A common way to attach a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine is via the Hyper-V Manager. But, as Brien shows, you can use PowerShell instead. Recently, I have been spending some time coming up with ...
Microsoft’s mighty Windows administration framework gets even better with the help of these resources. Most are free, and the three for-fee tools are well worth the cost. Ah, PowerShell. A simple blue ...
I switched to WSL 2 and finally stopped feeling locked into Windows — here's why that changes everything.
This is my third posting in this series. In the first posting, I described the different components that would be needed for this script. Then in the second posting, I started explaining how the first ...
It is also possible to delay the virtual machine’s startup. This helps when you want it to start automatically, but wait for a few moments first. It is possible to set this up using the Hyper-V ...
Learn how to transform everyday PowerShell one-liners and batch scripts into advanced functions with validation, pipeline support and help. Understand how to organize reusable code into modules with ...
One of my favorite Hyper-V features is its ability to copy a file directly from a host server to a virtual machine (VM) without having to leverage the network stack. This capability is useful in ...