How Microsoft uses Hyper-V Internally

Microsoft recently released a whitepaper on how Microsoft IT moved Microsoft.com to Hyper-V. This is a really good read on how some of the advancements in Hyper-V R2 are used. This whitepaper can also be used as a reference architecture in your own environment if you are considering Hyper-V R2.

Products and technologies used include:

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows clustering
• Cluster Shared Volumes
• SAN-based storage
• Hyper-V
• Live migration
• Quick migration
• Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
• Maintenance mode
• Quick storage migration
• Virtual machine templates
• Windows PowerShell cmdlets

You can download the whitepaper or even watch a video with Microsoft IT Technology Architects Mike Mullin and Rob Emanuel explaining the implementation.

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