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Microsoft Hyper V and Virtual Server

• VMware vSphere vs. Microsoft Hyper-V: Which is cheaper?

  They’re time-honored questions: Is Hyper-V cheaper than vSphere? Does vSphere still have more advanced features? The answers may surprise you. Continue Reading

• Top five Hyper-V 3.0 features that will excite IT pros

  New Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 features will streamline virtualization tasks and make things easier on IT pros. Here are the ones you should get excited for. Continue Reading

• Virtualization 2012: Hyper-V 3 vs. vSphere 5 showdown looms

  If Hyper-V 3 comes to market as expected by the end of this year, users say it will give VMware’s vSphere 5 a run for its money -- literally. Continue Reading

• Hyper-V management tools: What VMware admins need to know

  Hyper-V management tools, from Microsoft and its partners, are the crux of the virtualization platform. VMware admins should master these. Continue Reading

• Grasping application memory requirements to optimize Dynamic Memory

  Before configuring Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, you need to know your application memory requirements. Vendor support can affect Dynamic Memory’s settings. Continue Reading

• Interview with VMware CIO Mark Egan: Acquisitions, apps and cloud

  In this episode of This Week in Virtualization, VMware CIO Mark Egan talks cloud and Microsoft; plus, a preview of Citrix Synergy 2011 and news from Microsoft TechEd.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V vs. VMware guide

  This Hyper-V vs. VMware edition of our Virtualization School series will help you compare the two most popular platforms in the server virtualization market.Continue Reading

• Cross-platform virtualization management tools: Sharing is caring

  Virtualization management tools tend to stick with their virtualization vendors. They’re not easy to use in multiple platforms, but some can perform a few cross-platform tasks.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V vs. VMware evolves with new releases

  Microsoft released the Hyper-V R2 SP1 beta and VMware launched vSphere 4.1 in the same week, kicking off the latest round in the fight for server virtualization market supremacy.Continue Reading

• Guest operating system support and Microsoft's conflict of interest

  Limited guest operating system support highlights Microsoft's tricky balancing act: functioning as an operating system vendor and a virtualization vendor.Continue Reading

• Virsto Hyper-V storage tool shows promise

  Virsto Software announced its new Hyper-V storage tool this week. Plus: A new iSCSI SAN hits the virtualization market, and VMware teams up with Mitel on virtual VoIP.Continue Reading

• Microsoft server virtualization products make waves in 2009

  Hyper-V R2 changed the dynamics of the market this year. Find out what 2010 holds in store for Microsoft server virtualization and get a recap of the top news stories of 2009.Continue Reading

• Microsoft release offline virtual machine servicing tool 2.1

  Microsoft has released an update to its OVMST.Continue Reading

• Microsoft Hyper-V R2 vs. VMware at Worldwide Partner Conference 2009

  Microsoft partners discuss the Hyper-V vs. VMware battle in this edition of This Week in Virtualization, recorded at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.Continue Reading

• VMware cuts free ESXi hypervisor support, fuels battle vs. Hyper-V

  Between its controversial ESXi support policy and the impending release of Microsoft Hyper-V R2, is VMware in trouble?Continue Reading