Windows Server 2012 R2

We’ve already told you about Dynamic Memory – now learn how it works so that you can configure your VMs to make the best use of your host’s memory.

Check out Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, a cool feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Learn to increase the VM to host ratio and more in this overview!

Doing some live migration? Learn to enable processor compatibility mode in Hyper-V to allow a VM to move between different gens of the same processor family.

In this post, learn to use the virtual processor resource control settings to configure Hyper-V virtual machine reservations, limits, and weights.

Know about NUMA? Discover how Hyper-V interoperates with the Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architectures of host computers in this helpful intro.

Use just a little bit o’ RAM or a lot! Learn to enable Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) Cache to improve the read performance of CSV in WS2012!

Discover how disks, networks, servers, and Storage Bricks play a part in designing a SOFS in part 2 of this series.

Are you down with CSV? Find out more about Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) and learn to create one in this introduction.

Want to schedule against the cluster, instead of a per-server job? Learn about scheduled cluster tasks in WS2012 and how to implement them.

Learn how to use Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 R2 to set up a new file share with the help of this awesome Ask an Admin article!