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Hyper-V
The Top 5 Enterprise Type 1 Hypervisors You Must Know
Before we list the top 5 enterprise type 1 hyerpvisors, you might be wondering, "what is a type 1 hypervisor"? If you don't already know, read our post What Is a Type 1 Hypervisor? A hypervisor is so… Read More
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Hyper-V
The Phony War Continues – Shooting Blanks
This article is in response to a recent Microsoft Technet post, published here which is a rebuttal of the content in my last post, entitled “Calling out the Phony War: vSphere and Hyper-V”. You… Read More
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Hyper-V
Calling Out the Phony War: vSphere & Hyper-V
With the release of vSphere 5.5, it’s inevitable there will be a lot of blogging by vendors comparing their products to vSphere. That is expected and not surprising. It’s the job of vendor “Evan… Read More
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Hyper-V
Killer Infographics: Download Microsoft's Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster Series
For years, really good people at Microsoft have spent enormous time creating and making available architectural posters for a number of the company's products. I've always really liked them as they… Read More
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Hyper-V
Handy Backdoor Tricks for Mounting Hyper-V VHDs
I’ve always been a fan of learning a new thing as it specifically solves a problem for me. One example was learning the netsh command so that I could easily turn off Windows Firewall, which it’s a… Read More
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Hyper-V
What Is a Type 1 Hypervisor?
Sometimes called a "bare metal hypervisor" or "native" because it runs directly on a bare metal physical server, a type 1 hypervisor has direct access to the hardware. With a type 1 hypervisor, there… Read More
By Keith Ward
