Windows Server 2016
Hyper-V Free
- Install Free Starwind SAN on Free Hyper-V – Part 1
- Install Free Starwind SAN on Free Hyper-V – Part 2
- How-to run Hyper-V 2012 on ESXi 5.1 Free – as a nested hypervisor
- How to run Hyper-V as nested hypervisor in VMware Workstation
- Windows Server 2012 licensing in virtual environments – simulation for smaller shops
New Microsoft Licensing for virtual infrastructure (and vMotion):
Windows Server 2012 are Physical Processor based lic. where single license covers two physical CPUs. Two editions (Standard – which allows to run Two VMs with 2 CPU each and Datacenter – unlimited number of VMs).
Remember about you can only reassign the Windows license once every 90 days with the Standard edition. That applies to using technologies like vMotion on your virtual machines. If you license Datacenter then you have unlimited virtualization rights and do not have to worry about reassigning Windows licenses.
Free downloads:
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012R2 (Free Version)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Trial)
- RSAT for Windows 8.1…
- RSAT for Windows 7 SP1…
Free Tools
Free Microsoft Online Labs:
- Virtual Labs Online
Free E-books and Study Guides:
In case you're in preparation for 74-409 Microsoft Certification exam, you might want to check out this Free Study Guide – Microsoft's certification exam 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center, written by Orin Thomas (@orinthomas).
Here are The Chapters:
- Virtual Machine Settings
- Virtual Machine Storage
- Hyper-V Virtual Networks and Virtualization Networking
- Implementing Virtual Machines
- Managing Virtualization Hosts and Infrastructure
- Hyper-V Failover Clustering and Failover Clustering Roles
- Virtual Machine movement
- Montitoring and Hyper-V Replica
The guide has 8 chapters to learn about server virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and starts with the different setting possibilities you have when creating VMs in Hyper-V, Gen1 or Gen2 virtual hardware and more.
The guide has many screenshots which shows the different features and configuration options, so it might be a good start for those of you who want to learn towards the 74-409 exam.