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Data Box Gateway Deploy Provision Hyperv
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This page contains Windows bias
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Bias Types:
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windows_first
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missing_linux_example
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windows_tools
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powershell_heavy
Summary:
The documentation is heavily biased towards Windows environments, specifically Windows Server with Hyper-V. All instructions, screenshots, and tooling references are Windows-specific (e.g., Hyper-V Manager, Server Manager, BitLocker, PowerShell cmdlets). There are no examples, instructions, or even mentions of Linux-based hypervisors (such as KVM, QEMU, or even VMware on Linux), nor are there cross-platform command-line alternatives. The use of PowerShell cmdlets for network configuration further excludes Linux users.
Recommendations:
- Add a parallel tutorial for provisioning Data Box Gateway on Linux-based hypervisors (e.g., KVM, QEMU, or VMware Workstation/ESXi on Linux).
- Include Linux command-line examples for network configuration and device management, using standard Linux tools (e.g., ip, nmcli).
- Mention and provide guidance for cross-platform hypervisors (such as VMware, VirtualBox) where supported.
- Clearly state in the prerequisites and overview whether Linux hosts are supported or not; if not, explain the limitation.
- If the product is Windows-only, make this explicit early in the documentation to set user expectations.
- Where PowerShell cmdlets are used, provide equivalent Linux shell commands if possible, or clarify that these steps are only for Windows environments.
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