A discussion of the Hyper-V Storage Quality of Service protocol (MS-SQOS) and updates to networked storage requirements for Windows Server 2016 virtual machine hosts. This session is targeted at engineers and product managers of providers of networked storage to Hyper-V hosts and anyone else interested in how Hyper-V hosts utilize storage. Those attending this session should be able to gain familiarity with customer scenarios around storage quality of service, should be able to describe the purpose and scope of the MS-SQOS protocol, and should understand how Windows Server 2016 made changes to how it uses networked storage.

Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the purpose and scope of the MS-SQOS protocol; 2) Become aware of customer scenarios around storage quality of service; 3) Enumerate updates in how Hyper-V hosts use networked storage in Windows Server 2016.