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Q: Can client Hyper-V in Windows 8 run virtual machines that are stored on an SMB 3.0 file share?
The Windows 8 client Hyper-V gets some of the abilities of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, including that related to running VMs hosted on an SMB file share.
John Savill
August 14, 2012
1 Min Read
A: Yes. The new ability to run virtual machines (VMs) hosted on a SMB 3.0 (Windows Server 2012 and other SMB 3.0 storage platforms) file share that was introduced with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is also available on the client Hyper-V that's part of Windows 8.
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