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Changes to virtualization security

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Changes to virtualization security

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- [Instructor] In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new protection for Windows virtual machines. Shielded VMs utilized a Host Guardian Service to protect virtual machines from each other and even from admins on the host machine. That last one is important for two reasons. First, in a multi-tenant environment, it may not be up to the host server admin to look after the guest machines. Someone running a hosting service may offer space on high-power servers, and various clients would place their virtual servers on that hardware. In this case, the host machine shouldn't have rights over the guest machine. The second reason has more to do with potential breaches in the form of someone accessing the host machine. If a hack or exploit gains remote administrative rights to a Hyper-V host, the Host Guardian Service keeps the guest machines secure. All of this was included in Windows Server 2016, but only for Windows…

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