Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

Why virtualization?

An organization that doesn't follow the latest trend of virtualizing its server workloads will often see its existing hardware investment as under utilized from the resource utilization prospective. This means a majority of physical hardware boxes don't reach to their capacity even twice a month. These under-utilized hardware boxes utilize rack space, cooling, power, and most importantly annual server maintenance cost if your server is out of the supplier's original warranty of 3 years.

The notion of virtualization allows us to consolidate multiple workloads on a single server, which ensures that existing server hardware investment gets fully utilized. This concept also supports the green IT slogan where the IT department tries ...