Although Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V introduced an overwhelming number of new features, Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V introduces even more. With Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft did a good job of ...

Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left off Hyper-V 3.0 was perhaps the shiniest of the shining-star ...

One of the biggest problems with traditional networking is it lacks the agility to quickly adapt to changing business needs. You may need to make major topology changes to a physical network. However, ...

With the release of Windows Server 2012 yesterday, Microsoft significantly updated its Hyper-V virtualization platform. Available both as part of Server 2012 and as a free (as in beer) standalone ...

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 ...

[ Editor’s note: This article has been revised to underscore the fact that we tested VMware vSphere with vCenter Server but we tested Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V without System Center 2012, and ...

I'm taking a couple weeks off before the busiest part of Microsoft's 2012 kicks into full gear. But never fear: The Microsoft watching will go on while I'm gone. I've asked a few illustrious members ...

Windows Server 2012 is not the only server-specific product that the Redmondians made generally available this week. A couple of other related server SKUs are now available for test/evaluation and ...

I've been working a lot on Hyper-V recently, and I've been happy to find that there are plenty of good community resources on Hyper-V that can help people get started with it. One feature I've spent a ...

Microsoft at TechEd last week previewed some of the upcoming Hyper-V improvements in Windows Server 2012 R2. Public preview releases of Windows Server 2012 R2 will arrive this month, with the product ...