The recent release of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 TP5 offers a closer look at the likely capabilities and features coming to the final release of the server OS, which, among many new features, ...

With Windows Server 2016, Microsoft has introduced a lengthy list of improvements to Hyper-V. Along with functional additions like container support, nested virtualization, and increased memory and ...

Microsoft is releasing today, November 19, its fourth Technical Preview of Windows Server 2016, the first of its test versions to include Hyper-V container support. Windows Server 2016 Technical ...

There are a lot of features you expect today from a hypervisor; and I'm glad to see that the Hyper-V role coming in Windows Server 2016 will support nested virtualization. This is a feature that's ...

A few weeks back, I declared the virtualization era and hypervisor wars to be over. Well, not quite “over” so much as “moved over” — that is, pushed aside in favor of a new battle: the war of the ...

There are special issues in ensuring an "always-on enterprise” in virtualised environments. Veeam has it covered. Veeam, a major backup and retrieval vendor, offering “always-on enterprise” has ...

The second technical preview of Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 might not look much different than the first but it has some important new features. Microsoft released the second technical preview of its Hyper ...

Doug Hazelman, vice president of product strategy at Veeam. (Image Credit: Darryl Linington). Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On ...

I know Gen7's are getting old but they are cheap so you could buy whole servers to have as spare parts. I also know HP doesn't officially support Server 2016/Hyper-V on them but I am curious if anyone ...

With the Technical Preview (TP) 5 of Windows Server 2016 recently released, I thought I'd take the opportunity to cover all the new goodness coming in Hyper-V. TP 5 is apparently feature complete; ...