MCTS Windows Server® 2008 R2 Complete: Study Guide

Working with Virtualization

One of the fastest-growing and hottest technologies to hit the market in the past few years is server virtualization. Server virtualization has started to make an impact because of the vast economic advantages. Server virtualization gives an organization the ability to run multiple operating systems, called virtual machines, on a single machine. This ability will help an organization reduce its hardware costs and allow it to reduce its IT department overhead.

Microsoft has been doing virtualization for years. IT teams have used two versions of virtualization in the past. The two Microsoft virtualization products that you may have used are Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.

Microsoft Hyper-V is ...