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Where is Hyper-V Server 2019?!
Hi Mary Hoffman -
I think we can all understand the difficult position you are in - unable to commit anything officially, but wanting to be helpful.
But, please, understand the situation many of us are in as well. We need *some* kind of guidance (which you seem to have recently provided) as to when/how Hyper-V Server 2019 will be delivered.
My biggest complaint isnt that you (Microsoft) dont know exactly when, but rather the deafening silence from Microsoft over the past few *months* about status.
What is the best place to go for updated status on delivery dates for Hyper-V Server? I assume this isnt it - The last official update that I am aware of was mid January - its been a while.
Thank you for any help and/or guidance....
Joe
Up until recently, there hasn't been anything official to announce externally except that there were issues and they were being worked. It took longer than we anticipated to resolve them. We wanted to make absolutely sure that we had addressed all of the issues before re-releasing. For those users who were able to obtain the original build released last fall, they may manually install KB4482887 and from that point on they should be good. The alternative is to wait for the release of the updated ISO which would consist of the original build plus this update package. It is looking very good that this will be released on the Evaluation Center before the end of this month. The exact date is not final but as soon as I know, I will let the folks who are following this post know. Thank you for your understanding and patience. This has been frustrating for all of us.
- Just checking, does this confirm that I can use the earlier ISO and patch and there is no need for a new clean install when the new ISO drops?
Or are there still bugs in the last ISO that the patch can't cover?Lancaster84 If you have the original Hyper-V RTM build, you may manually apply KB4482887 and from that point on you should be offered updates via WU as usual. Without that update, the original RTM build would not be offered updates. This was one of a number of issues that we needed to address before re-releasing the updated image.
Mary Hoffman OK, Im not totally sure what I am about to ask, but...
In the past, there was a "Hyper-V 201x" ISO I could download from my.visualstudio.com, which was basically the "free"/"already licensed" version of Hyper-V server.
Will this be the case here also? Is that what is hoped for at the end of the month? Will my.visualstudio.com get it earlier than the general population?
Also, Im just curious, and I hope this isnt hijacking the thread, but is there any official word on whether the "MSDN" server 2019 ISOs on my.visualstudio.com will be updated like Win10 has had? Like "Windows server 2019 (Updated March 2019)" or similar?
If you obtained your initial version from a Microsoft official release point, and you manually install the patch that released a week ago Friday (the KB mentioned earlier in this post), you should be good.
I'll add this bit of info. I think the original released ISO for Hyper-V Server 2019 will not work in some cases. Pretty sure it suffers the same issue the Full Server 2019 ISO did for some or all 12th Gen Dell Servers. Unless you boot in BIOS mode and not UEFI, you will get a boot loop. Fixed in KB4476976 (or the re-released ISO for Full Server 2019). I was just testing this combo of using the Hyper-V 2019 ISO and was then going to patch for RDP with KB4482887, but after install using the October ISO, the Dell R520 I was using went into a boot loop. As soon as the Windows Icon shows on screen it reboots to configuring Memory. I think I'd have to slipstream KB4476976 into a custom ISO. I guess I'll wait for the official release.
Mary Hoffman this is good to hear! many of us have been struggling with this. if the updated ISO is gonna drop at the end of the month, very good news.
(now all i need to wait on is the Desktop Experience server 2019 ISO for my Action Pack, another frustration point!!)
rspeaker wrote:
(now all i need to wait on is the Desktop Experience server 2019 ISO for my Action Pack, another frustration point!!)
No need to wait.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019
Dave Patrick Ummmmm....thanks but....No, I do. If you read my post carefully, I said "Action Pack". Not referring to the free eval. thanks a lot for getting my hopes up, lol.
