When it comes to Hyper-V and VMware storage, which is better: block- or file-based access? The rate of adoption of server virtualisation has accelerated over recent years, and virtual server workloads ...

We've looked at quite a bit so far -- scalability improvements, NUMA, VM monitoring and replication, to name a few -- in the first six parts of this series. Let's turn our attention to a hot topic and ...

Here are some inital thoughts at the first test build of the upgraded Microsoft hypervisor server shows improved migration, upgraded Hyper-V Manager and new VM versions. Microsoft last month delayed ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

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, ...

Cloudy Tactics: In another effort to steer Windows customers toward Azure, Microsoft is offering a new tool that converts virtual machines between two formats. The goal is to help organizations stay ...

A look at what's new in general and specifically for virtualization and containers in the next LTSC release, Windows Server 2019, due out in the second half of 2018. In case you haven't kept up with ...