Virtualization technology plays an increasingly critical role at all levels of IT, from the desktop to the datacenter.

As more organizations are

using virtualization to manage mission-critical workloads, they are taking advantage of the cost-saving benefits of server consolidation.
Many organizations plan to extend virtualization to support core functions, such as business continuity, disaster recovery, testing and
development, and remote office management. To help customers adopt virtualization easily, Microsoft has developed a next-generation
server virtualization solution as a feature of Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008. Hyper-VTM is a virtualization platform that provides
reliable and scalable platform capabilities along with a single set of integrated management tools to manage both physical and virtual
resources. In addition, Microsoft and its partner ecosystem provide comprehensive support that enables you to deploy applications on
Microsoft’s virtualization platform with confidence and peace of mind.

Since Hyper-V is part of Windows Server 2008 R2, it provides great value by enabling IT Professionals to continue to leverage their
individual skills, and the collective knowledge of the community, while minimizing the learning curve. With a breadth of solutions from
Microsoft partners, and with comprehensive support from Microsoft for its applications, and heterogeneous guest operating systems,
customers can virtualize with confidence.

Better flexibility Improved performance Greater Scalability

Hyper-V, as a feature of The Hyper-V™ leverages several new Hyper-V provides better reliability
Windows Server 2008 R2, provides high processor, memory management and and greater scalability that allows you
availability and dynamic migration networking technologies supplied by both to virtualize your infrastructure. It has
capabilities during both planned and
Microsoft’s partner eco-system as well as in a thin, microkernelized hypervisor
unplanned downtime via live migration and
Windows Server 2008 R2 to improve overall architecture with a minimal attack
failover clustering, across a broader range
of Hyper-V host hardware, providing the host and virtual machine performance surface, and is available as a Server
flexibility of a dynamic IT infrastructure. Core role.
By enabling virtual machines to take
With Hyper-V, customers can use a single set advantage of powerful features like multi- With support for up to 64 logical
of tools to manage both their physical and core technology, improved disk access, and processors, CPU core parking and
virtual resources. It easily plugs into greater memory support, Hyper-V improves processor power management,
customers’ IT infrastructure because they can scalability and performance of the Hyper-V can handle the most
leverage their existing patching, virtualization platform. demanding workloads while reducing
provisioning, management, support tools, server power consumption
and processes.

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 Hypervisor-Based Architecture

With a microkernelized hypervisor-based architecture,

Hyper-V provides a more secure, reliable foundation
for running virtual machines. The minimal hypervisor
does not contain drivers; instead, the drivers are
hosted in the parent partition and along with the new
IO sharing model, Hyper-V provides an inherently
more secure architecture.

Hyper-V allows you to take advantage of a new and

enhanced set of features and benefits, such as
support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP),
dynamic storage solutions, support for up to 64 GB of
memory per virtual machine, and the option for a
minimal Server Core installation.

Your Benefit Top 10 Reasons to Consider Key Features

 Reduce infrastructure costs through Flexible licensing policies and robust
 Reduce hardware, maintenance, and consolidation networking support, including VLAN, Network
staffing costs through server Address Translation (NAT), and Network Access
consolidation Protection (NAP) policies (quarantine)
 Simplify and automate the design,  Virtualize the most demanding workloads Utilize up to 64 logical processors,
consolidation of 32-bit and 64-bit workloads,
deployment, and operation of complex
support for up to four virtual processors and up
systems with integrated management
to 64 GB of RAM per virtual machine (VM), and
 Improve IT environment flexibility
new I/O architecture
through consolidation of  Virtualize for high availability Clustering, Network Load Balancing, and
heterogeneous workloads minimal Server Core installation
 Virtualize infrastructure workloads on  Enhance security and reliability Microkernelized hypervisor architecture,
Server Core to run in their most reliable minimal Server Core installation, and role-
configurations based security through Active Directory®
 Leverage the high-availability capabilities integration
of Windows Server and System Center  Protect important data using live backup Virtual machine snapshot, Volume Shadow
management tools, better enabling you Copy Service integration
 Minimize planned downtime Live Migration and Cluster services
to meet stringent response metrics.
 Delegate virtual machine management Granular VM management permissions and
 Enjoy comprehensive support from
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Microsoft and a wide range of solutions
integration
from Microsoft partners  Reduce support time with integrated Optimal integration with Microsoft and third-
management party management tools
 Save time and money with a more flexible Extensive and scalable guest operating system
test environment support, VM snapshots
 Take advantage of broad compatibility Support for a broad range of guest operating
systems; support for all WHQL-certified drivers

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