Hyper-V

Private Cloud Is Back, but It Doesn't Mean What It Used To

Private cloud is relevant again, but not because public cloud failed. The real test is whether the platform can deliver services repeatedly, enforce policy, manage lifecycle, show cost, and recover when the control plane fails.

By Eric Black · 31 Aug 2026 VMware

Why the next virtualization strategy is likely to be mixed, workload-driven, and designed for portability

VMware is still a serious platform, but it is no longer the automatic answer to every virtualization decision. A field-driven look at mixed-hypervisor operations.

By Eric Black · 25 Aug 2026 Veeam

The Hypervisor Is No Longer the Center of the Recovery Strategy

A Recovery Point field note on restoring Veeam v13 VMware backups cross-platform to Hyper-V, cleaning up guest tooling, and designing DR across mixed hypervisors.

By Eric Black · 27 Jul 2026 Hyper-V

Stretched Clusters and Multi-Site Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025

Article 12 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series, and the final article. This article covers stretched clusters and multi-site Hyper-V:

By Eric Black · 9 May 2026 Hyper-V

High Availability for Workloads on Hyper-V Windows Server 2025

Article 11 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. This article covers high availability for workloads on Hyper-V: VM level HA mechanics,

By Eric Black · 9 May 2026 Hyper-V

VM Design at Cluster Scale for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025

Article 10 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. This article covers VM design patterns at cluster scale: Generation 1 versus Generation 2

By Eric Black · 7 May 2026 Hyper-V

Capacity Planning and Cluster Lifecycle for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025

Article 9 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. This article covers capacity planning and cluster lifecycle: the actual Hyper-V scale limits

By Eric Black · 6 May 2026 Hyper-V

Cluster Monitoring and Observability for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025

Article 8 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. This article covers cluster monitoring and observability: the host, cluster, and VM metrics that

By Eric Black · 5 May 2026 Hyper-V

Backup and DR for Hyper-V Clusters on Windows Server 2025

Article 7 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. This article covers backup and disaster recovery: host level versus guest level backup, RCT

By Eric Black · 4 May 2026 Hyper-V

Security and Identity for Hyper-V Clusters on Windows Server 2025

Article 6 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. This article covers security and identity: what Credential Guard and VBS being on by

By Eric Black · 2 May 2026 Hyper-V

Live Migration Internals and Tuning for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025

Article 4 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. Articles 1 through 3 covered cluster sizing, networking, and storage. This article covers live

By Eric Black · 30 Apr 2026 Hyper-V

Storage Architecture for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025: SAN, S2D, SOFS, and Campus Cluster

Article 3 in the Hyper-V Cluster Design Fundamentals for Windows Server 2025 series. Article 1 covered the design pillars. Article 2 covered networking. This article covers storage

By Eric Black · 28 Apr 2026