Hyper-V How To: Learn About Hyper-V

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09/17/2008

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Performance Tuning Guide: https://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/Perf_tun_srv.mspx

MSDN & TechNet Powered by Hyper-V: https://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/05/20/msdn-and-technet-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx

MSDN & TechNet Powered by Hyper-V Wastepaper: https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/C/5/6C559B56-8556-4097-8C81-2D4E762CD48E/MSCOM_Virtualizes_MSDN_TechNet_on_Hyper-V.docx

Optimized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI and much more): https://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/enterprise/default.mspx

Microsoft Virtualization Home Page: https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/default.mspx

Virtualization Case Studies: https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/case-studies.mspx

Microsoft IT Insight Workshop on Virtualization. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687787.aspx#virt

Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Tool: https://roianalyst.alinean.com/microsoft/virtualization/

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Solution Accelerator: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx

Articles:

Virtualization: An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc895595.aspx
The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today’s virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves the manageability, reliability, and security of virtualization by Rajiv Arunkundram

Virtualization: Manage Your Virtual Environments with VMM 2008: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc836456.aspx
System Center Virtual Machine Manager provides a consolidated interface for managing your virtual infrastructure. The latest version adds support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, as well as for VMware virtual machines. Explore the new features and get an overview of using VMM to centralize your management tasks by Edwin Yuen

Virtualization: Getting Started with Microsoft Application Virtualization: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc904189.aspx
Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) allows you to deliver virtualized desktops to client systems throughout your organization. This simplifies system management and liberates employees from their desktops. Take a close look at how App-V works and discover how you can deploy it in your organization by Anthony Kinney

Virtualization: Achieving High Availability for Hyper-V : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc837977.aspx
Consolidating servers onto fewer physical machines has many advantages, but it is extremely important that you plan for your systems to be highly available. Here’s a guide to using Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering to bring high availability to your Hyper-V virtual machines by Steven Ekren

Virtualization: Backup and Disaster Recovery for Server Virtualization : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc895627.aspx
Virtualization brings significant changes to disaster recovery. Here’s an introduction to how the Microsoft virtualization platform factors into your disaster recovery plan, as well as a deeper look into backup and restore options and considerations for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V by Adam Fazio

Virtualization: Essential Tools for Planning Your Virtual Infrastructure : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc895647.aspx
Is your infrastructure ready for virtualization? The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, a network-wide infrastructure assessment tool, can help you better understand your IT infrastructure and determine whether your systems are ready for upgrade or migration to a variety of technologies, including virtualization by Jay Sauls and Baldwin Ng

Blogs:
https://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/default.aspx

https://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/

https://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/

https://blogs.technet.com/roblarson/

https://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/

https://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/

https://blogs.technet.com/mapblog/

https://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/

Feeds:

Virtualization feed: https://virtualizationfeed.com/
Every mention of Hyper-V on TechNet blogs: https://blogs.technet.com/search/Searchrss.aspx?q=Hyper-V&o=Relevance#
RSS feed of Virtualization Support Issues: https://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/VirtualizationSupportFeed#
A feed of everything that gets posted on community content in the Hyper-V library: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/community-edits.rss?topic=cc753637|en-us|10

Webcasts and videos:

Virtual Machine Manager 2008: https://edge.technet.com/Media/Virtualization-Launch/
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 :https://edge.technet.com/Media/First-Look-Hyper-V-Server/

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Live Migration : https://edge.technet.com/Media/Demo-Hyper-V-Server-and-Live-Migration/

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032368894&CountryCode=US
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032372420&CountryCode=US

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Interview-with-Windows-Server-2008-Virtualization-program-managers/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/How-MSIT-does-server-Virtualization-and-Hyper-V-Part-2/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-Part-3-TAP-and-VSS-Snapshots-Interview-with-PMs/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-how-it-works-Interview-with-PMs-Part-4/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-Part-5-High-Availability-Interview-with-PMs/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Windows-Server-2008-Virtualization-PM-Bryon-Surace-in-the-Fish-Bowl/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Jeff-Woolsey-on-Hyper-V-RC/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/SQL-2008-Virtualization-and-Consolidation-with-Charley-Hanania/

https://edge.technet.com/Media/Using-Powershell-to-managed-Hyper-V/

Podcasts: