Windows Server 2012

Aidan Finn shows us how to manually install a guest operating system (OS) in a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM).

Learn how to manage servers using Server Manager in Windows 8.1 in this how-to article by Petri IT Knowledgebase Contributing Editor Russell Smith.

Need to learn the basics of managing Hyper-V? Aidan Finn gives us the run-down on the most important Hyper-V management tasks.

Russell Smith shows us how to use the PowerShell get-history cmdlet to make a transcript of a PowerShell session.

Russell Smith tells us about four great features found in the new ribbon UI in Windows 8 File Explorer.

Russell Smith shows us how to create a reserved Public Virtual IP address (VIP) in Microsoft Azure with his latest Ask an Admin post.

Make your IT administration easier with Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012’s ability to pause and drain clusters.

Aidan Finn explains when you might need to create a NIC team inside of a virtual machine.

In part three of this article series on building a non-clustered Hyper-V host, Aidan Finn provides tips for deploying the host for production environments.

In part two of our series on deploying a non-clustered Hyper-V host, Aidan shows us how to enable the Hyper-V role.