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Windows Server and System Center 2016 now available! #MSIgnite

Hi there,

Today on Microsoft Ignite the Windows Server team announce that they have released the Windows Sever and System Center 2016 to the public. I need to mention this is Evaluation edition. In mid-October, Windows Server2016 will be GA (generally available). GA is the RTM version, it means the final product.

So, what to do now? Download, try, enjoy Smiješak s namigivanjem!

You can download the evaluation bits from the following links:

Windows Server 2016:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016
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System Center 2016:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-2016
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Before you install new version of Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 read documentation and you will find out what’s new in this great new products from the Microsoft kitchen Smiješak.

Just one more thing. You can follow what’s new in IT world here #MSIgnite.

Cheers!

Romeo

Romeo Mlinar
September 26, 2016
Microsoft, MS Community, System Center, Virtualization, Windows Server
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A Hyper-V First Aid Kit [free eBook]

Hi there,

If you want to learn more about troubleshooting Hyper-V, read a new book “A Hyper-V First Aid Kit”

Here you can find your copy Winking smile.

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Enjoy virtualization Smile

Cheers,

Romeo

Romeo Mlinar
June 13, 2016
Hyper-V, Microsoft, MS Community
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How to create Hyper-V virtual machine on Windows 10 to be compatible with WS2012 R2 [Version 5.0 – Backward Compatibility]

Hi there,

In this blog post I’d like to explain how to create Hyper-V virtual machine on Windows 10 to be compatible with Windows Server 2012 R2!
In the last couple of months my users are using Windows 10 on the local machines, (desktops and laptops) and sometime they need to move virtual machines created on the Windows 10 to Hyper-V hosts which have been using Windows Server 2012 R2 as OS.
When you create virtual machine on Windows 10, Configuration Version is 7.0 and you cannot change that or during virtual machine creation choose configuration version.
From the other side, virtual machine configuration version on Windows Server 2012 R2 is 5.0 and we cannot import virtual machine created on Windows 10 to Windows Server 2012 R2 because of differences on configuration version.

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So, what we can do in that case?
The first; if we have virtual machine with configuration version 7.0, we can copy .VHDX on Hyper-V host with WS2012 R2, create new virtual machine and add copied virtual disk. But, we lost virtual machine configuration and checkpoints.
The second; we can create virtual machine on Windows 10 through PowerShell, where can choose virtual machine configuration version.
Here is an example, and full script you can download .ps1.
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Enjoy virtualization Winking smile

Cheers

Romeo

Romeo Mlinar
May 24, 2016
Administration, Hyper-V, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2
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