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• Getting to know VHDX: The new Hyper-V virtual hard disk format

  The VHDX format in Windows Server 2012 has the decisive edge over the legacy VHD format in almost every respect, including performance and capacity. Continue Reading

• VMware vs. Microsoft: Cloud management is the new battlefield

  For an accurate view of the competition between these industry titans, it’s best to look at the big picture in private and public cloud, experts say. Continue Reading

• The extensible Hyper-V virtual switch: Finally catching up to VMware

  Microsoft’s upcoming hypervisor will feature a new, extensible Hyper-V virtual switch, which will bring Hyper-V 3.0 networking up to par with vSphere. Continue Reading

• Shedding light on Hyper-V 3.0 resource monitoring

  Hyper-V 3.0 will feature new resource-monitoring capabilities, which will be a boon for multi-tenant environments that need to calculate chargeback. Continue Reading

• Spotlight on Hyper-V 3.0 high availability and redundancy

  IT admins will have more help improving high availability with new redundancy and predictive failure analysis features in Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0. Continue Reading

• Q&A: Cross-platform virtualization management

  More data centers are running multiple virtualization platforms, but with this approach, virtualization management can get complicated.Continue Reading

• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 at a glance

  Due later this year, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 offers a self-service portal and granular admin roles for cloud management.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V management tools: What VMware admins need to know

  Hyper-V management tools, from Microsoft and its partners, are the crux of the virtualization platform. VMware admins should master these.Continue Reading

• Cloud management with Microsoft Concero: Battling VMware vCloud Director

  Microsoft Concero offers better virtualization integration, but VMware vCloud Director has the edge when it comes to other cloud management criteria.Continue Reading

• SCVMM 2012 and Microsoft's virtualization strategy

  With System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012, Microsoft ups its virtualization management game and sets its sights on VMware in the cloud computing market.Continue Reading

• Virtualization management tools: Navigating the muddy waters

  As virtualization management becomes more complicated, choosing management tools gets tougher. Hypervisor vendors and third-party ISVs all offer their own management solutions.Continue Reading

• 2010's top 10 server virtualization tips

  Reminisce about the year's best server virtualization tips in our Top 10 list. The most popular tips of 2010 covered VMware licensing, Hyper-V advice for VMware experts and more.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V server consolidation planning with Microsoft's toolkit

  If you have Hyper-V hosts, you don't have to worry about where to place guest virtual machines. Microsoft's Hyper-V server consolidation tool can automate a tricky process and help with server consolidation planning.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V users see promise in Virsto storage management

  Users say Virsto's software is a promising tool to skirt the performance hit created by dynamic disks in Hyper-V environments. But some await tighter integration with Microsoft's SCVMM.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V management with PowerShell: Monitoring and testing

  The PowerShell Module for Hyper-V, a freeware library of cmdlets, helps monitor, test and manage virtual machines and perform other Hyper-V management tasks.Continue Reading