Integrating with Linux
Many companies utilize Linux in some capacity or another. The use of Linux may actually be poised to make a grander entrance into the Windows Server world now that we have this higher level of integration possible inside Windows Server 2019. There are ways in which your Server 2019 can now be used to interact with Linux VMs:
- Running in Hyper-V: VMs hosted on a Hyper-V Server used to be limited to Windows-based operating systems. This is no longer the case. The scope of the Hyper-V virtualization host has now been expanded to accommodate running Linux-based VMs in Hyper-V Manager. There is even good integration with the keyboard and mouse!
- Linux shielded VMs: You now know about running shielded VMs in Hyper-V, and you also know about running Linux-based VMs inside Hyper-V. Does this mean we can combine those two ideas and run a Linux VM that is also shielded? Why yes, we certainly can. This capability was introduced in Windows Server 1709, and...
