Hyper-V

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

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

Featured Content

• Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Configuration Guide and Dynamic Memory for Hyper-V video (with Kathy Davies)

• Poster downloads: Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 Hyper-V Component Architecture, Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components

• Best Practices Analyzer for Hyper-V

• Blogs: Ben Armstrong’s Virtual PC Guy's WebLog, John Howard's Hyper-V and virtualization blog, Tony Soper's blog, Martin McClean's ThePosterGuy blog

• Hyper-V in the Windows Server Tech Center

• Hyper-V Portal on the TechNet Wiki

In This Collection

The following table lists the documents within each section of the Hyper-V collection and provides other related resources.

Section	Documents
Hyper-V Product Evaluation	Overview of Hyper-V Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Configuration Guide What's New in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Getting to Know Hyper-V: A Walkthrough from Initial Setup to Common Scenarios Getting to Know Hyper-V video (with Felipe Ayora) Hyper-V Architecture Demonstration video (with Ben Armstrong) Customer Perspectives (Case studies) Hyper-V FAQ Hyper-V Virtual Machine Snapshots: FAQ Hyper-V Live Migration FAQ
Hyper-V Getting Started	Hyper-V Release Notes Hyper-V Getting Started Guide Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 (software updates and hotfixes) Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V: Using Live Migration with Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V: Using Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
Hyper-V Planning	About Virtual Machines and Guest Operating Systems Hardware Considerations for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 Requirements and Limits for Virtual Machines and Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Planning for Hyper-V Security Planning for Disks and Storage Planning for Backup
Hyper-V Installation	Install the Hyper-V Role on a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008 Install the Hyper-V Role on a Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Install and Configure Hyper-V Tools for Remote Administration Configuring Certificates for Virtual Machine Connection
Hyper-V Configuration	Configuring Virtual Networks Configuring Disks and Storage Hyper-V: Live Migration Network Configuration Guide Hyper-V Manager Help (for Windows Server 2008) Hyper-V Manager Help (for Windows Server 2008 R2)
Troubleshooting	Best Practices Analyzer for Hyper-V
Hyper-V Migration	Hyper-V Migration Guide Migrating Clustered Virtual Machines to Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Machine Migration Guide: How To Migrate from Virtual Server to Hyper-V
Videos and Podcasts	Hyper-V Videos Hypervisor is not running error: How to fix video (with Felipe Ayora) Vijay Tewari on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Podcast) Jeff Woolsey on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (Podcast) How To: Build a Virtualized Test Infrastructure (with Rodney Fournier) (Podcast)

Related Resources

• Community Resources (Podcasts, blogs, newsgroups)

• Virtualization TechCenter