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Hyper-V and VMware vSphere Architectures: Pros and Cons

With Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere tackling virtualization in their own distinct ways, it's important to know the key advantages and disadvantages of each design architecture employed by the two.


Tags: virtualization, servers, server virtualization, Hyper-V, hypervisor, VMware, VMware vSphere, server tutorial, Microsoft Hyper-V

Cloning Virtual Domain Controllers in Windows Server 2012

Discover how the new cloning feature in Windows Server 2012 can simplify building a new additional domain controller as well as save time when provisioning domain controllers for rapid deployment.


Tags: virtualization, servers, server virtualization, Active Directory, mission-critical, server tutorial

Creating a Web-Based Windows Remote Desktop Client

Our latest Server Tutorial explores two key ways you can easily make remote connections to computers from within a web browser.


Tags: servers, Remote Desktop Protocol, Windows Server, Remote Desktop, server tutorial

Virtualizing Active Directory Domain Controllers: General Best Practices

Before virtualizing mission-critical services like Active Directory domain controllers, make sure to brush up on what you should and should not do with our "best practices" reference.


Tags: virtualization, servers, server virtualization, Active Directory, mission-critical, server tutorial

How to Enable Concurrent Remote Desktop Sessions in Windows

Our latest Server Tutorial reveals how you can get around the Windows one-concurrent user limitation in order to be able to use a PC at the same time as a remote connector.


Tags: servers, Remote Desktop Protocol, Windows Server, Remote Desktop, server tutorial

8 Trending Third-Party Management Tools for Amazon Web Services

A closer look at some of the most popular third-party tools currently available for managing your Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services.


Tags: Web services, AWS, Amazon Web Services, servers, EC2, server tutorial

Creating Custom Virtual Networks for VMware Player

Our latest tutorial reveals how you can use VMware Player's Virtual Network Editor to create custom virtual adapters and then assign them to VMs.


Tags: virtualization, VM, VMware, Virtual Network, server tutorial, VMware Player

How to Team Your Network Cards in Windows Server 2012

With the advent of cloud computing and mass virtualization of server operating systems, the need for high speed, highly available networking becomes even more pressing.


Tags: servers, Windows Server, NIC, Windows Server 2012, server tutorial

How to Fix a VMware Player Bridged Network

Having difficulties when trying to set a network adapter on a VMware Player machine in Bridged mode?  Our latest tutorial reveals a solution for the bridged network issue.


Tags: servers, VMware, network adapter, server tutorial, VMware Player

Windows Server 2012 Walkthroughs: Upgrading a Dell R520

Chomping at the bit to test out the official release of Windows Server 2012?  Check out what to watch for and avoid as we put the new server OS through its paces.


Tags: server, servers, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012, server tutorial

Tweaking VMware's High Availability and Admission Control Policies

You have to balance adequate failover capacity with the ability to remain productive and cost-efficient. Admission control in VMware allows you to do both.


Tags: virtualization, hypervisor, VM, VMware, Virtualization Management, server tutorial

Securing a VNC Server on Linux with SSH

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) enables you to use a GUI instead of a command-line interface when remotely connecting to a Linux or Unix machine, but security's another matter entirely.  Discover how to make sure your VNC server connections stay secure.


Tags: Linux, security, Linux server, tutorials, tutorial, SSH, vnc, server tutorial

Managing Stubborn VMware VMs from the Command Line

Working in vCenter is great until the unthinkable happens -- you have a "stuck" VM. You can't do anything with it except use some command-line magic.


Tags: virtualization, VMware, tutorial, Virtualization Management, vCenter, server tutorial