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EMR88
Copper Contributor
Jan 19, 2025

Hyper-V NIC Configuration Question

I am about to build a new Windows 2025 Standard Edition server with 2 Ethernet ports and Hyper-V.   Should I configure the 2 NICs as a teamed NIC that is shared with Hyper-V, or dedicate one NIC to Windows Server 2025 and the other NIC to Hyper-V?   Or is there another recommended configuration?  Thank you.

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    luchete
    Iron Contributor

    From my experience, it makes more sense to dedicate one NIC to the host OS (Windows Server 2025) and the other NIC to Hyper-V. This helps you prevent network traffic contention between the host and the virtual machines. If you're looking for high availability or load balancing, you could consider NIC teaming for the Hyper-V side, but for a straightforward setup, separating the traffic tends to be more efficient and easier to manage. Hope it helps!

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