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Hyper-V

The Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 provides software infrastructure and basic management tools that you can use to create and manage a virtualized server computing environment. More…


Featured Technical Resources

Using Dynamic Memory

Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Configuration Guide
Dynamic Memory is a new Hyper-V feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This guide describes the requirements for evaluating Dynamic Memory and shows you how to configure and evaluate it. You also can watch the Dynamic Memory video for a quick overview and demo of this feature.

Virtualization Best Practices

Conquering Virtual Sprawl image Conquering Virtual Sprawl (PDF Download)
This illustrated guide addresses the issue of unplanned growth of virtual machines in an organization that has a virtualized server computing environment. It describes some best practices you can use in planning to better track physical and virtual machines in your data center.

 

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Watch demonstrations and tutorials

These videos will help you to learn more about Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2012: How to Scale-Out a File Server by Using Hyper-V
Bob Hunt and Jose Barreto are back for today’s episode in which they show us how to scale-out a file server in Windows Server 2012 by using Hyper-V.
  Microsoft Virtual Academy: Importing a VM
This video shows the new virtual machine import tools in Windows Server 2012, and how raw XML configuration files can be imported without requiring a prior export from Hyper-V.

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