Howthisguidebenefitsyourorganization:Securedeployment.TherecommendationsinthisguidewillhelpyousecurelydeployapplicationsontheMicrosoftvirtualizationplatformwithconfidence.Comprehensiveguidance.Thisguidewaswrittentoaddresskeysecurityconcernsaroundservervirtualization.Thoroughlytested.AllsecurityrecommendationsarefullytestedinMicrosoftlabs,andverifiedbycustomersandpartnersunderreal-worldconditions.Free.ThisguideisavailableatnocostfromtheMicrosoftDownloadCenter.®environmentstoaddressyourbusiness-criticalneeds.ThisacceleratorprovidesITprofessionalslikeyouwithrecommendationstoaddressyourkeysecurityconcernsaroundservervirtualization.Theguideprovidesauthoritativeguidancethatrelatestothefollowingstrategiesforsecuringvirtualizedenvironments:HardeningtheHyper-Vrole.TheguideprovidesprescriptiveguidanceforhardeningtheHyper-Vrole,includingseveralbestpracticesforinstallingandconfiguringHyper-Vwithafocusonsecurity.AmongthesebestpracticesaremeasuresforreducingtheattacksurfaceofHyper-Vaswellasrecommendationsforproperlyconfiguringsecurevirtualnetworksandstoragedevices.Delegatingvirtualmachinemanagement.Theabilitytosafelyandsecurelydelegateadministrativeaccesstovirtualmachineresourceswithinanorganizationisessential.Theguidehighlightsseveralavailablemethodstoadministerdifferentaspectsofavirtualmachineinfrastructureandwaystocontroladministrativeaccesstodifferentserversandatdifferentlevels.Protectingvirtualmachines.Theguidealsoprovidesprescriptiveguidanceforsecuringvirtualmachineresources,includingbestpracticesanddetailedstepsforprotectingvirtualmachinesbyusingacombinationoffilesystempermissions,encryption,andauditing.HyperVGuidespartoftheSolutionacceleratorfamilyandisavailableatTechNetfornocost.DownloadthisGuidenow:®Hyper-V™SecurityGuideSOLUTIONACCELERATORSActfaster.Gofurther.:Proven.Basedonfieldexperience.Authoritative.Offersthebestadviceavailable.Accurate.Technicallyvalidatedandtested.Actionable.Toolsandguidanceforeaseofdeployment.Relevant.Addressesreal-worldsecurityconcerns.CheckoutourotherSolutionAccelerators:SecuritySolutionAcceleratorsSuite!TheVirtualizationAcceleratorsSuiteconsistsofnocosttoolsandtechnicalguidancethathelpyouassess,plan,deploy,andmanageyourvirtualizationinfrastructureandworkloadsquicklyandefficiently.TheMicrosoftAssessmentandPlanning(MAP)ToolkitcanhelpITprofessionalsquicklyinventoryclientandservercomputersonanetworkandreceiveautomaticallygenerated,detailedreportsofhardwareanddevicecompatibility—withoutdeployingsoftwareagentsonindividualPCs.TheInfrastructurePlanningandDesign(IPD)GuidesarethenextversionofWindowsServerSystem™ReferenceArchitecture.TheseguidesclarifyandstreamlinedesignprocessesforMicrosoftinfrastructuretechnologies.TheWindowsServer®2008SecurityComplianceManagementToolkitprovidesITprofessionalswithbestpracticesandautomatedtoolstostrengthenthesecurityofserversrunningWindowsServer2008andsecuringTerminalServicesonserversrunningWindowsServer2008.TheOfflineVirtualMachinesServicingTooloffersefficientpatchingofvirtualmachinesthatarefrequentlyofflineandnotupdatedwiththelatestpatches.ThistoolsimplifiesthepatchingprocessforthesevirtualmachinesandusesmanagementtechnologiesofSystemCenterVirtualMachineManager.Page2|