Hyper-V Essentials

Hyper-V Essentials is an on-line book covering the installation, deployment and management of Microsoft Hyper-V based virtualization. The book is currently under development and will be completed in February 2009.

1. An Overview of the Hyper-V Architecture
   • |Hyper-V and Type 1 Virtualization]]
   • |Hardware Assisted Virtualization]]
   • |Hyper-V Root and Child Partitions]]
   • |The Virtualization Stack and Other Root Partition Components]]
   • |Hyper-V Guest Operating System Types]]
     
     
2. Hyper-V System Requirements
   • Hyper-V Operating System Requirements
   • Hyper-V CPU Requirements
   • Enabling Hardware Assisted Virtualization
   • Hyper-V Memory Requirements
   • Networking Requirements
     
     
3. Installing the Hyper-V Role
   • System Requirements
   • Installing the Hyper-V Role from the Command Prompt
   • Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 Core
   • Installing the Hyper-V Role using Server Manager
   • Verifying the Hyper-V Installation
   • Uninstalling the Hyper-V Role
     
     
4. Creating Hyper-V Virtual Machines