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Hyper-V is here!
As you can confirm on the press release linked below, the final release of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was just announced.You can download the final version (number 18016) immediately from the Microsoft download web site. This version will also go to Windows Update on July 8th. Below you will find a collection of links about Hyper-V.
As you can confirm on the press release linked below, the final release of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was just announced.You can download the final version (number 18016) immediately from the Microsoft download web site. This version will also go to Windows Update on July 8th.
Below you will find a collection of links about Hyper-V.
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTM information
Press release on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTMhttp://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/jun08/06-26hyperv.mspx John Howard's blog post about Hyper-V RTMhttp://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/06/26/hyper-v-rtm-announcement-available-today-from-the-microsoft-download-centre.aspx Hyper-V RTM Guest Operating System Support Notehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/954958
Press release on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTMhttp://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/jun08/06-26hyperv.mspx
John Howard's blog post about Hyper-V RTMhttp://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/06/26/hyper-v-rtm-announcement-available-today-from-the-microsoft-download-centre.aspx
Hyper-V RTM Guest Operating System Support Notehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/954958
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTM download – Direct Links
Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V Parent Partition RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F3AB3D4B-63C8-4424-A738-BADED34D24ED Windows Server 2008 x86 Hyper-V Management RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6F69D661-5B91-4E5E-A6C0-210E629E1C42 Windows Vista SP1 x64 Hyper-V Management RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=88208468-0AD6-47DE-8580-085CBA42C0C2 Windows Vista SP1 x86 Hyper-V Management RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BF909242-2125-4D06-A968-C8A3D75FF2AA
Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V Parent Partition RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F3AB3D4B-63C8-4424-A738-BADED34D24ED
Windows Server 2008 x86 Hyper-V Management RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6F69D661-5B91-4E5E-A6C0-210E629E1C42
Windows Vista SP1 x64 Hyper-V Management RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=88208468-0AD6-47DE-8580-085CBA42C0C2
Windows Vista SP1 x86 Hyper-V Management RTM packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BF909242-2125-4D06-A968-C8A3D75FF2AA
Hyper-V and Virtualization main links
Microsoft Virtualization Home Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization Hyper-V Home Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Manager Home Pagehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scvmm Virtualization TechCenterhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization Hyper-V FAQhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx Virtualization Case Studieshttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/case-studies.mspx Virtualization Solution Acceleratorshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/cc197910.aspx
Microsoft Virtualization Home Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization
Hyper-V Home Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/Hyper-V
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Home Pagehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scvmm
Virtualization TechCenterhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization
Hyper-V FAQhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx
Virtualization Case Studieshttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/case-studies.mspx
Virtualization Solution Acceleratorshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/cc197910.aspx
Hyper-V Webcasts and Podcasts
Virtualization Capabilities of Windows Server 2008 (Level 100)http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032368894&CountryCode=US Are You Ready for Virtualization? (Level 200)http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032372420&CountryCode=US Virtualization Security Best Practiceshttp://download.microsoft.com/download/5/c/b/5cb1943c-751d-4fd4-a897-38926e90a86f/BrandonBakerHyperVSecurity2Podcast.wma TechNet Edge Interview: Hyper-V Overview with Mike Neilhttp://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-hits-RTM-interview-with-Mike-Neil/ TechNet Edge Interview: Hyper-V Program managers interview Part 1http://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-how-it-works-Interview-with-PMs-Part-1/ TechNet Edge Interview: Hyper-V Program managers interview Part 2http://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-how-it-works-Interview-with-PMs-Part-2/
Virtualization Capabilities of Windows Server 2008 (Level 100)http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032368894&CountryCode=US
Are You Ready for Virtualization? (Level 200)http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032372420&CountryCode=US
Virtualization Security Best Practiceshttp://download.microsoft.com/download/5/c/b/5cb1943c-751d-4fd4-a897-38926e90a86f/BrandonBakerHyperVSecurity2Podcast.wma
TechNet Edge Interview: Hyper-V Overview with Mike Neilhttp://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-hits-RTM-interview-with-Mike-Neil/
TechNet Edge Interview: Hyper-V Program managers interview Part 1http://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-how-it-works-Interview-with-PMs-Part-1/
TechNet Edge Interview: Hyper-V Program managers interview Part 2http://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-how-it-works-Interview-with-PMs-Part-2/
Hyper-V White Papers
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Overviewhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0fe4e411-8c88-48c2-8903-3fd9cbb10d05&DisplayLang=en Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started with Hyper-Vhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bcaa9707-0228-4860-b088-dd261ca0c80d&DisplayLang=en Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Performance Tuning Guidehttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/Perf_tun_srv.mspx Step-by-Step Guide for Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clusteringhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd828712-8d1e-45d1-a290-7edadf1e4e9c&DisplayLang=en Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V integration with BitLockerhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2c3c0615-baf4-4a9c-b613-3fda14e84545&DisplayLang=en Microsoft.com Operations Virtualizes MSDN and TechNet on Hyper-Vhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/C/5/6C559B56-8556-4097-8C81-2D4E762CD48E/MSCOM_Virtualizes_MSDN_TechNet_on_Hyper-V.docx Microsoft.com Powered by Hyper-V http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/06/25/microsoft-com-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc501231.aspx Windows Essential Business Server Virtualization Guidehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=840e11e7-6ce7-4b9b-a4ef-c3d5bf97f562&DisplayLang=en
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Overviewhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0fe4e411-8c88-48c2-8903-3fd9cbb10d05&DisplayLang=en
Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started with Hyper-Vhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bcaa9707-0228-4860-b088-dd261ca0c80d&DisplayLang=en
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Performance Tuning Guidehttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/Perf_tun_srv.mspx
Step-by-Step Guide for Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clusteringhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd828712-8d1e-45d1-a290-7edadf1e4e9c&DisplayLang=en
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V integration with BitLockerhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2c3c0615-baf4-4a9c-b613-3fda14e84545&DisplayLang=en
Microsoft.com Operations Virtualizes MSDN and TechNet on Hyper-Vhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/C/5/6C559B56-8556-4097-8C81-2D4E762CD48E/MSCOM_Virtualizes_MSDN_TechNet_on_Hyper-V.docx
Microsoft.com Powered by Hyper-V http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/06/25/microsoft-com-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc501231.aspx
Windows Essential Business Server Virtualization Guidehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=840e11e7-6ce7-4b9b-a4ef-c3d5bf97f562&DisplayLang=en
Technet and MSDN blogs related to Hyper-V
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualizationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward http://blogs.technet.com/roblarson http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes http://blogs.technet.com/josebda
My main Hyper-V related blog posts
Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/02/14/storage-options-for-windows-server-2008-s-hyper-v.aspx More on Storage Options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/03/06/more-on-storage-options-for-windows-server-2008-s-hyper-v.aspx Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/06/17/windows-server-2008-hyper-v-failover-clustering-options.aspx Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering - with screenshots http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/04/14/snw-demo-windows-server-2008-core-hyper-v-and-failover-clustering-with-screenshots.aspx
Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/02/14/storage-options-for-windows-server-2008-s-hyper-v.aspx
More on Storage Options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/03/06/more-on-storage-options-for-windows-server-2008-s-hyper-v.aspx
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/06/17/windows-server-2008-hyper-v-failover-clustering-options.aspx
Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering - with screenshots http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/04/14/snw-demo-windows-server-2008-core-hyper-v-and-failover-clustering-with-screenshots.aspx
Hyper-V has RTM'ed!! That is way earlier than the initial 180 days after Windows Server 2008 release
Have you realized that Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing ? And nearly one month before what
Jose Barreto , one of my Storage colleagues, posted a huge list of links to whitepapers, documentation
Overview In a previous blog post, I described 5 different ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering