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We have two servers running Windows server 2008 with Hyper-v. Both servers are running the x64 version of 2008 as I think only the x64 version of the operating system supports Hyper-v.
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We have two servers running Windows server 2008 with Hyper-v. Both servers are running the x64 version of 2008 as I think only the x64 version of the operating system supports Hyper-v.

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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx</a>
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx]

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ashwin has a good explanation just make sure you have the 64-bit verison of 2008 or you can't run Hyper-V.<br />
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Here are some guides on working with Hyper-V. Hyper-V is user friendly and gives you the ability to run the Virtual Machines from the Hardware layer instead of running them on top of a OS like Virtual Server does.<br />
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<a href="http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1297399,00.html" rel="ugc">http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1297399,00.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.petri.co.il/implementing-hyper-vision-hyperv-windows-server-2008.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.petri.co.il/implementing-hyper-vision-hyperv-windows-server-2008.htm</a>
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ashwin has a good explanation just make sure you have the 64-bit verison of 2008 or you can't run Hyper-V.

Here are some guides on working with Hyper-V. Hyper-V is user friendly and gives you the ability to run the Virtual Machines from the Hardware layer instead of running them on top of a OS like Virtual Server does.

http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1297399,00.html [http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1297399,00.html]

http://www.petri.co.il/implementing-hyper-vision-hyperv-windows-server-2008.htm [http://www.petri.co.il/implementing-hyper-vision-hyperv-windows-server-2008.htm]

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If I were to buy a server with two Quad Cores and MS Server 2008 R2 with the purpose of running 8 instances of XP, how should I go about doing it. I've lost track of MS virtualization. Do you use Virtual Server 2005 now or Hyper-V... does Hyper-V come fully ready with MS Server 2008 R2 STD or is that another purchase/download? Can someone just give me a quick list of what to use and how you would get it going? Thanks!!
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If I were to buy a server with two Quad Cores and MS Server 2008 R2 with the purpose of running 8 instances of XP, how should I go about doing it. I've lost track of MS virtualization. Do you use Virtual Server 2005 now or Hyper-V... does Hyper-V come fully ready with MS Server 2008 R2 STD or is that another purchase/download? Can someone just give me a quick list of what to use and how you would get it going? Thanks!!

Microsoft Virtualization

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.