Category: Azure
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Difference between Azure Basic Tier VM and Standard Tier VM
Start from 2014 April, Microsoft Azure introduces a new instance tier of Virtual Machine – Basic tier. These instances are well-suited for production applications that do not require the Azure load-balancer (bring-your-own LB or single instance) , development workloads, test servers and memory-focused batch processing applications. There are few documents on what is the difference…
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Hyper-V VHD TO VHDX Conversion Step By Step Guide
Here are the steps to use the built in wizard in the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Manager to convert from VHD to VHDX. Go to the Hyper-V Manager. Under the Actions pane, click on Edit Disk…
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Turning on and off GUI in Windows Server 2012
When you install Windows Server 2012, you can choose between Server Core Installation and Server with a GUI. The Server with a GUI option is the Windows Server 2012 equivalent of the Full installation option available in Windows Server 2008 R2. The Server Core Installation option reduces the space required on disk, the potential attack…
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Deploy Windows 8 to a virtual hard disk
Windows 7 introduced Native VHD boot which allows user to install Windows 7/Windows server 2008 R2 on a physical box to a virtual hard disk (VHD). You can do same process in Windows 8 Boot from the Windows 8 media (USB, CD, etc.). At the Install screen, press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt. Start…
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Difference between Windows Client Hyper-V and Server Hyper-V
Windows 8 supports virtualization on the client OS to allow IT professionals and developers to use Hyper-V as a desktop operating system. If you are an IT Professional or developer that uses Windows Server as development operating environments, you should be excited about new client Hyper-V feature in Windows 8 and wonder what are some…
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Install Hyper-V Manager on Windows 10
To remotely manage your Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V server from a windows 7 desktop, you need install RSAT (Remote Server Administrator Tool). This has been simplified in Windows 10. In Windows 10, Hyper-V management tool is built in, Hyper-V manager can be turned on via “Turn Windows features on or off” dialog directly without downloading…
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Solution for Unresponsive Win8 Guest VMs
If you’re going to run Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, please install this hotfix patch http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2744129 on the Hyper-V host server, Without applying this hotfix, you may experience one or more of the following issues: The Windows 8/Server 2012 virtual machine becomes unresponsive. The Windows…
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SCVMM 2012 RTM Available for download
SCVMM 2012 RTM is available for download for MSDN subscribers. You can start download it here. The SCVMM 2012 RTM version is 3.0.6005.0. Microsoft has published the SCVMM 2012 RTM help document and cmdlets help. If you upgrade to RTM from RC, you can enter the product key in Admin Console UI About dialog Enter…
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How to tell if your CPU Supports SLAT
SLAT-enabled processor is the requirement of Hyper-V RemoteFX feature which is introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2. It’s the requirement of Windows 8 client Hpyer-V feature as well. For INTEL CPU models, following CPU models are SLAT-Capable Server: E5500 or higher. Desktop/Laptops: I3/I5/I7/I7-qm There is a handy tool named CoreInfo from systeminternals that can check…
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Hyper-v Tip: Use windows key without fullscreen
When connect to a remote VM with hyper-v manager, I have to full screen to make Windows key. Personally I think Hyper-V should have a Windows key button in toolbar like "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" button. Actually Hyper-v manager allows you to select where the Windows keys goes when you press it. Open up the Hyper-V Settings dialog…