• Resource Misallocation

Many administrators do a common mistake: Hyper-V virtual hard disks (VHDXs) for everything.
VHDX, despite being beneficial in many ways, are mostly wasteful.

• Imbalance of Memory and CPUs

Microsoft recommends a maximum of 12 virtual CPUs per physical core. Keeping this in mind, it is necessary to have a balance between CPUs and RAM.  Using a Performance monitor tracing helps you get that balance so that you do not run out of memory before you run out CPU.

• Blindly Accepting VM Configuration Defaults

Most people often overlook the options while configuring the VM and end up accepting the default settings. In reality, you only get to have one vCPU in the default settings and the Virtual memory is set to 1 TB (you pretty much would never need this much of Virtual memory, honestly!). For guest OS XP/ Server 2003, the requirement automatically becomes at least 2 vCPUs. By accepting default configurations, you might end up risking the distribution of resource allocation by the host.

• Imbalance of SSD and Spinning Disks

For optimal Hyper-V server manager settings one good Hyper-V Management practice is to have a balance between SSD and spinning Disks via the Hyper-V virtual machine manager. In ideal case, an SSD churns the spinning disk while the Hyper-V server is installed directly over it. So, the SSD’s fast speed must be leveraged on to work with the VM data.

• Not Joining a Domain

Joining a Domain is another sane thing to do for better Hyper-V Management.  Generally Hyper-V hosts should never reside on a perimeter network. Leaving a host in a work-group makes it vulnerable to attacks. An attacker can penetrate and get unauthorized access to all VHDX files.

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The golden Tip: Don’t Avoid PowerShell

It is without a doubt that PowerShell requires some effort to learn, however, once administrators get their hands on the awesome tool, they can easily manage multiple tasks in parallel. PowerShell allows the users to get access on the following:

• .NET Framework API
• Windows Management Instrumentation
• Windows Component Object Model
• Command Prompt
• PowerShell Commands

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• DO: Carefully select VM size

For an effective cost saving, it is essential that you carefully select the size of your Virtual machine. With burst-able virtual machines being in the norm, it is always ideal to invest in a B-series machine for almost half the price you’d normally pay for a regular machine.

• DO: Go for reusing what you wish to throw away

People often overspend on the items they need and make them from scratch. It is always a good idea to reuse existing resources or previously dumped items that were created but never used. For example, instead of taking up more and more App Service Plans for web apps, it is always a good idea to reuse plans for web apps that are no longer active or in running order. Similarly Azure cloud functions can be reused from multiple applications in the same company’s applications.

• DO: Go for Automation

Automation is one thing that can lead you to huge costs savings in your entire business setup. It is always great to get your hands on an automation platform and save cloud costs for your organizations.

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• DON’T: Be Reactive

It is always advisable to not take decision and be reactive. For example, instead of shutting down Virtual Machines that you no longer need, it is always advisable to take informed decision regarding VMs’ specs when you first deploy them. A better approach would be to stay better off with a smaller VM that runs for a bit longer than a large VM which you have to shut down in order to keep your average cost of cloud computing below the bar.

• DON’T: Restrict Azure Cloud Usage

A better way to save costs is to let the developers do with Azure Cloud and let their skills take out the creativity from within. According to Chris Johnson, an Azure MVP, limiting what your developers can do with the cloud goes against what the cloud is all about.

• DON’T: Run resources while you don’t need them

You must think it contradicts Point 4 in the list, but in reality, if you stop extra resources at night time, on weekends, on public holidays or whenever possible, you do get to save a lot of computing. One more aspect of this point is you must delete or get rid of resources like Delete unused EC2/RDS/Elastic ache instances or unattached EBS volumes you no longer need. This way, you won’t be paying extra

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