Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 evaluation VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) images for Hyper-V which as of now is available for download from Microsoft  Download Center. The images are perfect for creating testing environment and trying new versions Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x86 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x64 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x86 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x64 (full install) Windows Server Read more

If you use Remote Desktop to connect your Hyper-V management server .When connecting to guest system you may receive the message bellow: “Mouse not captured in Remote Desktop session” as a result mouse is not working. To solve the problem you need to install “Integration Services” Just open your Virtual OS Navigate to Action Press on “insert integration services setup disk” Now you will see Integration services CD in Computer menu Read more

Before installing Hyper-V on your server make sure that you have the following options in server BIOS. No-Execute Memory Protection –  Set it to Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology – Set it to Enabled Processor Hyper Threading – Set it to Disabled If you receive the “The Virtual Machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running” Error probably you forgot to do the steps above Note: In most of the cases if settings are missing in system bios – Read more