Microsoft's new extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8 has already been implemented by 5nine, Broadcom, Cisco, inMon and NEC, among others. Implementations by those Microsoft ...

Brien answers some common questions related to Hyper-V's SET capability, from how to configure virtual machines to use SET to determining your load balancing algorithm. In Part 1 of this series, I ...

If Hyper-V is not connecting to the Host M/C, execute the solutions mentioned below: Change the Default switch to an External switch Configure a static IP on the default switch Verify Host Firewall ...

Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft’s Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC’s OpenFlow-based network fabric, ProgrammableFlow, will be integrated with Windows ...

Cisco has tuned its Nexus 1000V virtual switch to be compatible with Microsoft's next-generation Hyper-V v3 hypervisor for Windows 8 Server. The shift means the switching software will work with ...

You may have noticed that sometimes, you cannot ping the IP of this Hyper-V Server or the virtual machine from the host computer. This can be due to various reasons, such as the state of your VM, the ...

The virtual nic that gets added to the host server when you create a virtual switch, how smart is that whole setup? Do I gain anything by setting up a second, VM/host only network? More specifically: ...

Cisco and Microsoft are collaborating to bring virtual switch support to Hyper-V in Windows Server 8, but Windows Server 2008 R2 won't get the same treatment.

There's a gradual shift in the business world away from the market leader VMware Inc. for virtualization; partly because Microsoft Hyper-V is more cost effective in most scenarios, and partly because ...