Why Choose Windows Hyper-V Instead of Shared Web Hosting or Dedicated Windows Server

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[B]Quick migration[/B]

Enables movement of running virtual machines from one host to other host servers with minimal downtime. [B]High Availability[/B]

Hyper-V includes support for host-to-host connectivity and enables you to cluster all virtual machines running on a host. [B]Server Core role[/B]

Hyper-V is now available as a role in a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008. [B]Integrated into Server Manager[/B]

Hyper-V is integrated into Server Manager by default and customers can now enable the role within Server Manager. [B]Live Backups with VSS[/B]

Hyper-V includes support for Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) to enable you to take Live Backups of running virtual machines in terms of snapshots. [B]VHD tools[/B]

Hyper-V also includes support for VHD tools to enable compaction, expansion and inspection of VHDs created with Hyper-V. [B]Linux integration components[/B]

Beta Linux integration components are now available for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 x86 and x64 Editions. These integration components enable Xen-enabled Linux to take advantage of the VSP/VSC architecture and provide improved performance. Beta Linux Integration components are available for immediate download through connect.microsoft.com. [B]VM Manageability[/B]

Enables customers to easily import or export virtual machine settings to take backups of configurations and to be able to clone the virtual machine characteristics across different hosts. [B]Improved performance[/B]

Hyper-V includes several fixes to improve performance. All new Windows Server 2008 virtual machines will now automatically include the integration components. [B]Improved access control with AzMan[/B]

Hyper-V now includes support for Authorization Manager (AzMan) to enable Role-Based Access Control models for better administration of the Hyper-V environment with increased security. [B]Remote Management[/B]

Hyper-V supports remote management and also provides a Hyper-V MMC only installation option for a separate management node. [B]Increased Virtual SCSI support[/B]

Hyper-V now includes support for up to four virtual SCSI controllers per virtual machine enabling broader disk support. [B]Increased Memory Support[/B]

Hyper-V supports up to 64GB of memory per virtual machine. [B]Quick Reset[/B]

Hyper-V provides administrators the option to quickly Reset Checkboxes and Delete saved credentials that are used to connect to virtual machines.
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