Deploy Nano Server 2016
October 23, 2016
Deploy Nano Server 2016
October 23, 2016

Hyper-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.

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