Chapter 3. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

A wide variety of options are available for managing a Hyper-V virtual environment. Microsoft provides in-box tools for basic management tasks and additional tools for purchase. But, as with any Microsoft product, Hyper-V comes with a full application programming interface (API) to allow partners to complement the product. Thus, besides the Microsoft tools, you will be able to find a variety of other tools, either free downloads or tools for a fee, and more tools are constantly being offered by third parties.

This chapter primarily focuses on the tools that either come with the product or are available as free downloads. I will mention some others in passing, but the idea here is to give you ...

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