What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine (VM) is software that runs programs or applications without being tied to a physical machine. In a VM instance, one or more guest machines can run on a ...

In our Clear Choice Test, Virtual Server 2005 proved itself well worth the money because it lets you run multiple instances of Windows on the same machine. VMware (recently acquired by EMC) has long ...

How to create a VirtualBox virtual machine backup on a Linux host Your email has been sent Your data center might depend on virtual machines (VMs), and you might use VirtualBox for some of those VMs.

Organizing Hyper-V hosts into well-structured groups and using consistent naming conventions in System Center Virtual Machine Manager is key to maintaining scalable and manageable infrastructure.

Microsoft's slimmer and stronger server OS, bolstered by virtualization, networking, and security advances, is an upgrade that IT can't refuse, a 200-pound gorilla that eats commercial Linux A ...

This article is excerpted from Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional, by Sander van Vugt, and is reprinted by permission of APress. All ...

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Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Virtual machines were the cock of the walk fifteen years ago, but they have fallen out of favor ...

Virtual Server 2005 creates virtual machines on top of the Windows 2003 Server operating system, instead of at the hardware level like many of its competitors. Hardware-level virtualization ensures ...

Establishing host groups and consistent naming conventions in System Center Virtual Machine Manager is essential for managing large Hyper-V environments efficiently and at scale. Microsoft's System ...