Update 14th Nov 2008 . I've just released a script which does all this configuration in one or two command lines: HVRemote   Quick links to the all parts in the series: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5   After the many emails I’ve had about this, it seemed...

Update 19th Nov - v0.3 now released! It has been a little quiet on the blog front, but sometimes, at least in this case, I hope I've come up with something worth waiting for. Announcing "HVRemote"...., a tool to "automagically" configure Hyper-V Remote...

Update 14th Nov 2008 . I've just released a script which does all this configuration in one or two command lines: HVRemote   Quick links to the all parts in the series: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5   Although I thought I’d finished at part two, after...

While it is possible to create some complex networking environments in Hyper-V, the basic concepts are relatively straight forward. This post walks some simple scenarios and how the main components operate in terms of the flow of data. Let’s start...

I've rippled through quite a few nagging problems since my server failure at home a few weeks ago. One of the more intriguing problem I only noticed a couple of days ago. One server had not been running scheduled Shadow Copies. When you schedule shadow...

Update 14th Nov 2008 . I've just released a script which does all this configuration in one or two command lines: HVRemote   Quick links to the all parts in the series: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5   The second part of the extra-long blog post contains...

I was struggling with this error message today - everything I had found on the Internet suggested it related to security. Well, it does, of sorts, and a careful look at the configuration of your SMTP server without mis-interpreting a dialog box. If...

If you followed yesterdays post explaining the basics of networking in Hyper-V, you may be wondering what the different types of virtual networks are, when you should use them, and how they look in terms of traffic flow. When you open Virtual Network...

I wasn't originally going to blog this, but my colleague, Mat , and I were discussing encryption late last night. Mat was specifically interested in its use for security traffic in the context of SQL Reporting Service, but we got massively sidetracked...

I got hit by a problem on a freshly installed virtual machine using a slipstreamed SP1 installation and promoted to a domain controller. Two events were appearing in the event log which were unexpected. Source: MSDTC Event ID: 4143 Information MS...

With Hyper-V RC0 now available, [ Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. RC0 is pre-release software] the ideal solution for controlling VMs remotely is to use the Hyper-V management tools from another Windows Server 2008 machine, or from...

Soon, I promise, I will be publishing part 3 which is the workgroup server-core version of “ Hyper-V Remote Management: You do not have the requested permission to complete this task. Contact the administrator of the authorization policy for the computer...

Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. RC0 is pre-release software.     Hot off the press - we have just made Release Candidate 0 (RC0) for Hyper-V available on the Microsoft Download Centre (Center).  (Be patient as if takes...

This question frequently comes up, but most often is not the question people mean to ask. As written, the answer to the question is yes – there is no change to the VHD format specification used between any of these virtualization solutions. The...

Update 14th Nov 2008 . I've just released a script which does all this configuration in one or two command lines: HVRemote   So far, I’ve covered the following Hyper-V Remote Management scenarios: Workgroup: Vista client to remote server, server...

As promised, here are the sample WMIC commands I demonstrated in the Automating Windows Server 2003 session yesterday evening in Reading. Hope they are useful to you. Update static IP address wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enablestatic("192.168...

In a physical only world, you don’t usually have to worry about MAC addresses that much as each NIC vendor carves off a MAC address from their ranges which have been allocated to them. However, in a virtual environment, you have to be a little more careful...

Update 14th Nov 2008 . I've just released a script which does all this configuration in one or two command lines: HVRemote   Quick links to the all parts in the series: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5   So after even more feedback and questions, part 4...

This one was actually pretty simple to work out, but it did have me flummoxed to start with. Here’s the scenario, I wanted to get an email when an event log entry was triggered. But, I also wanted the contents of the event log entry. I’ve been meaning...

I was faced this morning with a few dilemmas... First, several inches of snow. Now, just for the record, my idea of fun is absolutely not driving in snow wherever possible having totalled a car many years ago in black ice. No problem, I'll work from home...

In the Hyper-V shiproom this morning, we signed off on Hyper-V RTM (Release To Manufacturing). The build and articles are actively working their way through the systems and will be available from Microsoft Download Centre from around noon Pacific time...

This post examines a problem several people have reported when running Hyper-V Remote Management tools over a VPN connection  - specifically hitting an error “Access denied. Unable to establish communication between ‘SERVER’ and...

Numerous people have asked me what exact settings I used to recently record the series of VSMT blogcasts . The software I used to record the demonstrations was Windows Media Encoder , which is freely downloadable on Microsoft.com. (Note that this also...

Happy New Year! I've had quite a few direct emails about this in the last few weeks, so it's probably worth posting as an FAQ. As you probably know, and as I have stated before, Hyper-V (codename "Viridian", and formerly known as Windows Server...

Following my Technet session on the New Features of Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, scenario based, here's the scripts which I promised to post up. Hope they are useful. Even if you didn't attend the session, they give you a good example of how...