CHAPTER 12

PowerShell and Virtualization

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:

INSTALL AND ACCESS HYPER-V	268
Install Hyper-V	269
Access Hyper-V in PowerShell	270
WORK WITH HYPER-V	276
Work with Virtual Networks	276
Configure Virtual Machines	278
Connect to Virtual Machines	283
Work with Snapshots	285

Virtualization technologies are common in today's IT environments. Being able to effectively work with and configure your virtual servers is key to successfully maintaining a proper virtual environment. Microsoft's Hyper-V platform lets you virtualize a wide variety of environments. In fact, a majority of the examples and samples used in this book were done in a Hyper-V environment.

You can use PowerShell with Hyper-V to configure, provision, and maintain your virtualization environment. PowerShell provides the necessary tool set to quickly work with your virtual infrastructure.