Hyper-V Virtualization
Designing, Deploying, and Managing Virtual Machines with Microsoft Hyper-V
What's Included:
Key Highlights
- Enterprise Hyper-V architecture explained
- Advanced networking and storage scenarios
- Performance tuning and monitoring techniques
- Failover clustering and high availability
- PowerShell-driven automation
- Hybrid cloud integration guidance
Overview
A practical guide to designing, deploying, securing, and automating Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine environments.
The Problem
Managing virtualization platforms without a structured approach leads to performance bottlenecks, security risks, and operational complexity in enterprise environments.
The Solution
This book provides a complete, practical framework for building secure, high-performance, and highly available Hyper-V environments using proven best practices.
About This Book
Enterprise-Grade Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V
Hyper-V Virtualization is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to designing, deploying, and managing virtual machine environments using Microsoft Hyper-V.
This book covers Hyper-V from foundational architecture concepts to advanced enterprise features such as failover clustering, performance tuning, security hardening, and automation with PowerShell.
You will learn how to build reliable, scalable, and secure Hyper-V infrastructures suitable for production environments, hybrid cloud scenarios, and modern data centers.
What You Will Learn
- Hyper-V architecture and installation
- Virtual machine design and lifecycle management
- Storage and virtual networking configuration
- Performance tuning and resource optimization
- Failover clustering and high availability
- Security and VM isolation best practices
- Automating Hyper-V with PowerShell
- Hybrid and cloud integration scenarios
This book is ideal for system administrators, infrastructure engineers, and IT architects working with Microsoft-based environments.
Evan R. Whitlock
Who Is This Book For?
- System administrators
- Infrastructure engineers
- Windows Server professionals
- IT architects
- Virtualization specialists
Who Is This Book NOT For?
- Home desktop virtualization users
- Readers seeking only basic VM usage
- Non-Microsoft infrastructure environments
Table of Contents
- Why Virtualization Matters
- Hyper-V Architecture Overview
- Installing Hyper-V
- Initial Hyper-V Configuration
- Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
- Virtual Disks and Storage
- Hyper-V Virtual Networking
- Advanced Networking Scenarios
- CPU and Memory Management
- Storage and I/O Performance
- Checkpoints and VM Recovery
- Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
- Securing Hyper-V Hosts
- VM Isolation and Security
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Automating Hyper-V with PowerShell
- Hyper-V in Hybrid and Cloud Scenarios
- Hyper-V Best Practices
Requirements
- Basic Windows Server knowledge
- Understanding of networking fundamentals
- No prior Hyper-V experience required
