Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 1.0

3.4 out of 5 stars 3.4 (5 votes)

(August 28, 2009)

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 / Freeware / 444 downloads

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 provides a simplified, reliable, and optimized virtualization solution, enabling improved server utilization and reduced costs. Since Hyper-V Server is a dedicated standalone product, which contains only Windows Hypervisor and the virtualization components, it provides a small footprint and minimal overhead. It easily plugs into customers existing IT environments leveraging their existing patching, provisioning, management, and support tools, processes, and skills.

IT pros can easily leverage their existing knowledge and skills with Microsoft virtualization products, as well as the collective knowledge of the community, minimizing any learning curve. In addition, with Microsoft providing comprehensive support for Microsoft applications and heterogeneous guest operating systems, customers can virtualize with confidence and peace of mind.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live migration and expanded processor and memory support for host systems, it allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto a single physical server and is a good solution for organizations who are consolidating servers as well as for development and test environments.

Reviews of Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Anastasia2007

    Reviewing 1.0 (Aug 28, 2009)

    This is the only free version of Windows Server 2008 out there. It even includes the .Net Framework (core version).

    Keep in mind it is only x64 (Which is not a problem for todays procs)

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