Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Virtualization and Microsoft Solutions -- The Evolution of the Datacenter -- One Box, One Operating System -- How Virtualization Has Changed the Way Companies Work and Its Key Values -- History of Hyper-V -- Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Features -- Windows Server 2008 R2 Changes -- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 -- Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Changes -- Windows Server 2012 R2 -- Licensing of Hyper-V -- One Operating System (Well, Two, but Really One) -- Choosing the Version of Hyper-V -- The Role of System Center with Hyper-V -- System Center Configuration Manager -- System Center Virtual Machine Manager and App Controller -- System Center Operations Manager -- System Center Data Protection Manager -- System Center Service Manager -- System Center Orchestrator -- Clouds and Services -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2 Virtual Machine Resource Fundamentals -- Understanding VMBus -- The Anatomy of a Virtual Machine -- Generation 1 Virtual Machine -- Generation 2 Virtual Machine -- Processor Resources -- Virtual Processor to Logical Processor Scheduling -- Processor Assignment -- NUMA Support -- Memory Resources -- Virtual Storage -- VHD -- VHDX -- Creating a Virtual Hard Disk -- Pass-Through Storage -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3 Virtual Networking -- Virtual Switch Fundamentals -- Three Types of Virtual Switch -- Creating a Virtual Switch -- Extensible Switch -- VLANs and PVLANS -- Understanding VLANs -- VLANs and Hyper-V -- PVLANs -- How SCVMM Simplifies Networking with Hyper-V -- SCVMM Networking Architecture -- Deploying Networking with SCVMM 2012 R2 -- Network Virtualization -- Network Virtualization Overview -- Implementing Network Virtualization -- Useful Network Virtualization Commands -- Network Virtualization Gateway -- Summary.

VMQ, RSS, and SR-IOV -- SR-IOV -- DVMQ -- RSS and vRSS -- NIC Teaming -- Host Virtual Adapters and Types of Networks Needed in a Hyper-V Host -- Types of Guest Network Adapters -- Monitoring Virtual Traffic -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4 Storage Configurations -- Storage Fundamentals and VHDX -- Types of Controllers -- Common VHDX Maintenance Actions -- Performing Dynamic VHDX Resize -- Storage Spaces and Windows as a Storage Solution -- Server Message Block (SMB) Usage -- SMB Technologies -- Using SMB for Hyper-V Storage -- iSCSI with Hyper-V -- Using the Windows iSCSI Target -- Using the Windows iSCSI Initiator -- Considerations for Using iSCSI -- Understanding Virtual Fibre Channel -- Leveraging Shared VHDX -- Data Deduplication and Hyper-V -- Storage Quality of Service -- SAN Storage and SCVMM -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5 Managing Hyper-V -- Installing Hyper-V -- Using Configuration Levels -- Enabling the Hyper-V Role -- Actions after Installation of Hyper-V -- Deploying Hyper-V Servers with SCVMM -- Hyper-V Management Tools -- Using Hyper-V Manager -- Core Actions Using PowerShell -- Securing the Hyper-V Server -- Creating and Managing a Virtual Machine -- Creating and Using Hyper-V Templates -- Hyper-V Integration Services and Supported Operating Systems -- Migrating Physical Servers and Virtual Machines to Hyper-V Virtual Machines -- Upgrading and Migrating from Previous Versions -- Stand-Alone Hosts -- Clusters -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6 Maintaining a Hyper-V Environment -- Patch Planning and Implementation -- Leveraging WSUS -- Patching Hyper-V Clusters -- Malware Configurations -- Backup Planning -- Defragmentation with Hyper-V -- Using Checkpoints -- Using Service Templates -- Performance Tuning and Monitoring with Hyper-V -- Resource Metering -- Monitoring -- The Bottom Line.

Chapter 7 Failover Clustering and Migration Technologies -- Failover Clustering Basics -- Understanding Quorum and Why It's Important -- Quorum Basics -- Modifying Cluster Vote Configuration -- Advanced Quorum Options and Forcing Quorums -- Geographically Distributed Clusters -- Why Use Clustering with Hyper-V? -- Service Monitoring -- Protected Network -- Cluster-Aware Updating -- Where to Implement High Availability -- Configuring a Hyper-V Cluster -- Cluster Network Requirements and Configurations -- Performing Cluster Validation -- Creating a Cluster -- Creating Clusters with SCVMM -- Using Cluster Shared Volumes -- Making a Virtual Machine a Clustered Virtual Machine -- Live Migration -- Windows Server 2012 Live Migration Enhancements -- Live Storage Move -- Shared Nothing Live Migration -- Configuring Constrained Delegation -- Initiating Simultaneous Migrations Using PowerShell -- Windows Server 2012 R2 Live Migration Enhancements -- Dynamic Optimization and Resource Balancing -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8 Hyper-V Replica and Cloud Orchestration -- The Need for Disaster Recovery and DR Basics -- Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Replication -- Introduction to Hyper-V Replica -- Enabling Hyper-V Replica -- Configuring Hyper-V Replica -- Using Hyper-V Replica Broker -- Performing Hyper-V Replica Failover -- Sizing a Hyper-V Replica Solution -- Using Hyper-V Replica Cloud Orchestration for Automated Failover -- Overview of Hyper-V Recovery Manager -- Getting Started with HRM -- Architecting the Right Disaster Recovery Solution -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9 Implementing the Private Cloud and SCVMM -- The Benefits of the Private Cloud -- Private Cloud Components -- SCVMM Fundamentals -- Installation -- SCVMM Management Console -- Libraries.

Creating a Private Cloud Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager -- Granting Users Access to the Private Cloud with App Controller -- Installation and Initial Configuration -- User Interaction with App Controller -- Enabling Workflows and Advanced Private Cloud Concepts Using Service Manager and Orchestrator -- How the Rest of System Center Fits into Your Private Cloud Architecture -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10 Remote Desktop Services -- Remote Desktop Services and Bring Your Own Device -- Microsoft Desktop and Session Virtualization Technologies -- RD Web Access -- RD Connection Broker -- RD Virtualization Host -- RD Gateway -- Requirements for a Complete Desktop Virtualization Solution -- Creating the VDI Template -- Deploying a New VDI Collection Using Scenario-Based Deployment -- Using RemoteFX -- Remote Desktop Protocol Capabilities -- Choosing the Right Desktop Virtualization Technology -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11 Windows Azure IaaS and Storage -- Understanding Public Cloud "as a Service" -- When Public Cloud Services Are the Best Solution -- Windows Azure 101 -- Windows Azure Compute -- Windows Azure Data Services -- Windows Azure App Services -- Windows Azure Network -- Capabilities of Azure IaaS and How It Is Purchased -- Creating Virtual Machines in Azure IaaS -- Managing with PowerShell -- Windows Azure Virtual Networks -- Linking On-Premises Networks with Azure IaaS -- Migrating Virtual Machines between Hyper-V and Azure IaaS -- Leveraging Azure Storage -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12 Bringing It All Together with a Best-of-Breed Cloud Solution -- Which Is the Right Technology To Choose? -- Consider the Public Cloud -- Decide If a Server Workload Should Be Virtualized -- Do I Want a Private Cloud? -- Enabling Single Pane of Glass Management -- The Bottom Line.

Chapter 13 The Hyper-V Decoder Ring for the VMware Administrator -- Overview of the VMware Solution and Key Differences from Hyper-V -- Translating Key VMware Technologies and Actions to Hyper-V -- Translations -- Most Common Misconceptions -- Converting VMware Skills to Hyper-V and System Center -- Migrating from VMware to Hyper-V -- Th e Bottom Line -- Appendix A Th e Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtualization and Microsoft Solutions -- Chapter 2: Virtual Machine Resource Fundamentals -- Chapter 3: Virtual Networking -- Chapter 4: Storage Configurations -- Chapter 5: Managing Hyper-V -- Chapter 6: Maintaining a Hyper-V Environment -- Chapter 7: Failover Clustering and Migration Technologies -- Chapter 8: Hyper-V Replica and Cloud Orchestration -- Chapter 9: Implementing the Private Cloud and SCVMM -- Chapter 10: Remote Desktop Services -- Chapter 11: Windows Azure IaaS and Storage -- Chapter 12: Bringing It All Together with a Best-of-Breed Cloud Solution -- Chapter 13: The Hyper-V Decoder Ring for the VMware Administrator -- Index.