Virtualization is a hot topic today and for good reason. Using virtualization technologies organizations can reduce costs while increasing service provision and technical capabilities. Hyper-V, Microsoft’s latest offering in the virtualization market, presents a whole new virtual machine technology in the Microsoft product line. Comparable to VMware’s ESX server solution, Hyper-V comes out-of-the-box with Windows 2008 Server systems and can integrate with other Microsoft management tools such as System Center and group policies. In this webinar, we will introduce you to the features and benefits of Hyper-V and you will gain important knowledge including: · Hardware requirements of Hyper-V · Benefits of Hyper-V over Virtual Server 2005 · Management options for large-scale implementations · Deployment planning · Keys to performance within virtual machines