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rspeaker
Brass Contributor
Dec 30, 2018

Where is Hyper-V Server 2019?!

Anyone know when MS will post it again for d-load??  Very frustrating since I need to rebuild my Hyper-V server and the new image is not here for dload!!  :(( (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalce...
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Clarity
Copper Contributor
Mar 02, 2019
Yes. Any update would be appreciated!
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Mary Hoffman
Former Employee
Mar 03, 2019

We are getting closer. I believe the last of the issues has been resolved and validations are in progress.  For those of you who downloaded the original release of Microsoft Hyper-V while it was live for that brief period last fall, or obtained a copy from an unofficial source, we recommend a clean install of the new version when it is released.  

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    kevin207
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 06, 2019

    rspeaker I believe what it boils down to is they've released a KB for Server 2019 that resolves the Remote Desktop issue, but they have not released the Hyper-V Server 2019 .ISO yet that includes this patch code.  Mary Hoffman said the .ISO is in the qualification/validation stage, and should be release within the next 3 weeks.  Apparently, from what I've read on other forums, they're likely being extra cautious on this release of Hyper-V Server 2019 because of the multiple bugs the last release included.  I think besides the Remote Desktop issue, there was also problems with the media booting properly in certain scenarios.  I'm like several others here...based on how loud my client squeaks, I may have to roll with 2016 instead...

    For me, this is a deployment for a small business; it will likely only ever run two VMs; one Linux (FreePBX), and one Windows 10 (for Veeam Free Edition to backup the FreePBX VM).  I have evaluated all the best three free hypervisors, and landed on Microsoft as my best choice.  VMWare (ESXi) free edition doesn't have the change block tracking needed for Veeam.  And, neither does KVM for that matter.  I'm just conformable with Veeam for backups.  I've also never deployed KVM, but actively manage both Hyper-V and VMWare hosts and cluster environments at my day job.

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    rspeaker
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 06, 2019

    Mary Hoffman  And why is the link to HyperV-2019 still directing to this page?  https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/11/13/update-on-windows-server-2019-availability/

     

    I thought the fixed version would be posted on the Eval Center with the others???

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    MarkReid
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 05, 2019

    @Mary Hoffman Can KB4482887 be applied to the Microsoft download located here: https://software-download.microsoft.com/download/pr/17763.1.180914-1434.rs5_release_SERVERHYPERCORE_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO

     

    Or is MS still recommending a fresh install of the yet to be released ISO?

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