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I wanted to post a final update to this post – we believe we now have the update fixed and this issue should be resolved. 12/1 – Resolution and Response To Comments We have fixed KB3000853 both on Windows update and on download center, the KB article...

Last week at TechEd I had several people ask about how they can set the IP address of a guest from the host. We've had this functionality in Hyper-V since Windows Server 2012, it was largely introduced for Hyper-V replication (to allow you to set a different...

TechEd Europe - Windows vNext Hyper-V Backup and Restore PowerShell Scripts We just had a fantastic session at TechEd Europe showcasing the next evolution in Hyper-V backup and restore coming with Windows vNext (currently available as a Technical Preview...

If you follow me on Twitter ( @HyperV_taylorb ) this is old news but for those that don’t two updates for you… Windows Server 2012 Security Guide For Hyper-V http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn741280.aspx This release of the Hyper-V Security...

I’ve finally joined the world of Twitter…  Send me a Tweet @HyperV_taylorb or follow me https://twitter.com/HyperV_taylorb . -taylorb

Last week was TechEd 2014 in Houston, if you haven’t been to TechEd before it’s quite an experience.  This was a great year and we have some excellent sessions that where recorded and now published online. Starting Page for All Sessions http://channel9...

I have had a few folks ask me about importing VM’s though our WMI namespace.  The Hyper-V WMI v2 interfaces introduce a new concept of planned virtual machines, this  allows you to create/import virtual machines and make configuration changes...

I have gotten a few questions specifically regarding how to configure dynamic memory utilizing the root\virtualization\v2 namespace.  At face value it’s pretty simple you retrieve the Msvm_MemorySettingsData set the DynamicMemoryEnabled property...

The Exchange team has just released a new white paper on virtualizing Exchange 2013, it’s over 90 pages and goes into pretty good detail – if your virtualizing Exchange or plan to going forward I’d spend some time going over it.   Best Practices...

What good would Attaching a VHD To A VM Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace be if you couldn’t remove one two… Here’s how you do it.   Removing a virtual hard disk $vmName = " Test " $vhdPath = " d:\vms\Test.vhdx " # Retrieve the Hyper-V Management...

Relating to all my recent posts on the WMI V2 namespace here’s another one for attaching a VHD to a VM.  It looks like a lot of code but a lot of it is duplicated (so if you where writing an application you can factor it pretty easily).  There...

Relating to my previous posts regarding Adding a Network Adapter To A VM Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace and Connecting a VM Network Adapter To A Switch Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace I had some questions come in around removing a NIC.  So...

Relating to my previous posts regarding Adding a Network Adapter To A VM Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace and Connecting a VM Network Adapter To A Switch Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace I had some questions come in around configuring static vs dynamic...

Following along with Adding a Network Adapter To A VM Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace you might want to connect a network adapter to a switch…  Here’s how you would that, one thing to comment on is that the object returned when calling AddResourceSettings...

I have had a number of folks ask how to utilize the root\virtualization\v2 namespace to add a network adapter to a VM…    For some more information take a look at the following MSDN pages: Networking service , Sample: Querying networking objects...

The July Windows Server 2012/Windows 8 update (KB2855336) contains two fixes for Hyper-V scenarios that are likely to be important to a number of customers.   Both of these updates are included in the rollup KB2855336 .   KB2853952 - Loss of...

I wanted to let everyone know the SQL Server team has just published a shiny new white paper (96 pages long) that discusses all the best practices for managing SQL Server on virtual machines in Windows Server 2012... It's a very well done white paper...

I got a few notes about my signature line on my previous post ‘Program Manager, Hyper-V’… Yep I am now a program manager on the Hyper-V team – I moved over from the Hyper-V test team a few weeks ago and now work on Ben Armstrong’s...

Some folks have asked creating there own VMConnect application – it’s actually really easy.  Here’s a very basic example of how to create your own VMConnect application.  You would likely want to add some error handling, change the window sizing...

I was reviewing my blog statistics the other day and noticed that a number of my old posts going all the way back to 2008 are still getting a lot of traffic.  A lot has changed since 2008 and while in most cases the information has stayed the same...

This is effectively and update from one my very old posts Hyper-V WMI: KVP Exchange aka Data Exchange (Retrieving and Modifying Parent/Host KVP’s) which still receives a lot of traffic.  The same code from back in 2008 still works today even on Windows...

This post is to update an old from one 2008 Hyper-V WMI Using PowerShell Scripts – Part 3 (KVP's - Guest OS Version) – in reviewing that post the most coming inquiry was looking for the guests IP address, well we got that for you in PowerShell now… ...

  In my post yesterday ( Remote Administration Without Constrained Delegation Using PrincipalsAllowedToDelegateToAccount ) I showed how to utilize the new resource-based Kerberos constrained delegation to configure remote administration with Hyper...

You may have read my previous posts on remote administration and constrained delegation ( Enabling Hyper-V Remote Management - Configuring Constrained Delegation For SMB and Highly Available SMB or Enabling Hyper-V Remote Management - Configuring Constrained...

With the release of Windows Server 2012 we introduced a new virtual hard disk format known as VHDX.  This new format provided the foundation for a number of features and performance enhancements.  One such feature is the ability to independently...