Summary

Virtualization is quickly becoming a hot topic. The potential for consolidation is tremendous, and thus it will get more and more important.

After reading this chapter, you should have a good understanding of the Hyper-V architecture and what it requires to install Hyper-V.

The section about installation and configuration covered various basic aspects of configuring the virtualization environment. You learned about the different types of virtual networks that are available, the options for installing the Hyper-V role, and the various types of virtual hard disks that you can use to optimize virtualization for your specific scenario.

You also learned how to configure virtual machines using the Hyper-V environment and how to create your ...

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