Windows Server ® 2008 Hyper–V(TM) Resource Kit

In–depth and comprehensive, this official RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to plan, implement, and manage a virtualized enterprise infrastructure. Covers R2 features. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best—leading industry experts and the Windows ® Virtualization Team—along with sample scripts, job aids, and other essential resources.

Get expert advice on how to:

• Manage the project visioning phase—scope, risks, budget
• Design Hyper–V server infrastructure and components
• Apply the steps and tools that streamline installation
• Configure single or multiple Hyper–V servers
• Plan a server workload consolidation strategy
• Use console–based tools to manage central and remote operations
• Minimize downtime when migrating from Microsoft ® Virtual Server to Hyper–V
• Apply security best practices
• Implement business continuity and recovery plans
• Monitor health and tune performance

CD features:

• Library of Windows PowerShell scripts for automating Hyper–V management tasks
• Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions From Desktop to Datacenter eBook
• Job aids and links to useful virtualization–related resources and tools
• Fully searchable eBook of this guide

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Robert Larson is an Architect with Microsoft® Consulting Services (MCS) who focuses on infrastructure optimization and virtualization. He helps customers plan and design server and datacenter consolidation projects, and shares his virtualization expertise via Tech*Ed, TechNet webcasts, industry journals, and his blog.

Janique Carbone is the co–author of the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper–V Resource Kit and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit. She has been working in IT for over 15 years on projects ranging from application development to enterprise infrastructure design. Janique has developed Hyper–V, Virtual Server, and Virtual PC training for Microsoft events such as TechEd and has assisted customers in maintaining and optimizing business critical Windows Server infrastructures. In May 2006, after 7 years at Microsoft, she founded the Infrastructor Group, whose charter is to deliver in–depth training and consulting for core infrastructure with a specialization in virtualization technology. At Microsoft, Janique worked as a Senior Consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services and developed/delivered multiple customer and partner Windows training seminars. Before joining Microsoft, Janique worked as an engineer on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station projects for Boeing, as well as various other contractors supporting the National Air and Space Administration Johnson Space Center (NASA–JSC), in Clear Lake.