What is CPU Type in SCVMM 2008 R2 VM Processor Hardware Profile?

A great colleague has written a simple, well illustrated article on the purpose of CPU types for virtual machine’s in SCVMM. This will serve as my reference from now on. Link below. Share with your peers. This issue pops up all the time with no great explanation until now. Thanks Mark!

What is CPU Type in SCVMM 2008 R2 VM Processor Hardware Profile?