Paul Thurrott: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a strange bird. Described as a standalone version of the Hyper-V role that's now included in Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V is sort of a bare-metal version of Microsoft's hypervisor. It installs much like any version of Windows Server 2008, but when all is said and done you're left with a command line UI so start that it makes Server Core look like a rich interactive video game by comparison. This might just be a first for a Microsoft server product: As configured out of the box, you actually can't do anything with Hyper-V.
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