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[VIDEO] Hyper-V Masterclass – Debunking Virtual Domain Controller Myths

13 Mar 2018 by Eric Siron

Should Hyper-V be in the domain? Can Hyper-V host its own domain controller? Eric Siron confronts some potentially crippling myths about Hyper-V and domain controllers in this video and also...

PowerShell Script: Deploy VMs, and Configure the Guest OS in one Go on Hyper-V

20 Sep 2016 by Andy Syrewicze

I've been prepping for a lot of different speaking engagements coming up in the next few months and a very hot topic these days is the use of PowerShell and...

Hyper-V and the Small Business: Sample Host Builds

26 May 2016 by Eric Siron

Eric compiled three hyper-V sample host builds to assist system administrators with storage, memory, cpu and network components of hyper-v hosts.

Free PowerShell Script: Quickly Configure Constrained Delegation for Hyper-V

23 Feb 2016 by Eric Siron

Eric compiled a Free PowerShell Script to quickly Configure Constrained Delegation in Hyper-V. Check it out now and let us know how it has worked out for you.

How to Get Hyper-V Time Synchronization Right

06 Oct 2015 by Eric Siron

Are there any bumper stickers or t-shirts out there that say, "I was using Hyper-V before using Hyper-V was cool?" If there are, I think I need one. I built...

How To Use Altaro VM Backup for an Authoritative Restore

24 Sep 2015 by Eric Siron

Things in Active Directory get deleted. Sometimes, it's an accident (or maliciously done) and the object really shouldn't have been deleted. Other times, something happens that causes great chunks of...

Hyper-V and Workgroups Part 3

07 Feb 2013 by Eric Siron

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at some of the technical steps required to operate and manage Hyper-V in a workgroup environment. In Part 2, I provided responses...

Hyper-V and Workgroups Part 2

30 Jan 2013 by Eric Siron

In the first post on Hyper-V and Workgroups, we went over the how-tos of running Hyper-V in a workgroup environment. This part will serve as the first of two opinion...