Organizations running modern data centers increasingly need flexible storage architectures that balance performance, resiliency, and investment protection. With Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025, Microsoft now enables true S2D and SAN coexistence—allowing Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) to operate alongside traditional SAN storage within the same failover clustering environment. This mixed-storage approach lets IT teams optimize workloads such as Hyper-V, SQL Server, and file services by combining high-performance local storage with existing enterprise SAN infrastructure, all while maintaining full cluster support and operational consistency.

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Microsoft announced a new virtualization mode in Windows Admin Center, specifically designed for managing Hyper-V infrastructure. This mode allows centralized control of hosts, clusters, storage, and networking. Positioned as Microsoft's alternative to VMware vCenter Server, this new mode complements the existing administration mode by focusing specifically on large-scale virtualization environments.

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In Windows Server 2025, LBFO NIC Teaming is blocked for Hyper-V virtual switches, and Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) is the only supported teaming method for Hyper-V. However, LBFO remains available for non-virtualization use cases. In this article, I’ll show you how to enable and configure both LBFO and SET in Windows Server 2025 using the GUI and PowerShell.

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Windows Admin Center introduces a new tool that enables you to convert VMware virtual machines into Hyper-V, supporting agentless migration with minimal downtime. The extension supports batch conversions of up to 10 VMs at once and uses change block tracking for efficient data replication.

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