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VMware to Hyper-V Migration with Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (Step-by-Step)

May 20, 2026 By NAKIVO In NAKIVO
In this video, you’ll learn how to migrate a VMware virtual machine to Microsoft Hyper-V using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC). The walkthrough covers two real-world migration scenarios: Migrating a VMware VM from an ESXi host using the MVMC GUI Converting VMware virtual disks to Hyper-V format using PowerShell cmdlets The example VM runs Windows Server 2019, and the video explains key prerequisites such as uninstalling VMware Tools, checking the boot mode (BIOS or UEFI), and choosing the correct Hyper-V VM generation.
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How to test your disaster recovery plan without disrupting business

May 19, 2026 By Acronis In Acronis
A disaster recovery plan is only useful if it works when you need it most. But many organizations avoid testing because they worry about downtime, data loss, or interrupting employees and customers. That is where disaster recovery testing comes in. With the right approach, you can validate your recovery strategy, check whether your backups are usable, confirm your recovery time objectives, and identify gaps without taking critical systems offline. The goal is not to create risk for the business.
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What is shadow AI? And why GenAI usage monitoring matters for MSPs and SMDs

May 15, 2026 By Acronis In Acronis
Author: Alexander Ivanyuk, Senior Director, Technology Generative AI is no longer a side experiment inside businesses. It is moving into normal work: writing, summarizing, coding, research, customer support, internal search and repeatable workflows. OpenAI says it now serves more than one million business customers, more than seven million ChatGPT workplace seats, and roughly 8x growth in weekly enterprise messages since November 2024.
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As compliance evolves, operational resilience becomes the real benchmark

May 14, 2026 By Lee Pender In Acronis
The days when compliance was only a documentation exercise are long gone. Now, it’s a critical priority for a wide variety of organizations. But compliance is more of a result than a goal. The goal is achieving resilience. Cybersecurity and data protection regulations are rapidly evolving far beyond traditional compliance checklists. Global frameworks and regulations such as NIS 2, DORA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOX and NIST 2.0 are placing greater emphasis on operational resilience.
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BDRShield v9.1.0: Faster, safer backups for virtual, endpoint, and DR workflows

May 13, 2026 By Pranav In BDRSuite
BDRShield v9.1.0, released o May 6, 2026, brings practical improvements that speed backups, strengthen recover-ability, and give admins clearer visibility—especially for distributed sites, and MSP operations. This update focuses on...
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Enabling Mirantis Self-Service Virtualization with CloudCasa

May 13, 2026 By CloudCasa In CloudCasa
As enterprises modernize infrastructure, the shift toward self-service virtualization on Kubernetes is accelerating. Platforms such as Mirantis k0rdent AI and k0rdent Enterprise feature KubeVirt-based virtualization, enabling organizations to deliver on-demand infrastructure while maintaining governance controls.
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Backed up is not the same as recoverable

May 13, 2026 By Subramani Rao In Acronis
The backup finished. The dashboard shows a green tick. You close the laptop and go home. But what if that green tick is lying to you? It sounds dramatic. It is not. Across organisations of every size, backups complete successfully every night while quietly storing corrupted data, broken recovery chains, or in the worst cases, malware that hitched a ride before the snapshot was taken. Nobody knows. Nothing alerts. The tick stays green. The problem only surfaces the moment you need the backup most.
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