Hyper-V

Long-term money-saving tool

Makes the most of your server investments

Reduces the running costs associated with your server room

What is virtualisation and should I be

considering it?

Running multiple OS installations on a single physical hardware platform

Combats the underutilisation of server hardware

What is it?

Started with the Public Beta

All our server hardware was already compatible with Virtualisation

Local storage was used for the storage of system VHD’s

Server 2008 core is installed for use on physical servers

System Centre Virtual Machine Manager is the tool to use for managing Hyper-V deployments

Our Story

Start small

Don’t cut corners

Not an instant money saver in most deployments

Don’t rush

What to look out for

Improved overall system reliability

Easier Backups and disaster recover

Hosting legacy applications

Reduced test and development costs

Licensing costs (unlimited virtual Windows 7 installs)

Other benefits

Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - one licence allows you to run one host operating system and one virtual operating system per licensed device

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition - one licence allows you to run one host operating system and up to four virtual operating systems (the virtual operating systems can be any prior version or edition of Windows Server 2003 R2)

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition - one licence allows you to run one host operating system and unlimited* virtual operating systems

Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition - one licence allows you to run one host operating system and unlimited* virtual operating systems

SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition SP2 - one licence allows you to run any number of instances in the host operating system and unlimited virtual operating systems

BizTalk Server Enterprise Edition 2006 R2 - one licence allows you to run any number of instances in the host operating system and unlimited virtual operating systems

Microsoft Hyper-V Licencing

http://www.weknownothing.co.uk/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/

http://blogs.vmware.com/esxi/

http://community.citrix.com/blogs/tag/xenserver

http://virtualization.info/en/

http://www.edugeek.net/

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