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The Case for Endpoint Backup in the Age of Cloud Storage

June 1, 2023
How we work is more digital and globalized than ever. Working remotely or having employees and collaborators all over the world has become r...

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 vs. Hyper-V Role

June 1, 2023
Since 2008, Microsoft has provided two deployment options for the Hyper-V hypervisor – a standalone installation of Hyper-V Server and a Hyp...

How to Use Scale-Out File Server in Windows Server 2019

June 1, 2023
Accessing data via a network is common today. File shares for regular users and administrative purposes are widely used in business environm...

How to Deploy Graphics Devices Using RemoteFX vGPU

June 1, 2023
Installing video acceleration and a graphics card on a physical computer for better performance and image quality is a common task. But what...

How to Install VMware Tools on Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, and Solaris

June 1, 2023
If you have ever deployed a VMware VM on VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Fusion, you’ve probably noticed that afte...

How to Install VirtualBox Extension Pack on Windows and MacOS

June 1, 2023
The previous blog post of our VirtualBox series covered VirtualBox update. After updating VirtualBox, it is recommended to update VirtualBox...

How to Set Up an SMB Share as a Backup Repository in NAKIVO Backup & Replication

June 1, 2023
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is a universal data protection solution that can be installed on different devices and operating systems, in...

Top 10 Features in Windows Server 2019 Failover Clustering: Full Overview

June 1, 2023
As the demand for uninterrupted performance grows, modern businesses have started looking for new ways of ensuring 99.999% availability of t...

NTFS vs ReFS: Which One to Choose?

June 1, 2023
Hyper-V environments can’t properly function without reliable storage in place, as it has a significant impact on the virtual machine (VM) p...

How to Fix the Error: Hyper-V Checkpoint Operation Failed

June 1, 2023
A possible error when working with Microsoft Hyper-V checkpoints is the Hyper-V checkpoint operation failed error and other similar errors....

How to Build PowerShell Tools to Setup SFTP

June 1, 2023
When you use multiple machines running Windows, you may need to access shared resources by using different protocols. When a file share is c...

Top 7 Hyper-V Features in Windows Server 2019

June 1, 2023
The year of 2018 welcomed the release of Windows Server 2019, which mainly focused on solving the issues surrounding hybrid clouds, failover...

How to Use VMware Remote Console in Linux and Windows

June 1, 2023
VMware provides several ways to manage virtual machines and guest operating systems running on the VMs. In modern vSphere versions, you can...

Standard and Datacenter Windows Server 2016 Versions Comparison

May 31, 2023
Currently available in eight versions, Windows Server OS consists of approximately 33.5% of the global server OS market. Our article is focu...

How to Perform P2V and V2V Migration with VMware Converter

May 31, 2023
Creating a new virtual machine as well as installing and configuring all necessary applications can take a long time. Fortunately, when you...

CIFS vs SMB File Share Protocols: The Differences Explained

May 29, 2023
When it comes to selecting a protocol to share files over the network, you commonly come across the SMB and CIFS terms in software interface...

How to Mount VMFS in Windows, Linux, and ESXi

May 25, 2023
Sometimes you may need to mount a VMFS datastore in Linux, Windows, or another ESXi host. VMFS is a file system created by VMware that doesn...

Windows Server 2019 Essentials, Standard, Datacenter: Main Differences

May 24, 2023
Windows Server 2019 is for the time being the latest version of the server operating system released by Microsoft. Generally available since...

What Is DFS Replication and How to Configure It?

May 23, 2023
File shares are used in organizations to allow users to access and exchange files. If the number of file shares is large, it may be difficul...

How to Set Up Windows Server for File Sharing

April 18, 2023
If you want to configure access to files over the network for one or more users, you need to configure file sharing on the computer on which...