Looking at the Hyper-V Event Log (January 2018 edition)
Hyper-V has changed over the last few years and so has our event log structure. With that in mind, here is an update of Ben’s original post in 2009 (“Looking at the Hyper-V Event Log”). This post gives...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Taking a Spin with Enhanced Linux VMs
Whether you’re a developer or an IT admin, virtual machines are familiar tools that allow users to run entirely separate operating system instances on a host. And despite being a separate OS, we feel...
View ArticleHyper-V symbols for debugging
Having access to debugging symbols can be very handy, for example when you are A partner building solutions leveraging Hyper-V, Trying to debug a specific issue, or Searching for bugs to participate in...
View ArticleInsider preview: Windows container image
Earlier this year at Microsoft Build 2018, we announced a third container base image for applications that have additional API dependencies beyond nano server and Windows Server Core. Now the time has...
View ArticleHello World MSMQ! …from Windows Containers
Hello from Microsoft Hackathon!!! What are we hacking? Containerizing MSMQ! Let me tell you more… MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queuing) is one of the top asks from Enterprise customers who are lifting and...
View ArticleBringing Device Support to Windows Containers
When we introduced containers to Windows with the release of Windows Server 2016, our primary goal was to support traditional server-oriented applications and workloads. As time has progressed and the...
View ArticleHyper-V HyperClear Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
Introduction A new speculative execution side channel vulnerability was announced recently that affects a range of Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors. This vulnerability, referred to as L1 Terminal...
View ArticleWindows Server 2019 Now Available
Introduction Windows Server 2019 is once again generally available. You can pull the new Windows Server 2019 images—including the new ‘Windows’ base image—via: docker pull...
View ArticleKubeCon, Windows Containers on Kubernetes, and 101 Materials for Your Holiday...
I attended KubeCon earlier this week in Seattle and had some little fun there. It was eye-opening to see the vibrant community there. The energy is enormous. Very fortunate to be a witness...
View ArticleUpdates to Our Container Tagging Format
We’re introducing several minor changes to the tagging format of Windows containers. These changes will begin taking take effect next Patch Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Build Number Tags We’re...
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