John Howard - Senior Program Manager in the Hyper-V team at Microsoft
Senior Program Manager, Hyper-V team, Windows Core Operating System Division.
NVSPBind - temporarily unavailable
Quick note as I've been inundated with emails saying that NVSPBind is not available for download as...
Date: 05/28/2014
Using SR-IOV on Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V, Integration Services may indicate "update required"
This is a bug which has been reported to me by a few people now, and a KB has recently been...
Date: 02/05/2014
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 10
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 11/14/2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 - Server Performance Tuning Guidelines
This is worth a read - the revised for Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Performance Tuning Guidelines...
Date: 11/12/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 9
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 11/11/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 8
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 11/06/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 6
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 11/01/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 5
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 10/31/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 4
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 10/29/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 3
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 10/28/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 2
Part 1: Introduction to generation 2 virtual machines Part 2: Networking and boot order Part 3:...
Date: 10/25/2013
Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines – part 1
This is another one of my blog-post series, this time taking a dive into generation 2 VMs, a new...
Date: 10/24/2013
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Date: 10/18/2013
Get an alert when my battery reaches 95%
So I haven't totally given up on blogging - just that I have other work to do as well. But this was...
Date: 04/24/2013
NIC Teaming in Windows Server "8" Beta whitepaper now available
For those of you interested in learning more about the new inbox capability for NIC Teaming (aka...
Date: 04/05/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 8
This part of the series is all about determining why SR-IOV may not be operational. As you will...
Date: 03/21/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 7
Only a few more topics in this series remain uncovered. This part of the series looks at resiliency...
Date: 03/20/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 6
Summarising the series so far, we’ve answered “Why SR-IOV?”, looked at hardware...
Date: 03/19/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 5
In parts 1 through 4, I covered the external dependencies and the “why” of SR-IOV. So...
Date: 03/16/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 4
So far in this series, we have discussed the “why” question, and identified three...
Date: 03/15/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 3
So far in this series, we’ve looked at the “why” question, and the hardware aspects of SR-IOV, and...
Date: 03/14/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 2
In part 1, I discussed why Microsoft has been investing in SR-IOV for device I/O from virtual...
Date: 03/13/2012
Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V. Part 1
Now that the veil of silence has been lifted with the release of Windows Server “8” beta...
Date: 03/12/2012
Hyper-V Manager for Windows 7 Service Pack 1
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 SP1 are now available for download....
Date: 04/07/2011
Hyper-V BPA Update
Today we released an update to the Hyper-V BPA (Best Practice Analyser). This fixes some issues in...
Date: 02/24/2011
Explaining the Hyper-V authorization model, part six
Hyper-V uses a role based authorisation model for access checks. This series of articles takes a...
Date: 02/14/2011
Updated Linux Integration Services are available
A new version (2.1) of the Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V have just been made available....
Date: 07/30/2010
Avoiding UAC prompt starting Hyper-V Manager
An interesting question was posed to me a couple of days back about why when starting Hyper-V...
Date: 07/07/2010
Getting event log contents by email on an event log trigger
This one was actually pretty simple to work out, but it did have me flummoxed to start with. Here’s...
Date: 06/16/2010
Announcing NVSPBind
A quick post to announce the availability of a new utility written by a colleague of mine in the...
Date: 01/25/2010
Explaining the Hyper-V authorization model, part five
Hyper-V uses a role based authorisation model for access checks. This series of articles takes a...
Date: 10/09/2009
Explaining the Hyper-V authorization model, part four
Hyper-V uses a role based authorisation model for access checks. This series of articles takes a...
Date: 09/18/2009
Explaining the Hyper-V authorization model, part three
Hyper-V uses a role based authorisation model for access checks. This series of articles takes a...
Date: 09/09/2009
Explaining the Hyper-V authorization model, part two
Hyper-V uses a role based authorisation model for access checks. This series of articles takes a...
Date: 09/02/2009
Explaining the Hyper-V authorization model, part one
Hyper-V uses a role based authorisation model for access checks. This series of articles takes a...
Date: 08/31/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM on Technet & MSDN
After the Windows 7 RTM release was published last week, it was joined by Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM...
Date: 08/14/2009
Windows 7 RSAT final build available for download
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 RTM have been released to microsoft.com....
Date: 08/12/2009
HVRemote refresh
So after some 22,000 downloads (thank you) in the 8 months since first released, HVRemote has...
Date: 08/07/2009
Windows Virtual PC Links
A quick note to say that Windows Virtual PC has reached RC (release candidate) and is available for...
Date: 08/06/2009
Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V - Two announcements
Yesterday, we announced that the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V have been released under a...
Date: 07/21/2009
Hyper-V: How to remove disabled virtual network adapters from the parent partition
In May, I mentioned that we introduced a checkbox in the Hyper-V UI for Windows 7 and Windows Server...
Date: 07/01/2009
New in Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Part 2 – MAC Spoofing
Our Virtual Switch got smarter in Windows Server 2008 R2. In Windows Server 2008, VMs are...
Date: 05/21/2009
Using Hyper-V Manager "v1" against Windows Server 2008 R2
I had a couple of emails overnight asking whether it is possible to use Hyper-V Manager "v1" (as in...
Date: 05/06/2009
Hyper-V RC Release Download Links
Today, the last of the download links for the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008...
Date: 05/05/2009
Hyper-V and in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate
A cautionary note for those of you performing an in-place upgrade of a machine running Windows...
Date: 05/05/2009
New in Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Part 1 – Dedicated Networks
I thought I’d start a series of posts highlighting some of the smaller changes in Hyper-V in Windows...
Date: 05/04/2009
Hyper-V Security Guide available
The Hyper-V Security Guide is now available online or for download as a Word document. It covers...
Date: 03/31/2009
Hyper-V KB967902 on Windows Update today
Just a quick heads up – as posted on our team blog earlier this month, KB967902 resolves an issue in...
Date: 03/25/2009
Hyper-V: Mouse Integration Components for SUSE available now
News just in – the VSC (Virtualization Service Client) component providing mouse integration for...
Date: 03/25/2009