Hyper-V Server

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Microsoft’s hypervisor can be obtained two ways: with Windows Server editions and as a free stand-alone product called Hyper-V Server. Hyper-V Server is a more economical platform for hosting virtual machines (VMs) that run OSs other than Windows Server, including VMs running Windows client OSs in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). However, licensing and other limitations make the full Windows Server editions a better choice for hosting VMs that are running Windows Server.

Full Hyper-V, Limited Interface

In its first version, Hyper-V Server offered only a subset of the features available with Windows Server 2008. The second (or R2) version of Hyper-V Server offers the same features that are in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, including the following:

Live Migration, which allows movement of a running VM from one host to another without noticeable interruption
Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), which uses new memory management features on Intel and AMD processors to

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