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In this post, I will describe the new file types, their functions, and locations, which you’ll find in a Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Hyper-V virtual machine (VM).
Hyper-V went through a lot of changes with the release of Windows Server 2016:
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Those improvements have affected Hyper-V throughout, including the files that are used. When you create your first VM on WS2016 Hyper-V, you will notice quite a few changes, especially when you open File Explorer and start to look at what files were created.
The biggest change is that Hyper-V switched from using XML-based VM configuration files to a new binary format. There are two benefits:
I have yet to find a single complete listing of all of the files; the Microsoft documentation appears to be incomplete. So here is my best effort based on what information is available from various sources:
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