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Full administration of Microsoft Hyper-V hosts and Failover Clusters — Live Migration, SCVMM, Storage Spaces Direct, and Hyper-V Replica — integrated with the Active Directory you already run.

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Complete Hyper-V Management

From Failover Clustering to SCVMM fabric management — every layer of your Hyper-V environment, managed end to end.

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Hyper-V Host Setup & Failover Clustering

Multi-node Hyper-V clusters built on Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) for automatic recovery.

  • Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)
  • Cluster quorum & witness configuration
  • Hyper-V role installation & host hardening
  • Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) setup
  • Node draining for maintenance
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Live Migration & Storage Migration

Move running VMs between hosts or storage with no perceptible downtime.

  • Live Migration between cluster nodes
  • Storage Migration between volumes
  • Shared-nothing Live Migration
  • Migration network & bandwidth tuning
  • Scheduled host evacuation for patching
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Centralised fabric management for Hyper-V hosts, clusters, and VM templates via SCVMM.

  • SCVMM fabric & host group configuration
  • VM template & service template design
  • Self-service provisioning portal setup
  • Update Server integration for patching
  • Networking (logical/VM networks) design
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VHDX & Checkpoint Management

Disk lifecycle management to keep VM storage lean, fast, and free of checkpoint sprawl.

  • Dynamic vs fixed VHDX sizing strategy
  • Checkpoint (snapshot) hygiene policies
  • Disk compaction & consolidation
  • Shared VHDX for guest clustering
  • Storage QoS policy configuration
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Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) & Replica

Hyper-converged, software-defined storage and asynchronous DR replication for Hyper-V.

  • Storage Spaces Direct cluster design
  • Storage tiering (performance/capacity)
  • Hyper-V Replica for DR
  • Replication frequency & recovery point tuning
  • Extended (chained) replication setup
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Security & Compliance

Harden Hyper-V hosts and guests against internal and external threats.

  • Shielded VMs & Host Guardian Service
  • Hyper-V host & guest hardening baselines
  • Active Directory-integrated RBAC
  • Audit logging & SIEM integration
  • Compliance posture reporting

Windows Infrastructure, One Identity Model

Hyper-V's biggest advantage is how naturally it fits into an environment you already run on Windows Server and Active Directory. We lean into that instead of fighting it.

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Native Windows Integration

Hyper-V is built into Windows Server — if you're already running Active Directory and Windows workloads, Hyper-V often means one less vendor relationship and licensing model to manage.

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Tied Into Your AD, Properly

We integrate Hyper-V and SCVMM role-based access with your existing Active Directory groups — the same identity model we already manage for your servers, not a separate silo.

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Quorum Designed, Not Defaulted

Cluster quorum and witness configuration determine whether your cluster survives a node or site failure gracefully. We design this deliberately for your topology, not on the installer's defaults.

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Licensing Clarity

Hyper-V licensing follows Windows Server licensing you likely already understand — we help you map VM density against Standard vs Datacenter edition costs before you over- or under-license.

The Hyper-V Stack We Work With

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Hyper-V
Hypervisor Role
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Failover Cluster Manager
Clustering
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SCVMM
Fabric Management
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Storage Spaces Direct
Hyper-converged Storage
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Hyper-V Replica
DR Replication
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VHDX
Virtual Disk Format
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Host Guardian Service
Shielded VMs
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Hyper-V PowerShell
Automation & Scripting
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Windows Admin Center
Management Console
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Azure Stack HCI
Hybrid Cloud

How We Onboard & Deliver

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Cluster Audit

Host health, quorum configuration, SCVMM fabric, VM inventory, and licence position reviewed.

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Optimise & Harden

Quorum witness set correctly, checkpoint hygiene enforced, hardening baselines applied, monitoring deployed.

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Active Management

24×7 host monitoring, VM provisioning via SCVMM, patch management, and capacity tracking begins.

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Monthly Reports

Cluster utilisation, patch status, Replica health, and licence position reported monthly.

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