The following link shows the list of software updates and hotfixes for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2. . These updates and hotfixes can help avoid some known issues and may save you a support call. Comprehensive list of...

  Let me take an opportunity to address Network Adaptor binding issues with Windows Core Server and Hyper-V Server 2008/R2.  While working on many deployment projects on Core or Hyper-V server where we encountered network binding issue. ...

  Two ways to estimate the number and cost of Windows Server Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition licenses needed for your virtualization scenarios:     CALCULATOR 1   CALCULATOR 2 Calculator 1 is designed to...

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Supported Applications: The following applications are supported on Hyper-V . Supported Operating System Support: This list shows the set of supported guest OS on Hyper-V with vCPU configuration:   Supported Client Operating Systems: The following...

Issue: Recently, one of my customer contacted me for P2V conversion issue. P2V conversion failed at 60 %. Trying to convert Windows Server 2003 SP2 BlackBerry server on Windows Server 2008 R2 DataCenter Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Error (2944) ...

  Microsoft has a Virtualization Support Wizard on the internet that can help them determine if a virtualization configuration is supported without calling Microsoft support. You pick the product version, virtualization solution, and guest OS and...

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Now Available   Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Now Available Help customers accelerate IT planning and right-size their infrastructures with the MAP Toolkit 5.0 The Microsoft Assessment...

DOWNLOAD NOW   Preferred order to upgrade host:   There are three steps and you should perform them in this order : 1.        Ensure Virtual Machines are ready for the update 2.       ...

As of June 2010, the Failover Cluster team upped the support limit to 384 virtual machines per node to match the Hyper-V maximum of up to 384 virtual machines per server. In addition, the overall number of running VMs per cluster has been bumped to 1000...