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Reading Time: 2 minutesUsually, on one desktop machine you can only use ONE desktop hypervisor solution, because if you try to install more than once, you may have issues (for example in the virtual switch management). In the past, expecially was not possible have both VMware Workstation and Microsoft Hyper-V on the same machine, because Hyper-V works at ring -1 and this makes difficult to let Workstation runs on top.

Reading Time: 2 minutesCome ogni prodotto software, anche Windows 10 ha un ciclo di vita e una data prevista di EOF (end of live). Cosa succende al termine del ciclo di vita? Che ovviamente non vi saranno più aggiornamenti (salvo rare eccezioni) e questo può diventare un grave problema di sicurezza! Negli scorsi mesi, in molti avranno visto un messaggio di questo tipo:

Reading Time: 2 minutesMicrosoft warned customers to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that impacts all Windows systems (client and server) using IPv6 stack. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-38063 and it’s a 9.8-out-of-10 on the CVSS severity scale. Note that, on Windows systems the IPv6 is enabled by default and, in the past, Microsoft itself has not recommend disabling IPV6: ” We do not recommend that you disable IPv6 or its components, or some Windows components may not function.” (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929852)

Reading Time: 3 minutesHotpatching is a way to install OS security updates on some supported Windows Server editions running in virtual machines (VMs) that doesn’t require a reboot after installation. It works by patching the in-memory code of running processes without the need to restart the process.  Actually hotpatch is supported only on VMs and Azure Stack HCI created from images with the exact combination of publisher, offer and sku from the below OS images list:

Reading Time: 2 minutesWindows Server 2025 is quite close to be released (before the end of 2024), but what about the lifecycle of Windows Server products and which version is still supported? Windows products are governed by both a Modern Lifecycle Policy or a Fixed Lifecycle Policy. Search for the product lifecycle for your specific Windows product and its corresponding Lifecycle Policy and end-of-support dates.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSoftware for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) is is a free and open source network operating system based on Linux. SONiC is the open networking solution used in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud: is the networking switch software used in the lower layer of Azure Datacenter fabric (TOR and Aggregation).

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Windows Server 2019 there were four different editions: But with Windows Server 2022 there are some changes in the different editions.

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