Hyper-V has little chance of market penetration in light of its well-established competition. For my money, there's VMware and then there's everyone else.

Any glaring gotchas with the free Hyper-V? Should I just eat the cost to stay with VMWare and in support? Am I in for a shock in terms of quality? Total of 9 hosts, 3 prod, 3 for DR, 3 for test/dev.

Both Hyper-V and VMware allow this task to be performed in a similar way. Just right-click on the VM, then choose either Settings (Hyper-V) or Edit Settings (VMware) from the shortcut menu.

Now Microsoft's coming in and saying we'll pay you to show Hyper-V instead of VMware," added the source. So far, Microsoft's efforts are paying off in terms of getting customers' eyeballs on Hyper-V.

Hyper-V’s dynamic memory, introduced in Server 2008 R2, is conceptually similar to VMware’s “overprovisioning.” The two work a bit differently, however.

Release 2 of Hyper-V does match VMware in its support for 64 logical processors. (Windows Server 2008 R2 itself supports 256 logical processors, but only 64 can be used by Hyper-V.) ...

He goes so far as to christen Hyper-V the potential "killer app" for Windows Server 2008. Here's why Perlow thinks Hyper-V will give VMWare and Linux vendors a run for the money.

Automated VM load balancing is available in VMware’s Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions, and it requires System Center 2012 to be implemented with Hyper-V. VMware can also automate workload ...

Microsoft is shipping Hyper-V, which offers virtualization on the cheap, but VMware might still be the best option. With the release Thursday of Hyper-V as a free download to Windows Server 2008 ...