10.10. Windows Vista x64 Hyper-V Management

Because of the inherent flexibility of both the Vista operating system and Server 2008's robust architecture, Microsoft has made the process of administering Hyper-V relatively easy. Using Windows Vista 64-bit edition with Service Pack 1, administrators can log on to a client host operating system and use the Remote Server Administration Toolkit in conjunction with the Hyper-V Manager to administer a Hyper-V server from a remote location.

This is useful for a variety of reasons, but primarily it is useful because it means an administrator doesn't have to go through the bother of using Remote Desktop to access a machine or manually logging in. Instead, the administrator can just sit at their remote ...

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