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Thanks for the reply. thought as much but wanted to check
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Thanks for the reply. thought as much but wanted to check

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You are very welcome and I was happy to work with you.
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You are very welcome and I was happy to work with you.

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Hello,<br />
<br />
I have a Windows Server 2016 Standard running Hyper-V Role with four VM’s installed.<br />
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I have read a lot about not putting Antivirus on the host machine for all sorts of reasons and it’s isolated and rarely gets logged into and only by me. I don’t do any browsing or downloading on it. After the horror stories, I’ve decided to leave it Antivirus free.<br />
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The Guests are a different matter, I have four licenses of ESET File Security and just want to confirm I should install this Antivirus within the guest OS’s<br />
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The VM’s are backed up regularly on and off site by Altaro VM Backup software.<br />
<br />
Your thoughts are welcomed…<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
Dave
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Hello,

I have a Windows Server 2016 Standard running Hyper-V Role with four VM’s installed.

I have read a lot about not putting Antivirus on the host machine for all sorts of reasons and it’s isolated and rarely gets logged into and only by me. I don’t do any browsing or downloading on it. After the horror stories, I’ve decided to leave it Antivirus free.

The Guests are a different matter, I have four licenses of ESET File Security and just want to confirm I should install this Antivirus within the guest OS’s

The VM’s are backed up regularly on and off site by Altaro VM Backup software.

Your thoughts are welcomed…

Thanks

Dave

Hyper-V Guests and Antivirus

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through datacenters. It provides both platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. Cloud Services is a PaaS environment and can be used to create scalable applications and services; there are specific software development kits (SDKs) provided by Microsoft for Python, Java, Node.js and .NET. Azure also has file and storage services, data management, analytics and DNS services.

Azure

Windows Server 2016 is the successor to Windows Server 2012 R2. Built upon the same core code as Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 brings enhancements in security, servicing, and connectivity. A particular focus on this release was hybrid-cloud scenarios, and has close ties to Azure and other Microsoft cloud initiatives. This does not detract from the many improvements that are available for on-premises-only deployments

Windows Server 2016 comes in Datacenter, Standard, and Essentials editions, and for servicing, has adopted windows 10's cumulative model. The new nano-server install is designed to be remotely managed and is designed to be kept current through continuous feature updates. The full GUI install operates similarly to windows 10's "Long Term Servicing Branch" (LTSB) model with cumulative security updates.

Windows Server 2016 has also shifted from a per-processor-and-CAL licensing model to a per-core-and CAL licensing model. This brings Windows Server's licensing more in line with Microsoft's other products and makes hybrid-cloud license planning easier as well.