Today, Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization technology that is a feature of select versions of Windows Server 2008. I've been using Hyper-V for some time, and it is rock solid, easy-to-use, and scalable. As I blogged previously, both the TechNet (1 million hits a day) and the MSDN (3 million hits a day) Web properties are running inside of Hyper-V and have been for weeks, without any issues. Since then, because things went so well for TechNet and MSDN, Microsoft Operations migrated 25% of the Web servers running microsoft.com, one of the world's largest Web properties, to Hyper-V. We've not encountered any performance, stability, or availability issues at all. More Web servers for microsoft.com will be deployed in Hyper-V once the needed hardware arrives. For more details on this, see http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/06/25/microsoft-com-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx. Hyper-V is quite flexible, supporting a number of virtual machine (VM) guests, such as: Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Windows 2000 Server Windows Vista Windows XP Novell SUSE Enterprise Linux See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx for specific details. As the Exchange team announced at Microsoft TechEd recently, Microsoft will be publishing a support statement with respect to Exchange Server within 60 days of today. While you're waiting, if you have a server that is a 64-bit environment and supports hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT or AMD-V) technology, I highly recommend download and trying Hyper-V. Hyper-V is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F3AB3D4B-63C8-4424-A738-BADED34D24ED. Hyper-V is also expected to be available on Windows Update/Microsoft Update on July 8, 2008. For other information about Hyper-V, see the Virtualization Team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/06/26/wu-hoo-only-12-days-to-wu.aspx. Below are some Hyper-V resources: Microsoft Virtualization Home Page - http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/default.mspx Virtualization Case Studies - http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/case-studies.mspx Virtualization Solution Accelerators - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/cc197910.aspx Windows Server 2008 Virtualization & Consolidation: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx Hyper-V FAQ - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx Optimized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI and much more): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/enterprise/default.mspx Virtualization TechCenter: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/default.aspx How to Install Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-install.aspx Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Performance Tuning Guide - http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/Perf_tun_srv.mspx MSDN & TechNet Powered by Hyper-V - http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/05/20/msdn-and-technet-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx MSDN & TechNet Powered by Hyper-V Whitepaper - http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/C/5/6C559B56-8556-4097-8C81-2D4E762CD48E/MSCOM_Virtualizes_MSDN_TechNet_on_Hyper-V.docx Blogs: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/default.aspx http://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/ Webcasts: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032368894&CountryCode=US http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032372420&CountryCode=US For news about Hyper-V, see: Hyper-V: It's Here Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology is ready to roll Kiss VMWare's Rump Goodbye Microsoft Raises its Game Against VMWare
Since then, because things went so well for TechNet and MSDN, Microsoft Operations migrated 25% of the Web servers running microsoft.com, one of the world's largest Web properties, to Hyper-V. We've not encountered any performance, stability, or availability issues at all. More Web servers for microsoft.com will be deployed in Hyper-V once the needed hardware arrives. For more details on this, see http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/06/25/microsoft-com-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx.
Hyper-V is quite flexible, supporting a number of virtual machine (VM) guests, such as:
See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx for specific details.
As the Exchange team announced at Microsoft TechEd recently, Microsoft will be publishing a support statement with respect to Exchange Server within 60 days of today. While you're waiting, if you have a server that is a 64-bit environment and supports hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT or AMD-V) technology, I highly recommend download and trying Hyper-V. Hyper-V is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F3AB3D4B-63C8-4424-A738-BADED34D24ED. Hyper-V is also expected to be available on Windows Update/Microsoft Update on July 8, 2008.
For other information about Hyper-V, see the Virtualization Team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/06/26/wu-hoo-only-12-days-to-wu.aspx.
Below are some Hyper-V resources:
Blogs:
Webcasts:
For news about Hyper-V, see:
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