Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Figure 1. Microsoft Hyper-V enabled product comparison
Overview of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a dedicated standalone product and is a virtualization solution designed
to improve server utilization and reduce costs. As a server core-based installation, it contains only the
Windows Hypervisor, Windows Server driver model, and virtualization components, which leave a
small footprint and require minimal overhead. It easily plugs into customers’ existing IT environments
and uses existing patching, provisioning, management, support tools, and processes.
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is well suited for customers who want a basic virtualization solution to
consolidate servers and to develop and test environments. Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 offers the most
basic of virtualization features:
• Test and development
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