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• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

  No feature of Windows Server 2008 is more widely misunderstood than Hyper-V, which previously went by the codename Viridian and its more pedestrian original moniker, Windows Server Virtualization. Part of the reason is timing: Unlike every other Windows... Posted Jun 29 2008, 01:39 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V

• Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology is ready to roll

  Microsoft is expected to announce on June 26 that its Hyper-V hypervisor technology has been released to manufacturing, according to testers claiming familiarity with the company’s plans. Microsoft delivered the final release of Windows Server 2008 product... Posted Jun 25 2008, 09:08 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Hyper-V

• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options

  There are many ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering with Hyper-V. I could actually find five unique methods to do it. Some of them will actually not give you a fully fault-tolerant solution, but most of them actually make sense in specific... Posted Jun 22 2008, 05:44 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Server, Hyper-V

• How does basic networking work in Hyper-V?

  While it is possible to create some complex networking environments in Hyper-V, the basic concepts are relatively straight forward. This post walks some simple scenarios and how the main components operate in terms of the flow of data. Let’s start by... Posted Jun 18 2008, 09:03 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V, Networking

• Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Available on Windows Update!

  The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Hyper-V is now available as a optional update on Windows Update. Optional updates are not installed automatically by default. To install the update open the Windows Update control panel and click “ View available updates... Posted May 28 2008, 09:26 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V

• MSDN and TechNet Powered by Hyper-V

  Hi—I am Rob Emanuel from the Microsoft.com Operations team. For those of you who may not know what we do, our group designs, deploys, manages and sustains highly available, highly scalable Web and SQL systems for Microsoft for some of the largest corporate... Posted May 21 2008, 09:58 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V, MSDN, TechNet

• Step-by-Step Guide for Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clustering

  Shows you how to make a virtual machine highly available. You will do this by creating a simple two-node cluster and a virtual machine, and then failing over the virtual machine from one node to the other. Full Article - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads... Posted May 12 2008, 10:30 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V

• The Mystery of Hyper-V's Limit Processor Functionality? (Part 2 - Final)

  In my previous post I discussed how I went about trying to determine the differences in processor functionality provided by Hyper-V's Limit Processor Functionality (LPF) checkbox. You probably want to read through that in order to get the necessary... Posted May 05 2008, 09:29 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Hyper-V

• Microsoft: Hyper-V on fast track for summer release

  LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that its Hyper-V server virtualization technology is likely to ship up to a couple months ahead of the previously projected date. The company has said all along that Hyper-V, which is currently in beta, would ship... Posted May 05 2008, 09:28 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Hyper-V

• The Mystery of Hyper-V's Limit Processor Functionality? (Part 1)

  Recently I became rather intrigued with Hyper-V's Limit Processor Functionality (LPF) function. One little checkbox became such an obsession that I start wasting hours of my time trying to find out exactly what it does. The dialogue says, "Limit... Posted Apr 20 2008, 01:51 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Hyper-V

• HYPER-V QUICK MIGRATION & VMWARE LIVE MIGRATION PART 2...

  Virtualization Nation, Last week, I blogged about the importance of HA for unplanned host downtime. By the number of responses, this is clearly a hot topic. Today, I was going to discuss planned downtime, specifically, the differences between Quick Migration... Posted Apr 16 2008, 08:33 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Hyper-V

• VMware ESX VMotion vs Microsoft Hyper-V Quick Migration, are they really comparable?

  New month, new drama in the virtualization world. After the hot debate about the VMware ESX memory overcommit capabilities that involved Citrix, Microsoft and obviously VMware, this time is the turn of the virtual machine migration capabilities included... Posted Apr 11 2008, 09:28 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V, VMware

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Hyper-V Beta

  I've been watching the comments - both internally and externally - about yesterday's launch of the Hyper-V Beta (yes, I know I'm on vacation, but this is exciting to watch), and I thought I'd list the answers to a few commonly asked questions... Posted Dec 17 2007, 09:57 AM by Martin with | with no comments Filed under: Hyper-V

• Is Microsoft's Hyper-V worth the wait?

  Not all hypervisors are created equal, however, and experts say the key to Hyper-V adoption will depend more on the perceived balance between price, features, management and performance. The first release of Hyper-V will not have some of the capabilities... Posted Dec 05 2007, 09:26 AM by Martin with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Hyper-V