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  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Tools

    This is a list of tools, resources, and external links to download and learn about those tools. Table of Contents Supported Microsoft Tools (Solution Accelerators, Product Downloads, etc.) Microsoft Products and Solutions that are Built upon Hyper-V Technology Remote Management from Client Versions...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Gotchas

    TechEd Demo Edit These are the top "gotchas" or "known issues" that folks seem to have trouble with in Hyper-V. "Gotchas" are sometimes also called "lessons learned" and "best practices." It is a best practice to avoid a known "gotcha". Please...
  • Wiki Page: Windows PowerShell Survival Guide

    This article was formerly titled "Automating IT Tasks with Windows PowerShell Overview."** Table of Contents Introduction and Getting Started Purpose of this Document Scope of this Document Learning PowerShell Fundamentals Guides Quick Reference Materials Videos Covering PowerShell Fundamentals...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Clustering Survival Guide

    In Hyper-V you can perform clustering at the host (virtualization server) level or the guest (virtual machine level). What's missing? Please add it! Table of Contents Useful Sources Windows Server 2008 R2 Core For PowerShell, Cluster.exe & Scripting see that section. TechNet: Server...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Survival Guide

    Table of Contents Planning Deploying Managing Optimizing Video Troubleshooting Podcast Blogs Forums Books Twitter Tools Miscellaneous Related Products See Also This is a list of Hyper-V resources you can add too, and feel free to rearrange. Just click the "Edit" button above the article...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Architecture

    See also: Understanding and comparing the hyper-v architecture at TechNet Wiki. Table of Contents Resources See Also Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster Online Seadragon (deepzoom) viewer for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster You can...
  • Wiki Page: How to Install Forefront Security for Exchange Server in a Hyper-V Virtual Environment

    Forefront Security for Exchange Server (FSE) supports the Hyper-V platform. FSE is approved for any hypervisor-based virtualization technology certified under the Microsoft Server Virtualization program. Table of Contents Verifying system requirements for using FSE in a Hyper-V environment Minimum...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Troubleshooting

    Table of Contents Hyper-V Versions Health Model Tools Procedures Best Practices Virtualization Server/Host-based Troubleshooting Virtual Machine/Guest-based Troubleshooting Resources See Also This page contains links to articles that need work (also called " stub pages "). To see all the...
  • Wiki Page: Opalis Survival Guide

    As a part of the Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite, Opalis is uniquely positioned to enable the dynamic datacenter by orchestrating tasks between Operations Manager, Configuration Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Data Protection Manager and 3rd party management tools. Opalis can be leveraged...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: VM Connection Keyboard Shortcuts

    Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 This article sources from the Virtual PC Guy's blog post . This information is useful for troubleshooting, as well as routine operation. Hyper-V provide a "Virtual Machine Connection" for interacting with a VM. Virtual Machine...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Maximum VM RAM

    Customers often ask about the maximum RAM supported in a Hyper-V virtual machine. In Windows Server 2008 R2 the maximum amount of RAM you can have in a virtual machine is 64 GB. You can find all the Requirements and Limits for Virtual Machines and Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 on TechNet at: http...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Detect if a Computer is a VM Using Script

    Sometimes you need to identify if something is running inside a Hyper-V virtual machine** before you take action. You can use this method: Determining If Hypervisor Is Installed , or Reporting the Identity of a Guest Operating System . On a VM running on Hyper-V (and Virtual PC) , the Model property...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Add a Pass-Through Disk on a Failover Cluster

    Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 There is a small but crucial difference in the way you configure a highly available virtual machine in a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster and Windows Server 2008 R2 (which includes Live Migration and Clustered Shared Volumes). On Server...
  • Wiki Page: How to Manage Device Drivers with Command Line

    This topic is a how to. Please keep it as clear and simple as possible. Avoid speculative discussions as well as deep dive into underlying mechanisms or related technologies. (what is this box?) Generally speaking, the best tool to manage device drivers is “Device Manager”...
  • Wiki Page: AD DS: Fine-Grained Password Policies

    Table of Contents You can create the Fine-Grained Password Policy with ADSIEDIT.MSC. One sample settings of a FGPP Find the below link for creating a Fine-Grained Password Policy Apply PSOs to Users and Global Security Groups You can find the PSO setting with the dsquery command C:\>dsquery...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Deployment Best Practices

    Table of Contents Before you begin Best Practices Avoid Overloading the Server Ensure High-Speed Access to Storage Install Multiple Network Interface Cards Avoid Mixing Virtual Machines That Can Use Integration Services with Those That Cannot Configure Antivirus Software to Bypass Hyper-V Processes and...
  • Wiki Page: How to Fix Hyper-V Error Stop 0x00000101 CLOCK WATCH DOG TIMEOUT

    For solutions to common issues that people run into with Hyper-V, see Hyper-V: Gotchas . On Hyper-V systems which have an Intel Xeon 5500 processor, or clients from the Intel Core-i processor series, you receive the error Stop 0x00000101 on systems. This issue is actually caused by a bug ...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Configure Server Core Using SCONFIG

    On a Windows Server 2008 R2 server core deployment, you can use SCONFIG to get the server on the network in minutes so you can manage it remotely . After that you can use another system, such as a Windows 7 client, to enable roles, run PowerShell scripts, manage it using System Center, manage it using...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Fix BIOS Errors Enabling Hyper-V

    Table of Contents Hardware requirements for Hyper-V Hyper-V R2 and SLAT Hardware Hyper-V : What to Disable in the BIOS Hardware requirements for Hyper-V A 64-bit (x64) processor Windows Server 2008 was the last 32-bit (x86) Windows Server release and Windows Server 2008 32-bit version...
  • Wiki Page: Windows Server 2008 R2: Survival Guide

    Table of Contents Windows Server 2008 R2 Documentation Essentials Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Library Other Windows Server Products Security Resources Developer Resources Additional Resources Connect See Also Do you need to evaluate, plan, deploy, maintain, or support Windows Server 2008 R2...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Programmatically Check If Hypervisor is Present

    Sometimes you need to programmatically determine whether a program or a command you wish to run is running within a virtualized environment. On x64 platforms you can execute the CPUID instruction with an input (EAX) value of 1. Check bit 31 of register ECX (the ―hypervisor present bit). If this...
  • Wiki Page: Kerberos Error Code: 0x7 KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN (dsforum2wiki)

    This issue can occur if no SPN has been set for a specific service, please refer to the resolutions in the section 0x7 - KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN of the following article to troubleshoot the issue. Service Logons Fail Due to Incorrectly Set SPNs To understand, detect, correct, and verify...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V Virtual Machine Snapshots: FAQ

    Table of Contents What are virtual machine snapshots? What are snapshots used for? How are snapshots stored? Can I delete these pesky .avhd files? What other important considerations I should be aware of when using snapshots? I’ve taken multiple snapshots and now my virtual machine pauses automatically...
  • Wiki Page: How to Build Your Own Custom TechNet Documentation

    This article is based on material first published on my blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/tonyso/archive/2011/09/13/roll-your-own-techdocs.aspx . It is offered here so that others can extend it with additional details, tips and usage scenarios. Please feel free to revise and improve it, it is the wiki...
  • Wiki Page: Troubleshooting Adprep.exe Errors (dsforum2wiki)

    Users encounter errors that refer to the need to run Adprep, or they experience an error when they try to run it. And this seems to be common because the the most frequently viewed thread on the AD DS forum on TechNet is DC promotion and adprep /forestprep . So this article is intended to briefly summarize...
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