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    Microsoft VM Conversion: Agentless VMware to Hyper-V Migration in Windows Admin Center

    Microsoft has quietly released a first‑party, agentless VM Conversion extension for Windows Admin Center that converts VMware vCenter/ESXi virtual machines into Hyper‑V VMs on Windows Server — a move that promises a low‑friction on‑premises path away from VMware while surfacing important...
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    Windows Admin Center VM Conversion: Agentless VMware to Hyper-V Migration (Public Preview)

    Microsoft has opened public preview of a long‑requested, first‑party VM Conversion extension inside Windows Admin Center, giving administrators a built‑in, agentless way to convert and migrate virtual machines from VMware vCenter/ESXi to Hyper‑V with minimal downtime and streamlined tooling. The...
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    Microsoft VM Conversion: Migrate VMware to Hyper-V with Windows Admin Center

    Microsoft has quietly pushed a significant tool into public preview that aims to simplify one of the messiest tasks in datacenter life: converting and migrating virtual machines from VMware vCenter/ESXi to Microsoft’s Hyper-V infrastructure using a built-in Windows Admin Center extension called...
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    Debunking VM Myths: 5 Practical Tips for Smarter Home Labs

    Virtual machines are nothing mystical—yet a small stack of persistent myths keeps turning otherwise sensible choices into needless fear, wasted money, or fragile setups that break at the worst moment. The five misconceptions below are the ones most likely to trip up hobbyists, home-labbers, and...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Linux vs Windows for Homelabs: A Practical OS Guide

    The debate over Windows vs. Linux for your homelab is tired but relevant: for most home lab builders, Linux is the pragmatic default, while Windows remains valuable for specific, compatibility-driven roles. This article synthesizes the common arguments, verifies the major technical claims...
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    VMware ESXi Free Tier Returns: The Virtualization Community Rejoices and What's Next

    A full year after VMware unceremoniously stuffed its most beloved community freebie into a digital sarcophagus, something unexpected is stirring in the world of virtualization: the resurrection of ESXi's free tier. In a move that’s as quietly dramatic as a hypervisor reboot at 3am (when nobody’s...
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    VMware Revives Free ESXi Hypervisor Amid Community Backlash and Support

    If you blinked, you might have missed it: VMware, the virtualization juggernaut, has pulled a plot twist more dramatic than a soap opera season finale. The company quietly revived its free ESXi hypervisor, a move that has set the virtualization and IT communities abuzz. For those following...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Choosing the Best Virtualization Platform for Your Home Lab

    A Quick Dive into Virtualization for Home Labs Virtualization has long been the playground for enthusiasts looking to experiment with multiple operating systems from a single machine. In today’s home labs, you’re not just running a Windows 11 workstation; you’re also building environments that...
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    Windows 8 BSOD multiple times per week ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY (fc)

    Hello all, I'm having a hard time with this BSOD. We keep going down at peek hours. This is a server 2012 file server on ESXi 5.1 We have just updated the bios. 3 Vmware network adapters have been tried but it hasn't helped. Drivers are 2013 or later. WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT keeps popping up and...
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    Windows Server 2008 r2 backup

    Hello, I am trying to backup a Windows Server 2008 r2 VM running on ESXi 5.0.0. When I run the Windows Server Backup snap-in it returns the '2155348129' error code. Looking around this seems to be caused byt the OS partition not being active, however since it is a VM I'm afraid changing the...
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    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Windows 7 Hyperviser - Physical Disks and Compatibility

    Hi, Ok i've not used a Hyperviser before and before I go any further with it I was hoping someone could help me out with a couple of queries that I cant find much information on. The Setup: I have an old server lazing around its a AMD Athlon x64 3600+ with 1GB of RAM. It is currently running...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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