Deploy Nano Server 2016
October 23, 2016Hyper-V 2016: Whats new?
The whole world’s attention is moving towards virtualization and cloud. So would Microsoft’s attention. There have been a very vast improvements in Hyper-V 2016 and we are here explaining what are the new features and enhanced features in the new Hyper-V 2016.
| Feature or Functionality | New or Updated |
|---|---|
| Compatible with Connected Standby | New |
| Discrete device assignment | New |
| Host resource protection | New |
| Hot add and remove for network adapters and memory | New |
| Hyper-V Manager improvements | Updated |
| Integration services delivered through Windows Update | Updated |
| Linux Secure Boot | New |
| Nested virtualization | New |
| Networking features | New |
| Production checkpoints | New |
| Rolling Hyper-V Cluster Upgrade | New |
| Shared virtual hard disks | Updated |
| Start order priority for clustered virtual machines | New |
| Storage quality of service (QoS) | Updated |
| Shielded virtual machines | New |
| Virtual machine configuration file format | Updated |
| Virtual machine configuration version | Updated |
| Windows Containers | New |
| Windows PowerShell Direct | New |
Host Resource Protection
When a VM is having more activity and is utilizing more resources, this feature will prevent the host performance degradation adn other VM performance issues by providing lesser resources to the VM. To enable this feature, type the following command in Power Shell.
Set-VMProcessor -EnableHostResourceProtection $true
Hot Add Feature for Network Adapter also
You can now Add or Remove network Adapter from VMs while the VM is running without the need to power off the machine. This feature will work only on the Generation 2 VMs.
VM Update in the hands of Tenant Admin
The Updates to the VM can be delivered by the Windows Update manager and hence the updates can be handled by the Windows Admin in an easier way than before.
Secure Boot for Linux OS
Linux OS running on Generation 2 VMs can use the secure boot option. For this you need to make the VM use the Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority. For the above, run the following Powershell command.
Set-VMFirmware vmname -SecureBootTemplate MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority
Nested Virtualization is possible
In the previous versions of the Hyper-V, you cannot run the Hyper-V host inside a VM. Whereas from the Server 2016 TP4, it is possible.
Support for Hyper-V 2012
The 2016 Hyper-V Manager can now manage the previous versions of the Hyper-V Server. The Hyper-V 2012 server can even be added to the Hyper-V 2016 cluster. You can even VMs between the Hyper-V 2012 and Hyper-V 2016 within your cluster based on the cluster functional level.
Shielded VMs
The shielded VMs have the data and state encrypted which makes the Malware hard to impact or tamper the VM.
