Hyper-V 2025 interview questions

1. A.A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs
2. B.A Hyper-V VM encrypted with a virtual TPM and protected by a Host Guardian Service so even fabric administrators cannot inspect or tamper with its contents
3. C.Hyper-V NIC teaming integrated into the virtual switch, supporting RDMA and offloads, replacing the older LBFO teaming for virtualization hosts
4. D.Windows Server 2025 feature slicing a physical GPU among multiple VMs, now live-migratable.

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1. A.Hyper-V Replica
2. B.GPU partitioning (GPU-P)
3. C.VHD Set (.vhds)
4. D.Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)

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1. A.GPU partitioning (GPU-P) — Hyper-V Dynamic Memory parameters that let a VM boot with a startup amount then grow or shrink between minimum and maximum based on demand
2. B.GPU partitioning (GPU-P) — Encrypts and attests VMs with a Host Guardian Service so even fabric admins cannot inspect guest data.
3. C.GPU partitioning (GPU-P) — A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs
4. D.GPU partitioning (GPU-P) — Hyper-V NIC teaming integrated into the virtual switch, supporting RDMA and offloads, replacing the older LBFO teaming for virtualization hosts

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1. A.Asynchronous VM-level replication to a secondary host or site for disaster recovery, configurable down to 30-second replication intervals
2. B.Passing an entire physical PCIe device such as a whole GPU or NVMe drive directly through to a single Hyper-V VM for near-native performance
3. C.A software TPM exposed to a Generation 2 VM enabling BitLocker, measured boot and Shielded VM protection inside the guest
4. D.Microsoft's software-defined storage that pools local drives across cluster nodes into resilient virtual disks, the storage layer of Azure Local

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1. A.Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
2. B.Network ATC
3. C.NUMA spanning
4. D.Hotpatching via Azure Arc

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1. A.Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) — The rebranded Azure Stack HCI: a hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster platform managed through Azure Arc that runs Azure services on-premises
2. B.Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) — Passing an entire physical PCIe device such as a whole GPU or NVMe drive directly through to a single Hyper-V VM for near-native performance
3. C.Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) — Tracks per-VM CPU, memory, disk, and network usage over time for chargeback via Enable-VMResourceMetering.
4. D.Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) — A clustered NTFS/ReFS volume that all Failover Cluster nodes can read and write simultaneously, the standard storage for clustered Hyper-V VMs

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1. A.A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs
2. B.Hyper-V NIC teaming integrated into the virtual switch, supporting RDMA and offloads, replacing the older LBFO teaming for virtualization hosts
3. C.Generation 2 firmware feature; use the Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority template for Linux guests.
4. D.Passing an entire physical PCIe device such as a whole GPU or NVMe drive directly through to a single Hyper-V VM for near-native performance

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1. A.Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)
2. B.Secure Boot
3. C.Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
4. D.Virtual TPM (vTPM)

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1. A.Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) — The rebranded Azure Stack HCI: a hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster platform managed through Azure Arc that runs Azure services on-premises
2. B.Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) — Hyper-V Dynamic Memory parameters that let a VM boot with a startup amount then grow or shrink between minimum and maximum based on demand
3. C.Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) — Windows Server 2025 feature slicing a physical GPU among multiple VMs, now live-migratable.
4. D.Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) — Hyper-V NIC teaming integrated into the virtual switch, supporting RDMA and offloads, replacing the older LBFO teaming for virtualization hosts

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1. A.Passing an entire physical PCIe device such as a whole GPU or NVMe drive directly through to a single Hyper-V VM for near-native performance
2. B.Moving running VM memory across hosts using SMB3 with RDMA, achieving very high throughput and low CPU overhead on RDMA-capable NICs
3. C.Generation 2 firmware feature; use the Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority template for Linux guests.
4. D.A clustered NTFS/ReFS volume that all Failover Cluster nodes can read and write simultaneously, the standard storage for clustered Hyper-V VMs

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1. A.Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
2. B.NUMA spanning
3. C.Live Migration over SMB Direct
4. D.Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)

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1. A.Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) — Applying many Windows Server 2025 security updates to running VMs without rebooting, delivered as a subscription managed through Azure Arc
2. B.Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) — Asynchronous VM replication to a secondary host or site with configurable 30s, 5min, or 15min intervals.
3. C.Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) — Hyper-V Generation 2 VMs boot from UEFI with secure boot and synthetic devices only, required for vTPM, Shielded VMs and larger boot disks
4. D.Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) — A clustered NTFS/ReFS volume that all Failover Cluster nodes can read and write simultaneously, the standard storage for clustered Hyper-V VMs

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1. A.A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs
2. B.Asynchronous VM-level replication to a secondary host or site for disaster recovery, configurable down to 30-second replication intervals
3. C.Microsoft's software-defined storage that pools local drives across cluster nodes into resilient virtual disks, the storage layer of Azure Local
4. D.An intent-based networking feature in Windows Server that deploys and enforces consistent host network configuration (SET, QoS, RDMA) from declared intents

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1. A.Smart Paging
2. B.Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
3. C.Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
4. D.Live Migration over SMB Direct

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1. A.Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) — A software TPM exposed to a Generation 2 VM enabling BitLocker, measured boot and Shielded VM protection inside the guest
2. B.Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) — Shared virtual disk format supporting guest clustering with online resize, replacing shared VHDX.
3. C.Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) — Asynchronous VM replication to a secondary host or site with configurable 30s, 5min, or 15min intervals.
4. D.Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) — Microsoft's software-defined storage that pools local drives across cluster nodes into resilient virtual disks, the storage layer of Azure Local

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1. A.Hyper-V Dynamic Memory parameters that let a VM boot with a startup amount then grow or shrink between minimum and maximum based on demand
2. B.Tracks per-VM CPU, memory, disk, and network usage over time for chargeback via Enable-VMResourceMetering.
3. C.An intent-based networking feature in Windows Server that deploys and enforces consistent host network configuration (SET, QoS, RDMA) from declared intents
4. D.Shared virtual disk format supporting guest clustering with online resize, replacing shared VHDX.

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1. A.Network ATC
2. B.Dynamic Memory startup/min/max
3. C.Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
4. D.Hotpatching via Azure Arc

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1. A.Network ATC — A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs
2. B.Network ATC — An intent-based networking feature in Windows Server that deploys and enforces consistent host network configuration (SET, QoS, RDMA) from declared intents
3. C.Network ATC — The rebranded Azure Stack HCI: a hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster platform managed through Azure Arc that runs Azure services on-premises
4. D.Network ATC — Hyper-V Generation 2 VMs boot from UEFI with secure boot and synthetic devices only, required for vTPM, Shielded VMs and larger boot disks

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1. A.The rebranded Azure Stack HCI: a hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster platform managed through Azure Arc that runs Azure services on-premises
2. B.In-guest drivers and services enabling heartbeat, time sync, backup, and graceful shutdown.
3. C.Hyper-V NIC teaming integrated into the virtual switch, supporting RDMA and offloads, replacing the older LBFO teaming for virtualization hosts
4. D.A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs

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1. A.Azure Local
2. B.NUMA spanning
3. C.Hotpatching via Azure Arc
4. D.Hyper-V Replica

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1. A.Azure Local — Tracks per-VM CPU, memory, disk, and network usage over time for chargeback via Enable-VMResourceMetering.
2. B.Azure Local — Asynchronous VM replication to a secondary host or site with configurable 30s, 5min, or 15min intervals.
3. C.Azure Local — Asynchronous VM-level replication to a secondary host or site for disaster recovery, configurable down to 30-second replication intervals
4. D.Azure Local — The rebranded Azure Stack HCI: a hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster platform managed through Azure Arc that runs Azure services on-premises

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1. A.Shared virtual disk format supporting guest clustering with online resize, replacing shared VHDX.
2. B.A clustered NTFS/ReFS volume that all Failover Cluster nodes can read and write simultaneously, the standard storage for clustered Hyper-V VMs
3. C.Asynchronous VM-level replication to a secondary host or site for disaster recovery, configurable down to 30-second replication intervals
4. D.A Hyper-V VM encrypted with a virtual TPM and protected by a Host Guardian Service so even fabric administrators cannot inspect or tamper with its contents

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1. A.Dynamic Memory startup/min/max
2. B.Shielded VM
3. C.NUMA spanning
4. D.Secure Boot

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1. A.Shielded VM — A Hyper-V VM encrypted with a virtual TPM and protected by a Host Guardian Service so even fabric administrators cannot inspect or tamper with its contents
2. B.Shielded VM — Microsoft's software-defined storage that pools local drives across cluster nodes into resilient virtual disks, the storage layer of Azure Local
3. C.Shielded VM — A Windows Server 2025 feature using SR-IOV to slice a physical GPU into isolated fractional partitions assigned to multiple VMs, and it supports live migration of GPU-P VMs
4. D.Shielded VM — Hyper-V Generation 2 VMs boot from UEFI with secure boot and synthetic devices only, required for vTPM, Shielded VMs and larger boot disks

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1. A.In-guest drivers and services enabling heartbeat, time sync, backup, and graceful shutdown.
2. B.Hyper-V NIC teaming integrated into the virtual switch, supporting RDMA and offloads, replacing the older LBFO teaming for virtualization hosts
3. C.Moving running VM memory across hosts using SMB3 with RDMA, achieving very high throughput and low CPU overhead on RDMA-capable NICs
4. D.A Hyper-V VM encrypted with a virtual TPM and protected by a Host Guardian Service so even fabric administrators cannot inspect or tamper with its contents

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1. A.Secure Boot
2. B.Virtual TPM (vTPM)
3. C.Shielded VMs
4. D.Live Migration over SMB Direct

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1. A.Live Migration over SMB Direct — A Hyper-V setting controlling whether a VM may span physical NUMA nodes; disabling it forces VMs to fit one node for better memory locality
2. B.Live Migration over SMB Direct — A Hyper-V VM encrypted with a virtual TPM and protected by a Host Guardian Service so even fabric administrators cannot inspect or tamper with its contents
3. C.Live Migration over SMB Direct — Encrypts and attests VMs with a Host Guardian Service so even fabric admins cannot inspect guest data.
4. D.Live Migration over SMB Direct — Moving running VM memory across hosts using SMB3 with RDMA, achieving very high throughput and low CPU overhead on RDMA-capable NICs

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1. A.Applying many Windows Server 2025 security updates to running VMs without rebooting, delivered as a subscription managed through Azure Arc
2. B.Asynchronous VM replication to a secondary host or site with configurable 30s, 5min, or 15min intervals.
3. C.Windows Server 2025 feature slicing a physical GPU among multiple VMs, now live-migratable.
4. D.An intent-based networking feature in Windows Server that deploys and enforces consistent host network configuration (SET, QoS, RDMA) from declared intents

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1. A.Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
2. B.Secure Boot
3. C.Dynamic Memory startup/min/max
4. D.Hotpatching via Azure Arc

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1. A.Hotpatching via Azure Arc — The rebranded Azure Stack HCI: a hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster platform managed through Azure Arc that runs Azure services on-premises
2. B.Hotpatching via Azure Arc — Shared virtual disk format supporting guest clustering with online resize, replacing shared VHDX.
3. C.Hotpatching via Azure Arc — Asynchronous VM-level replication to a secondary host or site for disaster recovery, configurable down to 30-second replication intervals
4. D.Hotpatching via Azure Arc — Applying many Windows Server 2025 security updates to running VMs without rebooting, delivered as a subscription managed through Azure Arc

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