Hyper-V on Windows 8 requires that your BIOS supports Hardware-assisted virtualisation, Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), and Hardware-based Data Execution Prevention (DEP).

Hyper-V includes native integration with Windows. Since it is built directly into the OS, it ensures seamless compatibility and no need for third-party software solutions like other hypervisors.

High availability in Hyper-V gets several changes in Server 8. Hyper-V replica lets you configure any host to maintain replicas of virtual machines on any other host.

Just two months after the release Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (formerly codenamed Viridian) RC0, the RC1 build has hit the Microsoft Download Center. The RC1 releases will be available as optional ...