Thanks to Corbin Meek, Senior Supportability Program Manager – Teams and Skype for Business at Microsoft for reaching out with an update/clarification. Skype for Business Server 2019 is supported on virtualisation, provided it is deployed in line with the Planning a Lync Server 2013 Deployment on Virtual Servers guidance. Some highlights of the guidance: Do not use processor...
Use Group Policy Power Plans to Stop Lab Virtual Machines Locking
I always have to go hunting around for this, so thought I might as well post. In a lab on hyper-v, I often console onto the VM’s and don’t want them locking all the time. The lock because the windows power plan “turns off the display” which causes them to go into a locked state. If the VM’s are domain joined you can use group policy to stop the display ever “turning off”. After virtual...