Hyper-V Architecture
Microsoft® Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization technology from Microsoft that is integrated into
Windows Server 2008 x64 editions of the operating system. Hyper-V allows a user to run multiple operating
systems on a single physical server. To use Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008, enable the Hyper-V role on the
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 server.
Figure 1 illustrates Hyper-V architecture.
Figure 1. Hyper-V Architecture
The Hyper-V role provides the following functions:
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Hypervisor
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Parent and child partitions
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Integration services
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Emulated and synthetic devices
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