Chapter 3Virtual Networking

This chapter covers the networking elements that enable virtual machines to communicate with each other and also with the rest of your environment. Features that are specific to virtual machines will be covered, but also network technologies in the operating system that can bring additional benefit.

Windows 2012 introduced network virtualization, which closes the remaining gap between virtualization and the goal of complete abstraction of the virtual machine from the underlying fabric. Network virtualization allows virtual machines to be abstracted from the physical network fabric, allowing complete isolation between virtual networks and the ability to use IP schemes independently of the physical network fabric. ...

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