Index

A

• access methods, RDS
  • about / RDS Access methods
  • RDC / RDS Access methods
  • RD Web portal / RDS Access methods
  • Remote Desktop App / RDS Access methods
• active-active clustering
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• active-passive clustering
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) / Post RDS installation actions
• Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) / Post RDS installation actions
• Active Directory Domain Services Virtualization
  • URL / Checkpoint (snapshot) File
• additional features and enhancements
  • configuring / The configuration of additional features and enhancements
  • virtual switch extensions / Virtual switch extensions
  • hardware-supported features / Hardware-supported features
• advanced features / Protection via virtual NIC ports
• Azure Site Recovery
  • about / Business continuity – disaster recovery and contingency planning
• Azure Site Recovery option / Azure Site Recovery
  • URL / Azure Site Recovery

B

• backup policies
  • about / Backup policies
  • host-level backup / Host-level backup
  • virtual machine-level backup / Virtual machine-level backup
  • hybrid backup / Hybrid backup
  • Azure backup / Azure backup
• backups
  • managing, with WSB / Managing backups using WSB
  • configuring, for independent host / Configuring backup for an independent host
  • used, for performing setup recovery / Performing a recovery
  • configuring, for clustered hosts / Configuring backup and recovery for clustered hosts
• backup strategies and options, Hyper-V host
  • about / Hyper-V backup strategies and options
  • Copy VHD/VHDX / Copying VHD/VHDX
  • virtual machines, exporting / Exporting virtual machines
  • checkpoints (snapshots) / Checkpoints (snapshots)
  • traditional backup methodology / The traditional backup methodology
• best practices
  • Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) / The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
  • Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) / The Best Practices Analyzer
  • Security Compliance Manager (SCM) / Security Compliance Manager
  • Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) / The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
• Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
  • about / Best Practices Analyzer, The Best Practices Analyzer
• BitLocker
  • about / BitLocker
• business continuity plan (BCP)
  • about / Business continuity – disaster recovery and contingency planning

C

• capacity planner, Hyper-V Replica / Hyper-V Replica capacity planner
• capital expenditure (CAPEX)
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• Certificate-based Authentication / VM replication (Hyper-V Replica)
• Cisco Nexus 1000V switch, for Microsoft Hyper-V
  • URL / Virtual switch extensions
• Client Access License (CALs) / RD Licensing
• Client Access Point (CAP) / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for a Hyper-V failover cluster
• client access point (CAP) / Guest cluster setup using shared VHDX
• client prerequisites, VDI deployment
  • about / Server and client prerequisites, Client requirements
• cloud
  • about / Cloud ready!
• cluster
  • about / The Quorum Model
• Cluster Aware Updating (CAU)
  • about / Cluster Aware Updating
  • installing / Installing Cluster Aware Updating
• clustering
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) / Setup via the New Virtual Machine Wizard
  • about / Cluster Shared Volume
  • attributes / CSV attributes
• Cluster Shared Volumes / Anti-malware protection
• cluster shared volumes
  • adding / Adding storage and Cluster Shared Volumes
• cluster validation
  • about / Cluster validation
  • reviewing / Cluster validation
• cluster validation, tests
  • Hyper-V configuration / Cluster validation
  • cluster configuration / Cluster validation
  • inventory / Cluster validation
  • network / Cluster validation
  • storage / Cluster validation
  • system configuration / Cluster validation
• CNO
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• communications between hosts
  • securing / Securing communications between hosts
  • cluster communications / Cluster communications
• considerations, VHD and VHDX comparison
  • size factor / VHD and VHDX
  • large disk support / VHD and VHDX
  • data corruption safety / VHD and VHDX
  • offloaded data transfers (ODX) / VHD and VHDX
  • TRIM/UNMAP / VHD and VHDX
  • shared VHDX / VHD and VHDX
• consolidation, of server workloads
  • about / The consolidation of server workloads
  • building, from ground up / Building from the ground up
  • physical to virtual migration (P2V) / Physical-to-Virtual migration (P2V)
• Converged Network Adapter (CNA)
  • about / Network requirements
  / Quality of Service
• coordinator node
  • about / Cluster Shared Volume
• core
  • about / Processor requirements
• Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) / Shared nothing live migration (SNLM)
• Customer Address (CA) / Virtual switch extensions

D

• Data Center Bridging (DCB) / Quality of Service
• Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
  • about / Processor requirements
• data servers
  • about / Cluster Shared Volume
• default stores
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• denial of service (DoS) / Windows updates
• design considerations, for virtualization
  • availability / Design considerations
  • performance / Design considerations
  • management / Design considerations
  • security / Design considerations
• Desired Configuration Management (DCM) / Solution accelerators
• desktop virtualization
  • about / Desktop virtualization
• device-specific module (DSM) / Multipath I/O (MPIO)
• Direct Memory Access (DMA) / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
• disaster recovery (DR) / VM replication (Hyper-V Replica)
• Disk2vhd
  • about / Disk2vhd
• Disk2vhd tool
  • about / P2V via Disk2vhd
  • URL / P2V via Disk2vhd
• DISM.exe / PowerShell
• domain controllers (DC) / Checkpoint (snapshot) File

E

• Enhanced Key Usage (EKU) / VM replication (Hyper-V Replica)
• Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET)
  • about / The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
  • URL / The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
• enhanced session mode policy
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• Extended Page Tables (EPT)
  • about / Processor requirements
• Extended QoS (eQoS) / Quality of Service
• extensions, Hyper-V Extensible switch
  • capturing extension / Virtual switch extensions
  • filtering extension / Virtual switch extensions
  • forwarding extension / Virtual switch extensions

F

• failover cluster
  • setting up / Setting up a failover cluster
• failover clustering feature
  • installing / Installing and configuring the failover clustering feature
  • configuring / Installing and configuring the failover clustering feature
• failover cluster manager
  • about / Hyper-V management
• failover virtual machine
  • about / Failover virtual machine
  • test failover / Test failover
  • planned failover / Planned failover
  • failover / Failover
• features, Hyper-V Replica
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 upgradation / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
  • Linux support / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
  • recovery points / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
  • tertiary site replication / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
  • better performance / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
  / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
• Folder Redirection / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood

G

• Graphical Management Interface
  • about / Server Manager
• Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• guest cluster
  • setting up, shared VHDX used / Guest cluster setup using shared VHDX
• guest machines
  • protecting / Protecting the guest machines
  • secure boot mechanism / Secure boot
  • authorization, planning / Planning authorization and NTFS security as it is bye-bye AzMan
  • NTFS security / Planning authorization and NTFS security as it is bye-bye AzMan
  • VM access auditing, setting up / Setting up auditing for VM access
  • antivirus, for virtual machines / Antivirus and backup software inclusions for virtual machines
  • backup software inclusions, for virtual machines / Antivirus and backup software inclusions for virtual machines

H

• hardware-supported features
  • about / Hardware-supported features
  • single root-input output virtualization (SR-IOV) / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
  • Virtual machine queue (VMQ) / Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
  • IPsec offloading / IPsec offloading
• Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) / P2V via Disk2vhd
• hardware functions
  • Physical function (PF) / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
  • Virtual function (VF) / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
• hardware prerequisites, Hyper-V hosts
  • about / Hardware prerequisites
  • processor requisites / Processor requirements
  • memory requisites / Memory requirements
  • network requisites / Network requirements
  • storage requisites / Storage requirements
• high availability recommendations
  • about / High availability recommendations
  • RD Session Host (RDSH) / High availability recommendations
  • RD Virtualization Host (RDVH) / High availability recommendations
  • RD Web Access (RDWA) / High availability recommendations
  • RD Gateway (RDGW) / High availability recommendations
  • RD Licensing / High availability recommendations
  • RD Connection Broker (RDCB) / High availability recommendations
• highly available virtual machine (HAVM)
  • setting up / Setting up a highly available virtual machine (HAVM)
• Hyper-V
  • references / Hyper-V installation best practices, Upgrading Hyper-V hosts
  • for VDI / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
• Hyper-V 2012 R2 free edition
  • URL, for downloading / Software prerequisites
• Hyper-V cluster setup
  • prerequisites / Prerequisites for the Hyper-V cluster setup
• Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch
  • about / The Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch
  • definition / A virtual switch – the basic definition and differentiation
  • differentiation / A virtual switch – the basic definition and differentiation
  • private virtual switch / Private Network
  • internal virtual switch / Internal Network
  • external network / External Network
  • setting up / Switch setup and configuration of associated parameters
  • associated parameters, configuring / Switch setup and configuration of associated parameters
  • setting up, via Hyper-V Manager / Switch setup via Hyper-V Manager
  • external switch / Switch setup via Hyper-V Manager
  • internal switch / Switch setup via Hyper-V Manager
  • private switch / Switch setup via Hyper-V Manager
• Hyper-V failover cluster
  • Hyper-V Replica, setting up / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for a Hyper-V failover cluster
• Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• Hyper-V for VDI
  • RemoteFX / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • dynamic memory / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • smart paging / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • User Profile Disk (UPD) / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • CSV block cache / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • cost effective storage options / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • online data deduplication / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • storage tiering / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
• Hyper-V host
  • backup strategies and options / Hyper-V backup strategies and options
• Hyper-V hosts
  • installing / Installing a new Hyper-V host
  • hardware prerequisites / Hardware prerequisites, Processor requirements, Memory requirements, Network requirements, Storage requirements
  • software prerequisites / Software prerequisites, Windows Server installation modes, System requirements
  • installation best practices / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • upgrading / Upgrading Hyper-V hosts
  • in-place upgrade (migration) / In-place upgrade (migration)
  • cross-version live migration / Cross-version live migration
  • clustered Hyper-V role migration / Clustered Hyper-V role migration
  • VM export / VM export and import
  • VM import / VM export and import
• Hyper-V management
  • about / Hyper-V management
• Hyper-V Manager
  • about / Hyper-V management
  • used, for setting up Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch / Switch setup via Hyper-V Manager
  • MAC address range / MAC address range
• Hyper-V Manager console
  • interface / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV) / The Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch, Virtual switch extensions
• Hyper-V Replica
  • overview / Hyper-V Replica overview
  • features / What's new in Hyper-V Replica?
  • working / The working of Hyper-V Replica
  • setup / Hyper-V Replica setup and configuration
  • configuration / Hyper-V Replica setup and configuration
  • terms / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • Recovery Time Objective (RTO) / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • Recovery Point Objective (RPO) / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • primary server / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • replica server / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • standard copy/replica / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • application-consistent copy/replica / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • test failover / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • planned failover / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • failover / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
  • prerequisites / Hyper-V Replica prerequisites
  • URL / Hyper-V Replica capacity planner
  • setting up, for independent host / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for an independent host
  • HTTP Listener (TCP-In) rule, enabling / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for an independent host
  • HTTPS Listener (TCP-In), enabling / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for an independent host
  • VM replication, enabling / Enabling VM replication
  • setting, up for Hyper-V failover cluster / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for a Hyper-V failover cluster
  • setting up, for Hyper-V failover cluster / Setting up Hyper-V Replica for a Hyper-V failover cluster
  • replication, extending / Extending replication
  • failover virtual machine / Failover virtual machine
  • monitoring / Monitoring Hyper-V Replica
• Hyper-V Replica, components
  • replication engine / The working of Hyper-V Replica
  • change tracking / The working of Hyper-V Replica
  • network module / The working of Hyper-V Replica
• Hyper-V Replication Log (HRL) / The working of Hyper-V Replica
• Hyper-V role
  • installing / Installing and configuring Hyper-V role, Installing Hyper-V role
  • configuring / Installing and configuring Hyper-V role, Configuring Hyper-V roles
  • Server Manager / Server Manager
  • PowerShell / PowerShell
  • Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) / Best Practices Analyzer
• Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service (vmms.exe) / VM export and import
• Hyper-V virtual switch
  • URL / Virtual switch extensions
• hypervisor
  • and management OS security / Hypervisor and Management OS security
  • attack surface, reducing / Reducing the attack surface
  • Windows updates / Windows updates
  • anti-malware protection / Anti-malware protection
  • management network, isolating / Isolating the management network
  • communications between hosts, securing / Securing communications between hosts
  • cluster communications / Cluster communications
  • VM replication (Hyper-V Replica) / VM replication (Hyper-V Replica)
  • BitLocker protection / BitLocker protection

I

• IDE
  • features / Advanced Features
• IDE and SCSI controllers
  • about / IDE and SCSI Controllers
• IDE and SCSI controllers, features
  • storage QoS / Advanced Features
  • virtual hard disk sharing / Advanced Features
• Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide (IPD) / Solution accelerators, IPD – Windows Server virtualization
• InMon
  • about / Virtual switch extensions
  • URL / Virtual switch extensions
• Input/Output Per Second (IOPS)
  • about / Storage requirements
• installation best practices, Hyper-V hosts
  • about / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • BIOS/firmware / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • host OS / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • drivers / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • Windows update / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • NIC /Networks / NIC teaming / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • MPIO / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • page file / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • host name / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • domain / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • failover clustering / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • roles / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • antivirus / Hyper-V installation best practices
  • agents / Hyper-V installation best practices
• installing
  • Hyper-V role / Installing and configuring Hyper-V role, Installing Hyper-V role
  • Hyper-V host / Installing a new Hyper-V host
  • Server Manager / Server Manager
  • PowerShell / PowerShell
  • failover clustering feature / Installing and configuring the failover clustering feature
  • Cluster Aware Updating (CAU) / Installing Cluster Aware Updating
• Integration Services
  • operating system shutdown / Integration Services
  • time synchronization / Integration Services
  • data exchange / Integration Services
  • heartbeat / Integration Services
  • backup (volume snapshot) / Integration Services
  • guest services / Integration Services
• inter-conversion, of virtual disk format
  • reference link / Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
• interface, Hyper-V Manager console
  • Hyper-V Manager host pane / Configuring Hyper-V roles
  • virtual machines pane / Configuring Hyper-V roles
  • actions pane / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• Internet Protocol (IP) / IPsec offloading

K

• Kerberos / Shared nothing live migration (SNLM)

L

• live migration
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles, Live migration
  • with shared storage / Live migration with shared storage
  • without shared storage / Live migration without shared storage (shared nothing live migration)
  • with SMB shared storage / Live migration with SMB shared storage
• Load Balancing and Failover (LBFO) / Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
• load distribution , NIC teaming configuration
  • address hash / Load distribution over the NIC team
  • Hyper-V port / Load distribution over the NIC team
  • dynamic / Load distribution over the NIC team

M

• management settings, virtual machine
  • about / Management Settings
  • files / Virtual Machine Files
  • Integration Services / Integration Services
  • checkpoint (snapshot) file / Checkpoint (snapshot) File
  • smart paging / Smart Paging
  • automatic start action / Automatic Start Action
  • automatic stop action / Automatic Stop Action
• Media Access Control (MAC) / The MAC address
• memory, virtual machine
  • startup RAM / Memory
  • dynamic memory / Memory
  • RAM settings / Memory
  • weight / Memory
• Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) / Solution accelerators
• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
  • about / The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
  • URL / The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) / Solution accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
• Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) / Solution accelerators
• Microsoft Virtualization Solution Accelerators
  • URL / Solution accelerators
• Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC)
  • about / Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter, Virtual machine conversion
  • URL, for download / V2V via MVMC (2.0)
  • URL / V2V via MVMC (2.0)
• Migration Automation Toolkit (MAT)
  • about / V2V via MVMC (2.0)
  • URL / V2V via MVMC (2.0)
• Minimal server interface (MiniShell) / Reducing the attack surface
• minimal server interface (MSI)
  • about / Windows Server installation modes

N

• 5nine V2V Easy Converter
  • URL / Third-party vendors
• NEC ProgrammableFlow PF100
  • URL / Virtual switch extensions
• Nested Page Tables (NPT)
  • about / Processor requirements
• network adapter, features
  • MAC address / Advanced Features
  • DHCP guard / Advanced Features
  • Router guard / Advanced Features
  • port mirroring / Advanced Features
  • NIC teaming / Advanced Features
• network adapter, settings
  • features / Network Adapter
  • virtual switch / Network Adapter
  • bandwidth management / Network Adapter
  • hardware acceleration / Network Adapter
• Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) / Virtual switch extensions, Securing the virtual network
• Network Load Balancing (NLB) / The MAC address
• Network Virtualization for Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) / Virtual switch extensions
• NIC teaming, Windows Server 2012 R2
  • about / Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
  • NIC bandwidth, aggregation / Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
  • network connectivity, maintaining / Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
  • architecture / The NIC teaming architecture
  • configuration / The NIC teaming configuration
  • setup / The NIC teaming setup
• NIC teaming configuration
  • about / The NIC teaming configuration
  • teaming mode / Teaming Mode
  • load distribution / Load distribution over the NIC team
• NIC teaming setup
  • about / The NIC teaming setup
  • Server Manager / Server Manager
  • PowerShell / PowerShell
• Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) / NUMA
• Non uniform memory architecture (NUMA)
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• NUMA spanning
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
  / NUMA

O

• offloaded data transfers (ODX) / VHD and VHDX
• operating system
  • installation / Operating system installation
• operating system environment (OSE) / Virtual disk types
• operational expenditure (OPEX)
  • about / Hyper-V failover cluster deployment
• Out-Of-BoxExperience (OOBE) / Deploying virtual desktops

P

• P2V
  • about / Virtual machine conversion
  • via Disk2vhd / P2V via Disk2vhd
• pass-through disks / Pass-through disks
• PCI special interest group (SIG) / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
• performance monitor (Perfmon) / Virtual machine capacity and design considerations
• performance tuning
  • URL / Virtual machine capacity and design considerations
• physical GPUs
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• physical to virtual migration (P2V)
  • System Center 2012 R2 P2V workaround / A System Center 2012 R2 P2V workaround
  • Disk2vhd / Disk2vhd
• Port Access Control List (ACL) / The Port Access Control List
• PowerShell
  • about / PowerShell
  • installing / PowerShell
• PowerShell setup
  • using, as switch / Switch setup via PowerShell
• prerequisites, Hyper-V cluster setup
  • about / Prerequisites for the Hyper-V cluster setup
  • server hardware / Server hardware
  • storage prerequisites / Storage prerequisites
  • software prerequisites / Software prerequisites
  • environment prerequisites / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
• prerequisites, Hyper-V Replica
  • about / Hyper-V Replica prerequisites
  • capacity planner / Hyper-V Replica capacity planner
• primary network traffic, Hyper-V cluster
  • management / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
  • cluster / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
  • virtual machine access / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
  • live migration / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
  • Hyper-V replica / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
  • storage / Environment prerequisites – Active Directory and network configuration
• private virtual switch / Private Network
• Private VLAN (PVLAN)
  • about / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
  • primary VLAN / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
  • secondary VLAN / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
  • isolated port / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
  • community port / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
  • promiscuous port / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
• Processor
  • about / Processor
  • resource control / Resource Control
  • compatibility feature / Compatibility
  • Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) / NUMA
• Provider Address (PA) / Virtual switch extensions
• providers, Volume Shadow Service (VSS)
  • about / The Volume Shadow Service
  • hardware / The Volume Shadow Service
  • software / The Volume Shadow Service
  • system / The Volume Shadow Service
• public key infrastructure (PKI) / Secure boot

Q

• Quality of Service (QoS)
  • about / Quality of Service
  • features / Quality of Service
• Quality of Service (QoS), features
  • bandwidth management / Quality of Service
  • protocol classification / Quality of Service
  • implementation, on physical and virtual networks / Quality of Service
  • Priority-based flow control (PFC) / Quality of Service
• quick migration option, VM mobility
  • about / Quick migration
  • live migration / Live migration
  • storage migration / Storage migration
• Quorum
  • about / The Quorum Model
• Quorum models
  • node majority / The Quorum Model
  • node and disk majority / The Quorum Model
  • node and file share majority / The Quorum Model
  • no majority / The Quorum Model
• Quorum models, Windows Server 2008
  • node vote assignment / The Quorum Model
• Quorum models, Windows Server 2008 R2
  • node vote assignment / The Quorum Model
• Quorum models, Windows Server 2012 R2
  • dynamic witness / The Quorum Model
  • tiebreaker, for split brain scenarios / The Quorum Model

R

• Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI)
  • about / Processor requirements
• RD Connection Broker (RDCB) / RD Connection Broker and RD Management Server
• RD Management Server (RDMS) / RD Connection Broker and RD Management Server
• RD Session Host (RDSH) / RD Session Host
• RDS roles, VDI deployment
  • about / RDS roles
  • RD Session Host (RDSH) / RD Session Host
  • RD Virtualization Host (RDVH) / RD Virtualization Host
  • RD Connection Broker (RDCB) / RD Connection Broker and RD Management Server
  • RD Management Server (RDMS) / RD Connection Broker and RD Management Server
  • RD Web Access (RDWA) / RD Web Access
  • Remote Desktop Gateway (RDGW) / RD Gateway
  • RD Licensing / RD Licensing
• RD Web Access (RDWA) / RD Web Access
• Read-Write-Modify (RMW) / VHD and VHDX
• Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) / Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
• Recovery Point Objective (RPO) / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
• Recovery Time Objective (RTO) / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
• Relative Point Objective (RPO) / Hyper-V Replica overview
• Relative Time Objective (RTO) / Hyper-V Replica overview
• Remote Desktop Gateway (RDGW) / RD Gateway
• Remote Desktop Management Service (RDMS) / Desktop virtualization
• RemoteFX
  • about / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • vGPU / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • USB Redirection / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • Adaptive Graphics / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • Media Streaming / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • for WAN / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
  • Multi-Touch / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
• Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)
  • about / Hyper-V management
  • URL / Hyper-V management
• Roaming User Profiles (RUP) / Hyper-V for VDI – the engine under the hood
• role hosting, coordinator role
  • self-updating mode / Cluster Aware Updating
  • remote updating mode / Cluster Aware Updating

S

• Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) / Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
• Scale-Out File Server (SOFS)
  • about / Scale-Out File Server (SOFS)
  • setting up / Scale-Out File Server (SOFS)
• scale-out file server (SOFS) / Guest cluster setup using shared VHDX
• Second-level Address Translation (SLAT)
  • about / Processor requirements
  / Single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
• secure boot mechanism / Secure boot
• Security Associations (SA) / IPsec offloading
• Security Compliance Manager (SCM) / Solution accelerators
  • about / Security Compliance Manager
  • URL / Security Compliance Manager
• server core installation
  • about / Windows Server installation modes
• Server Manager
  • about / Server Manager
  • installing / Server Manager
• server prerequisites, VDI deployment
  • for hardware / Server hardware and software prerequisites
  • for software / Server hardware and software prerequisites
  • Hardware Assisted Virtualization / Server hardware and software prerequisites
  • Hyper-Threading / Server hardware and software prerequisites
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) / Hyper-V Replica terms and their significance
• shared nothing live migration (SNLM)
  • about / Shared nothing live migration (SNLM)
  • pre-requisites / Shared nothing live migration (SNLM)
• shared VHDX
  • used, for guest cluster setup / Guest cluster setup using shared VHDX
• simplified authorization / Planning authorization and NTFS security as it is bye-bye AzMan
• Single Root Input Output Virtualization (SR-IOV) / Switch setup via Hyper-V Manager
• smart paging
  • about / Memory requirements
• SMB share-applications
  • creating / Scale-Out File Server (SOFS)
• SMI-S
  • about / SMI-S
• Software-defined Networking (SDN) / A virtual switch – the basic definition and differentiation
• software prerequisites, Hyper-V hosts
  • about / Software prerequisites
  • Windows Server installation modes / Windows Server installation modes
  • system requisites / System requirements
• solution accelerators (SA)
  • about / Solution accelerators
  • Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) / Solution accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
  • Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) / Solution accelerators
  • Security Compliance Manager (SCM) / Solution accelerators
  • Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide (IPD) / Solution accelerators, IPD – Windows Server virtualization
  • Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) / Solution accelerators
• StarWinds Converter
  • URL / Third-party vendors
• storage migrations
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles, Storage migration
• storage Quality of Service (QoS) management / Advanced Features
• switch dependent approach
  • static teaming / Teaming Mode
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Teaming / Teaming Mode
• System Center 2012 / 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)
  • about / Hyper-V management
• System Center 2012 R2 P2V
  • workaround feature / A System Center 2012 R2 P2V workaround
• System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
  • about / System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2
  • about / System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2
  • support for virtualization / System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2
  • Azure backup integration / System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2
  • Linux guest machine support / System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2
  • SQL cluster support, as backend / System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2
  • improved consistency / System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2

T

• teaming mode, NIC teaming configuration
  • switch independent / Teaming Mode
  • switch dependent / Teaming Mode
• traditional backup methodology
  • about / The traditional backup methodology
  • Volume Shadow Service (VSS) / The Volume Shadow Service
  • backup process, in Windows Server 2012 R2 / The Hyper-V backup process in Windows Server 2012 R2
  • CSV improvements, in Windows 2012 / CSV improvements in Windows 2012
  • backup policies / Backup policies
• Trusted Platform Chip (TPM) / BitLocker protection

U

• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) / BIOS versus Firmware
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) / Secure boot
• update coordinator
  • about / Cluster Aware Updating

V

• V2V
  • about / Virtual machine conversion
  • via MVMC (2.0) / V2V via MVMC (2.0)
• VDI deployment
  • about / Understanding VDI deployment
  • RDS roles / RDS roles
  • high availability recommendations / High availability recommendations
  • server and client prerequisites / Server and client prerequisites
  • VDI environment, destroying / Deploying a simple VDI environment
  • RDS access methods / RDS Access methods
• VDI environment
  • deploying / Deploying a simple VDI environment
  • Remote Desktop Services, installing / Installing Remote Desktop Services
  • post RDS installation actions / Post RDS installation actions
  • virtual desktops, deploying / Deploying virtual desktops
  • virtual desktop collections, creating / Creating virtual desktop collections
• VHD
  • and VHDX / VHD and VHDX
• VHDX
  • about / VHD and VHDX
• Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) / Client requirements
• virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) / A virtual desktop infrastructure, Virtual disk types
• virtual disk types
  • about / Virtual disk types
  • dynamically expanding / Virtual disk types
  • fixed size / Virtual disk types
  • differencing / Virtual disk types
  • virtual disk operations / Virtual disk operations
  • virtual hard disks, creating / Creating virtual hard disks
  • virtual hard disks, editing / Editing virtual hard disks
• virtual fibre channel
  • about / Virtual fibre channel
  • N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) / N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV)
  • multipath I/O (MPIO) / Multipath I/O (MPIO)
  • virtual SAN, setting up / Setting up the virtual SAN and the virtual fibre channel adapter
  • adapter, setting up / Setting up the virtual SAN and the virtual fibre channel adapter
• virtual hard disks
  • compact / Editing virtual hard disks
  • convert / Editing virtual hard disks
  • expand / Editing virtual hard disks
  • merge / Editing virtual hard disks
• virtual host bus adapter (vHBA) / Virtual fibre channel
• virtualization goals
  • about / Virtualization goals
  • consolidation, of server workloads / The consolidation of server workloads
  • hypervisor upgrade, or migration / Hypervisor upgrade or migration
  • business continuity plan (BCP) / Business continuity – disaster recovery and contingency planning
  • cloud / Cloud ready!
  • virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) / A virtual desktop infrastructure
• virtual machine
  • Generation 1, versus Generation 2 / Virtual machine – Generation 1 versus Generation 2
  • setup / New virtual machine setup
  • setup, via New Virtual Machine Wizard / Setup via the New Virtual Machine Wizard
  • setting, configuring / Understanding and configuring virtual machine settings
  • hardware, adding / Add Hardware
  • BIOS, versus firmware / BIOS versus Firmware
  • memory / Memory
  • processor / Processor
  • IDE / IDE and SCSI Controllers
  • SCSI controllers / IDE and SCSI Controllers
  • network adapter / Network Adapter
  • COM ports / COM Ports and Virtual Floppy Drive
  • virtual floppy drive / COM Ports and Virtual Floppy Drive
  • management settings / Management Settings
  • setup, via Windows PowerShell / Setup via Windows PowerShell
  • capacity / Virtual machine capacity and design considerations
  • management options / Virtual machine failover and management options
  • failover options / Virtual machine failover and management options
• virtual machine conversion
  • about / Virtual machine conversion
  • P2V via Disk2vhd / P2V via Disk2vhd
  • V2V via MVMC (2.0) / V2V via MVMC (2.0)
• Virtual Machine Migration Toolkit
  • about / Third-party vendors
• virtual machines
  • about / Virtual storage
• Virtual Machine Wizard
  • virtual machine, setting up via / Setup via the New Virtual Machine Wizard
• virtual network
  • securing / Securing the virtual network
  • protection, via virtual NIC ports / Protection via virtual NIC ports
• virtual NIC ports
  • used, for virtual network protection / Protection via virtual NIC ports
  • Port Access Control List (ACL) / The Port Access Control List
  • Media Access Control (MAC) address / The MAC address
  • DHCP guard / The DHCP guard
  • router guard / The router guard
  • protected network / The protected network
  • port mirroring / Port mirroring
  • Private VLAN (PVLAN) / The private VLAN (PVLAN)
• Virtual Operating System Environment (VOSE)
  • about / Software prerequisites
• virtual operating system environment (VOSE) / Virtual disk types
• Virtual Receive-side scaling (vRSS) / Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
• Virtual SAN manager
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• Virtual Server / A virtual switch – the basic definition and differentiation
• virtual storage
  • about / Virtual storage
• virtual switches, types
  • external / Configuring Hyper-V roles
  • internal / Configuring Hyper-V roles
  • private / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• Virtual Switch Manager
  • about / Configuring Hyper-V roles
• VM-GenerationID / Checkpoints (snapshots)
• VM access auditing, setting up
  • about / Setting up auditing for VM access
  • Local Group Policy, enabling object access / Enabling Local Group Policy for object access – audit filesystem
  • file level auditing, enabling on VM stores / Enabling file-level auditing on the VM stores
• VM high availability
  • about / A virtual machine's high availability and mobility
• VM maintenance operations
  • GUID XML / Virtual Machine Files
  • BIN / Virtual Machine Files
  • VHD/VHDX / Virtual Machine Files
  • AVHD/AVHDX / Virtual Machine Files
  • EXP / Virtual Machine Files
  • smart paging / Virtual Machine Files
• VM migrations
  • about / VM migrations
  • live migration / Live migration
  • storage migration / Storage migration
  • shared nothing live migration (SNLM) / Shared nothing live migration (SNLM)
• VM mobility
  • about / A virtual machine's high availability and mobility
• VM mobility scenarios
  • about / VM mobility scenarios
  • quick migration option / Quick migration
• Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) / P2V via Disk2vhd
• Volume Shadow Service (VSS)
  • about / The traditional backup methodology
• Volume Shadow Service (VSS), components
  • VSS / The Volume Shadow Service
  • requestor / The Volume Shadow Service
  • writers / The Volume Shadow Service
  • providers / The Volume Shadow Service

W

• Windows 2012
  • CSV improvements / CSV improvements in Windows 2012
• Windows 2012 R2
  • setting up / Setting up Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Authorization Manager (AzMan.msc) / Planning authorization and NTFS security as it is bye-bye AzMan
• Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager (HRM)
  • about / Business continuity – disaster recovery and contingency planning
• Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) / Virtual switch extensions, Securing the virtual network
• Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) / Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
• Windows installation modes
  • switching between / Switching between Windows installation modes
  • GUI approach / GUI
  • PowerShell / PowerShell
• Windows PowerShell
  • about / Hyper-V management
  • virtual machine, setting up via / Setup via Windows PowerShell
• Windows Server 2012 R2
  • NIC teaming / Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
• Windows Server Catalog
  • URL / Hardware prerequisites, Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC teaming
• Windows updates
  • about / Windows updates
  • automatic / Windows updates
  • manual / Windows updates
  • Cluster Aware Updating (CAU) / Windows updates
  • SCVMM / Windows updates
  • WSUS / Windows updates
• WMI Remote Management (WinRM)
  • about / Cluster Aware Updating
• WSB
  • about / Windows Server Backup
  • adding / Adding the Windows Server Backup feature
  • used, for backup configuration of independent host / Configuring backup for an independent host
  • setup recovery, performing / Performing a recovery
  • recovery, configuring for clustered hosts / Configuring backup and recovery for clustered hosts

Z

• zero-day attack / Windows updates