution, then you should absolutely be familiar with the Hyper-V module that is available to use. If you are not familiar with it, then you are in luck ...

Checkpoints allow you to save the state of your virtual machine. You can revert your machine’s state when required using the checkpoints. In this post, we will ...

Ideal for public clouds through managed security services providers (MSSPs), as well as private clouds managed by IT departments, WatchGuard's XTMv and XCSv appliances offer the tools and visibility ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

The burdens of managing security permissions are rarely seen as exciting, but they're an essential duty to which we systems administrators are sworn to carry out. In this tip, I'll talk about how you ...