IT Infrastructure

Microsoft Hyper-V Solutions

For virtualisation to significantly impact your business, it has to span your enterprise. Microsoft have the broadest view of a virtualised infrastructure and the most extensive portfolio of proven virtualisation solutions, including Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, Windows Virtual PC, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation, Remote Desktop Services, Microsoft Application Virtualisation, and the Microsoft System Center family addressing all aspects of the infrastructure (servers, applications, and desktops) which enables you to seamlessly manage your IT infrastructure.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server Technology
Hyper-V as part of Windows Server 2008 helps consolidate server racks in large organisations in addition to giving smaller organisations with just three or four servers a viable business case for virtualisation. Not only is Hyper-V less expensive than its competitors, it provides more tools to make easier work of converting physical servers into virtual machines, and it can be installed immediately with Windows Server 2008.

Hyper-V is leading the server virtualisation charge toward a more efficient and greener data center to meet today’s ever changing business requirements. Combining Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager allows administrators to manage physical resources and virtual machines from a single interface.

Our Customers use Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 for:

• Test and development
• Server consolidation
• Branch office consolidation
• Hosted Desktop Virtualisation (VDI)

Jeff Woolsey (Microsoft) and Joakim Lialias (Intel) discuss Microsoft's Virtualisation Strategy and specific benefits of Hyper-V technology