How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...

Once upon a time, we used to think in terms of one hardware server equals one server operating system. Then, along came KVM, Hyper-V, VMware, and all the rest of the virtual machine (VM) hypervisors ...

Virtual Iron’s Enterprise Edition V3 is a virtual machine hosting platform that couples its open source hosting foundation with tools to convert existing servers into VMs and subsequently manage them.

Virtualization can expose data and encryption keys to hackers. Microsoft's shielded virtual machines and Host Guardian Service locks them down. For all its benefits, the drive to virtualize everything ...

What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine (VM) is software that runs programs or applications without being tied to a physical machine. In a VM instance, one or more guest machines can run on a ...

Movies and TV are easy to self-host, but music isn’t. Road-trip discovery and “forgotten favorites” keep me paying for ...

Establishing host groups and consistent naming conventions in System Center Virtual Machine Manager is essential for managing large Hyper-V environments efficiently and at scale. Microsoft's System ...

If there’s one technology that can greatly improve computing environments of any size, it’s virtualization. By using a single physical server to run many virtual servers, you can decrease operational ...

Virtual Server 2005 R2 is an enterprise level application designed by Microsoft to support the simultaneous running of multiple virtual machines on a high performance, scalable, secure and reliable ...

powerful. Not only does it allow you to host a website using the world’s most flexible web server, it also allows you to do so on your Windows host. But don’t think because you’re on a Windows host ...