Preparing a Hyper-V Deployment

This first section is all about preparing for a new Hyper-V deployment. The focus is on understanding the requirements and decisions you will have to make. This preparation should be done before you start the installation. It’s probably better to take a “few more minutes” to think about your environment and the deployment before you insert the DVD (or ISO image) and start with the installation.

Design and Architecture

Server virtualization is a key enabler of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) by decoupling architecture layers such as the hardware from the operating system, the application from the operating system, and so on. The Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012 provides software infrastructure ...

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