Microsoft Server 2019 Hyper-v

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2022-09-24T23:39:04.717+00:00

HYper-V host was configured on Windows server 2019
New Hyper-V Virtual machine was configured as server 2019 domain controller
Q: do I have to join the Hyper-V host to its Hyper-V domain controller? or leave the host system as workgroup?
what are the advantages and disadvantages for each case?

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A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-09-25T00:23:17.09+00:00

    It's your preference. I do for simplicity in administration. There's no requirement either way.

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-09-24T23:52:37.84+00:00

    I do join the host to domain but you can do either way. Makes administration simpler to join them. I have multiple hosts and domain controllers on all of them but even with a single host setup logging on with cached creds should not be an issue.

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  2. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-09-25T00:01:20.603+00:00

    Cached credentials allow a user to access machine resources when a domain controller is unavailable. After a successful domain logon, the logon information is cached

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