![]() ![]() Putting this VM on the WHS where my redundant storage costs are less than $1 for the VM easily accessible for all machines and remotely is a decent cost savings. All of my client PCs use smaller SSDs making a Windows 7 VM a $20-40 per machine expense to store at the moment ($2/GB * 10GB * (1 or 2) virtual hard drive(s)). Why do this on a Windows Home Server and not just use VirtualBox or XP mode? My main reason is that I have the hardware capacity to spare on the WHS and I don’t mind waiting 30 seconds for this VM to boot using a mechanical disk. Since WHS is supposed to be a simple solution, using Hyper-V and Windows keeps setup and maintenance simple. I would normally suggest using a Linux based virtual machine for extra security, however Ubuntu 10.04’s built-in Hyper-V integration components have been a nightmare to get mouse functionality working. This is also a decent way to view unknown links in e-mails from friends if you are curious. Even if it does get some sort of computer virus or other malware, the machine is returned to a freshly installed and patch state after each session, limiting exposure. This keeps a fully patched environment that will not accumulate malicious software. Once you are done with the session, delete the machine, and next time re-start with the clean virtual machine. The premise is simple, setup a clean virtual machine environment for doing sensitive online browsing. For Windows Home Server users, there is a really practical, and important thing that they can do to increase security at home, and that is use a dedicated, disposable, virtual machine for things such as banking (and for the more conservative online shopping). Perhaps I have heard the words “thin client” more times in the past six months from these folks than I have since the 1990’s. Of the CEOs, CIOs, and CFOs of companies with more than 10,000 employees I have talked to recently, all of them are looking at application virtualization to keep costs in the data center versus on user desktops. Windows Home Server frankly uses very little power itself leaving CPU cycles sitting idle. Run a command similar to the following, replacing MyVM with the name of your virtual machine and the memory values with at least the values shown below.One of the slickest things that one can do with a Windows Home Server machine is run it virtualized in a Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Right-click Windows PowerShell and click Run as administrator. (From the desktop, click Start and start typing Windows PowerShell.) ![]() Under Dynamic Memory, change the Minimum RAM to at least 256 MB and the Maximum RAM to 512 MB (From Server Manager, click Tools > Hyper-V Manager.)įrom the list of virtual machines, right-click the one you want, then click Settings. Use Hyper-V Manager or Windows PowerShell to increase the minimum memory to at least 256 MB, and the startup memory and maximum memory to at least 512 MB. The guest operating system on the following virtual machines might not run or might run unreliably: One or more virtual machines are configured to use Dynamic Memory with less than the amount of memory recommended for Windows 7. In the following sections, italics indicates UI text that appears in the Best Practices Analyzer tool for this issue. Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016įor more information about best practices and scans, see Run Best Practices Analyzer Scans and Manage Scan Results. ![]()
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