CompTIA Tech+ (FC0-U71)Applications and SoftwareHard
A technician is configuring a new Windows Server 2019 installation. The server needs to host multiple virtual machines, each running a different operating system, to isolate services and improve resource utilization. Which role or feature should the technician install to provide native virtualization capabilities on this server?
- AActive Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- BRemote Desktop Services (RDS)
- CInternet Information Services (IIS)
- DHyper-V
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Correct answer: D. Hyper-V
Hyper-V is Microsoft's native hypervisor technology, built into Windows Server, that enables the creation and management of virtual machines. Installing this role allows the server to host multiple isolated operating systems, directly addressing the requirement for virtualization.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. AD DS provides directory services for network management and authentication, not virtualization.
- B. RDS provides desktop and application virtualization to users, but it relies on a hypervisor (like Hyper-V) for the underlying VMs, not as the primary virtualization platform itself.
- C. IIS is a web server role, used for hosting websites and web applications, not for virtualization.
Hyper-V
Microsoft's native virtualization platform (Type 1 hypervisor) integrated into Windows Server and Windows Pro/Enterprise editions, enabling the creation and management of virtual machines.
- Allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single physical server.
- Provides hardware-level virtualization.
- Key component for server consolidation and testing environments.
- Managed through Hyper-V Manager.
Memory trick: Hyper-V virtualizes, AD authorizes, IIS web-serves, RDS remote-accesses.