Project Codename Teton (Hyper-V Security Guide)

Beta program for Hyper-V Security Guide

The Hyper-V Security Guide can help you elevate the security of virtualized Microsoft® Windows Server® environments to meet your business-critical needs. This guide provides IT professionals like you with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address your key security concerns around server virtualization.

The Hyper-V Security Guide provides the following information to address your security concerns around server virtualization

Hardening Hyper-V: Prescriptive guidance for hardening the Hyper-V server role, including several best practices for installing and configuring Hyper-V with a focus on security. These best practices include measures for reducing the attack surface of Hyper-V as well as recommendations for properly configuring secure virtual networks and storage devices on a Hyper-V host server.

Delegating virtual machine management: Prescriptive guidance to help you safely and securely delegate administrative access to virtual machine resources within an organization.
Protecting virtual machines: Prescriptive guidance for securing virtual machine resources, including best practices and detailed steps for protecting virtual machines by using a combination of file system permissions, encryption, and auditing.

Download the Beta version of this Solution Accelerator, Hyper-V Security Guide-Beta.zip

This archive file contains the following documents:

• ReleaseNotes-Beta.rtf Release notes for the Beta version of the Hyper-V Security Guide.
• Hyper-V Security Guide-Beta.docx Beta version of the Hyper-V Security Guide.
• Data sheet for Hyper-V Security Guide-Beta.docx Short overview description of the Hyper-V Security Guide.

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