Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform
by ZAHIR HUSSAIN SHAH
Hardware requirements
In this section of Hyper-V prerequisites, we will go through the hardware requirements; and some of these requirements are hardcore requirements, meaning you have to have these elements available before you start virtualizing your workload on Hyper-V.
Processor
The difference between the earlier Microsoft virtualization products and Hyper-V is mainly the processor requirements: where the earlier Microsoft virtualization products, such as Virtual PC and Virtual Server, could run on the 32-bit operating system, Hyper-V only works with 64-bit compatible processor hardware. Along with the 64-bit processor available, there are two other elements that are required by Hyper-V in order for the processor to operate; they are as follows: ...
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