vm management

Finally, a feature I can actually point to as a real reason to buy Windows 11 Pro is Hyper-V, Microsoft’s built-in virtualization stack. For a lot of people, Pro has long felt like a license you buy for the promise of power-user credibility, not for something you touch every day. But the moment...

Microsoft’s Azure Local 2603 release marks a meaningful shift in how Microsoft wants customers to deploy, monitor, and operate hyperconverged infrastructure. According to Microsoft Support, the March 2026 update for hyperconverged deployments is version 12.2603.1002.15, and its center of gravity...

CVE-2025-54091 — Windows Hyper‑V integer overflow / wraparound (local elevation of privilege) Summary (one‑line) An integer overflow or wraparound in a Windows Hyper‑V component can be triggered by an authorized local actor and may lead to local elevation of privilege (EoP) on the Hyper‑V host...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-49734 describes an improper restriction of a communication channel in Windows PowerShell—a flaw in the PowerShell Direct pathway that can let an authorized local attacker elevate privileges on an affected host if the required conditions are...

Parallels Desktop’s latest update lands as a consequential bridge between macOS’s year-based refresh cycle and the Windows ecosystem, delivering official macOS Tahoe compatibility while tightening enterprise controls and Windows VM reliability for the post-2024 OS landscape. The release —...

VirtualBox 7.1.12 sharpens Linux 6.16 support and Windows stability Subhead Oracle’s latest maintenance update, released on July 15, 2025, delivers kernel 6.16 readiness for Linux hosts and guests, steadier Windows behavior under Hyper‑V, and targeted fixes for networking, recording, and nested...

Venturing into the world of home labs unveils an alluring promise: total control, relentless experimentation, and the satisfaction of running every pivotal service yourself. As enthusiasts rush to consolidate tasks onto fewer machines—especially with power costs rising and hardware prices...

Few experiences push the boundaries of both practicality and technical curiosity like the quest to turn virtual machines from specialized tools into genuine daily drivers. For many in the Windows enthusiast and home lab community, laying hands on the likes of Proxmox is an invitation to...

When deploying and managing virtual machines (VMs) in Microsoft Azure, system administrators frequently rely on the Azure VM Agent to facilitate robust communication between each guest operating system and Azure’s underlying Fabric Controller. This crucial software component acts as the bridge...

In recent developments, Microsoft has released an emergency update to address critical issues affecting Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) on Windows Server 2022. Administrators reported that, following the May 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, Hyper-V VMs were experiencing unexpected crashes and...

Microsoft has recently released an out-of-band (OOB) cumulative update, KB5061906, to address critical issues affecting Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) running on Windows Server 2022. These issues primarily impact Azure confidential VMs, leading to unexpected freezes and restarts, thereby...

When it comes to Windows 11’s growing suite of built-in tools, perhaps none are as transformative for IT administrators, developers, and power users as Hyper-V. Despite its roots reaching back over a decade, Hyper-V has ascended to new prominence in the latest iterations of Microsoft’s flagship...

Microsoft's Hyper-V is a powerful tool that allows users to create and manage virtual machines on their computers. Available in the Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions of Windows 10 and 11, Hyper-V enables users to run different operating systems alongside their main OS. This guide will walk...

Hi all. With the VMware broadcom pricing issue and them doubling the costs overnight we are starting to look at Hyper V. I have been a VMware guy for over 10 years and while i have worked with Hyper V some small details escape me. I need to get up to speed again. I am looking at setting up...

I just finished making a VM with Hyper V and had to go so click finished. Now I cannot find the VM to work on. This is my firs try and was using a tutorial to make it. I see it exists when I type hyper v in search on the task bar but cannot retrieve it.

Because my PC came with 7 OEM I cannot use the product key to use Win 7 in a VM. Could I write the contents of the disc to an ISO file and then use the product key or none at all or it just the same?

In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Link Removed, Program Manager on the Azure Compute Engineering team focusing on Linux and Scale. He joins us to talk about Virtual Machine Scale Sets. Scale Sets are a way to deploy and manage a set of identical VMs. Scale Sets handles...

I'm working on a tool called Link Removed, which will help manage Windows 7 Virtual Machines. When run, the tool first tries to locate the Virtual Machines folder. I wasn't able to get the folder's location from the system, so I'm relying on the location of another system folder. My problem is...

Has anyone looked into using the Virtual PC version that comes with XP Mode for more than just XP Mode? I see a Library that holds the XP Mode VM, is there a way that I can build these and run them from Virtual PC, or is this version of Virtual PC only able to run XP Mode?