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  • Microsoft Private Cloud Hyper-V Customer Handbook
  • About Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Roles and responsibilities
      • Managed virtual machines
      • Unmanaged virtual machines
    • Licensing
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  • Getting started with Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Microsoft Hyper-V architecture
    • Microsoft Hyper-V features
      • Rackspace Hyper-V managed services
    • Microsoft Server 2016
    • Add-on services
      • Hyper-V Replica
        • Hyper-V Extended Replication
        • Requesting a failover
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        • Requesting a failover
  • Microsoft Hyper-V user manual
    • Manage permissions
      • Assigning permissions by user
      • Assigning permissions by product
      • Managing groups
      • Changing global permissions
    • Credentials management
      • Windows Server 2016 (v2)
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      • Windows Server 2012 (v1)
        • Rackspace
        • Customer
    • Datastore overhead
      • Why does Rackspace require this?
      • What else can consume space on my datastores?
    • Ordering virtual machines
      • Virtual machine OS images
      • Create a new managed virtual machine
      • Create a new unmanaged virtual machine
      • Converting unmanaged VM to managed
    • Managing virtual machines
      • Start or resume a virtual machine
      • Shut down a virtual machine
      • Checkpoint a virtual machine
        • Reverting a checkpoint
        • Delete a checkpoint
      • Export virtual machines
      • Resize virtual hard disks
      • Making a virtual machine highly available
      • Remove and delete virtual machines
    • Decommissioning virtual machines and hypervisors
    • Virtual Fibre Channel SAN
      • Deploying virtual SAN
    • Migrating from Server 2012 to 2016
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Microsoft Hyper-V user manual#

With Microsoft Hyper-V, you have the flexibility of having your environment managed for you by Rackspace's Microsoft Hyper-V Support team or administering your own environment with full control of the hypervisors and virtual machines.

The following sections aim to help you navigate some of the common tasks associated with administering your own environment. If you need any assistance with these tasks or other tasks not included in this guide, contact your Rackspace team.

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    • Assigning permissions by user
    • Assigning permissions by product
    • Managing groups
    • Changing global permissions
  • Credentials management
    • Windows Server 2016 (v2)
      • Rackspace
      • Customer
    • Windows Server 2012 (v1)
      • Rackspace
      • Customer
  • Datastore overhead
    • Why does Rackspace require this?
    • What else can consume space on my datastores?
  • Ordering virtual machines
    • Virtual machine OS images
    • Create a new managed virtual machine
    • Create a new unmanaged virtual machine
    • Converting unmanaged VM to managed
  • Managing virtual machines
    • Start or resume a virtual machine
    • Shut down a virtual machine
    • Checkpoint a virtual machine
      • Reverting a checkpoint
      • Delete a checkpoint
    • Export virtual machines
    • Resize virtual hard disks
    • Making a virtual machine highly available
    • Remove and delete virtual machines
  • Decommissioning virtual machines and hypervisors
  • Virtual Fibre Channel SAN
    • Deploying virtual SAN
  • Migrating from Server 2012 to 2016
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