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140 tutorials and war stories on homelabs, Windows Server, Microsoft 365, networking and security. Searchable, tagged, no pagination maze.
How to set up Microsoft 365 archive policy
Keep Exchange Online mailboxes under quota: enable archive mailboxes, then create MRM retention tags in Purview or PowerShell to archive after 3 years.
Expand Storage with a StoreOnce VSA on Hyper-V
I had to add 29 fixed 1 TB VHDX volumes to an HPE StoreOnce VSA on Hyper-V, so here is the PowerShell script that creates and attaches them via SCSI.
Hyper-V Backup and Recovery: Strategies and Best Practices
Chapter 6 of the Hyper-V guide: full, incremental and differential backups, Windows Server Backup vs DPM and Veeam, scheduling, and restoring a VM.
Advanced Hyper-V Features - Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica, and More
Chapter 5 of the Hyper-V guide: set up Live Migration between hosts, enable Hyper-V Replica for disaster recovery and turn on nested virtualization.
Storage in Hyper-V - Managing Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs)
Chapter 4 of the Hyper-V guide: VHD vs VHDX, fixed, dynamic and differencing disks, creating and attaching disks, expanding them and extending the volume.
Hyper-V Networking: Virtual Switches Explained (Ch. 3)
Chapter 3 of the Hyper-V guide: External, Internal and Private virtual switches, attaching VMs, setting guest IPs, VLAN IDs and bandwidth limits.
Setting Up Your First Virtual Machine in Hyper-V
Chapter 2 of the Hyper-V guide: create your first VM with the wizard, pick Generation 1 or 2, assign memory and a VHDX, install the OS, take checkpoints.
What Is Hyper-V and Why Use It (Hyper-V Guide Ch. 1)
Chapter 1 of the Hyper-V guide: what Hyper-V is, which Windows Server and Windows 10/11 editions include it, system requirements and enabling the role.
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