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Manage Hyper-V and guest VMs - Windows Server Tutorial
From the course: Microsoft Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Administrator Associate (AZ-800) Cert Prep by Microsoft Press
Manage Hyper-V and guest VMs
- [Instructor] A virtual machine runs on top of a hypervisor, such as Windows Server Hyper-V. The VM runs as a guest operating system that might differ from the host operating system. You can run multiple virtual machines on the same host. The VMs are isolated from the host and from one another. By connecting your VMs to virtual networks, you can enable connectivity between your VMs. In Hyper-V, there are two virtual machine types, Generation 1, which implement BIOS, attempt to replicate hardware of a host, and support legacy network adapters and other devices. Generation 2 can start from a SCSI virtual hard disk, can start from a SCSI virtual DVD, support UEFI firmware on the VM, support VM Secure Boot, and implement pre-boot execution environment, or PXE boot, using standard network adapters. One of the first things you'll need to do when you're defining virtual machines is to select a virtual disk format. VHD is the older definition and more restrictive in terms of its features and…