One aspect of Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 that seems to confuse people is the concept of virtual disks. While virtual disks are certainly not new, Windows Server uses virtual disks in two ...

In my experience, Windows Storage Spaces tends to be reliable and typically behaves in a predictable manner. On a couple of occasions, however, I have encountered problems related to detached virtual ...

I've set up WIndows 2003 Enterprise WSS inside Virtual Server 2005 R2 <BR>using a virtual disk type of both SCSI and IDE. In both instances <BR>Storage Manager for SAN's MMC errors out with: ...

Virtual Server 2005 creates virtual machines on top of the Windows 2003 Server operating system, instead of at the hardware level like many of its competitors. Hardware-level virtualization ensures ...

Did you know you can make virtual disks on Windows? It’s a cool and underused feature that has been available in the OS since Windows 8. Perhaps you have seen files on your system with the VHD or VHDX ...

Microsoft warns that a newly acknowledged issue can lead to data loss when resetting virtual disks using the Server Manager management console. Server Manager helps IT admins manage Windows-based ...

From Docker-driven containers and Nano Server to software-defined storage and networking improvements, the next version of Windows Server is packed with great new features As we’ve come to expect from ...

Windows super-sleuth Long Zheng keeps his eye on the Microsoft jobs listings and discovers some information about a potential new feature for the thus far super-secretive Windows 7 OS - native support ...

Tom shows how to set up an iSCSI target using both the GUI (Server Manager) and PowerShell, and then adding it to his ESXi server. When setting up a new VMware Horizon environment, I needed someplace ...