Hyper-V Architecture and Feature Overview

Hyper-VArchitecture diagram

Hyper-V architecture overview

Full article: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd722833(v=BTS.10).aspx

* Hyper-V non-Windows OS support: Linux Distributions (VMs configured with 1, 2 or  4 virtual processor). Source: https://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx

-- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 3 (x86 Edition or x64 Edition)
-- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86 Edition or x64 Edition)
-- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2, 5.3 , 5.4 and 5.5 (x86 Edition or x64 Edition)

* Dynamic Memory with SQL Server: part 1, part 2, part 3

* Licensing for Virtual Environments article