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11 Dell EMC SC Series: Microsoft Hyper-V Best Practices | CML1009
To verify the version of integration services for a VM, click the Summary tab in Failover Cluster Manager.
Verify integration services version with Failover Cluster Manager
Verification can also be performed using PowerShell, as shown in the following example:
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-VM | Select-Object name, integrationservicesversion
Name IntegrationServicesVersion
---- -------------------------
MG-VM12a 6.3.9600.18080
MG-VM12b 6.3.9600.18080
MG-VM12c 6.3.9600.18080
MG-VM12d 6.3.9600.18080
2.2 Hyper-V guest VM generations
When Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V was released, Microsoft designated all existing VMs as generation 1
to differentiate them from a new classification of VMs that could be created as generation 2. From the
perspective of SC Series storage, either generation of VM is supported. The best practices recommendation
from Microsoft and Dell EMC is to configure new guests as generation 2 if the workload supports it.
Generation 2 guests use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) when booting instead of a legacy
BIOS. UEFI provides better security and better interoperability between the OS and the hardware, which
offers improved virtual driver support and performance. In addition, one of the most significant changes with
generation 2 guests is the elimination of the dependency on virtual IDE for the boot disk. Generation 1 VMs