Steve Jones talks about the improvements in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012. These days there isn't a good reason to avoid considering virtualization for SQL Servers.  Read more...

Learn how to create a SQL Server 2012 Active/Active cluster in Hyper-V using an iSCSI SAN  Read more...

Memory is a critical resource to Microsoft SQL Server workloads, especially in a virtualized environment where resources are shared and contention for shared resources can lead to negative impact on the workload. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 introduced Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, which enables virtual machines to make more efficient use of physical memory resources.  Read more...

Creating a private SQL Server VAP will reduce the time it takes to deploy additional SQL Server machines in your environment.   Read more...

In his previous article “Hyper-V, an introduction” Jaap Wesselius explained about the Hypervisor, the parent partition, the child partition, and Integration Components. In this article Jaap discusses installing Hyper-V, all kinds of Virtual Hard Disks, Virtual Networks, and some best practices.  Read more...

For SQL Server and Exchange Server, Windows Server Virtualization is going to be increasingly important as a way for the administrator to allocate hardware resources in the most efficient way, provide more robust services, and deploy services. Jaap Wesselius starts his new series on Hyper-V by explaining what Hyper-V is, how it relates to Windows Server 2008 and how it compares to ESX, Virtual Server and Virtual PC.  Read more...

Learn about the advantages available for SQL Server consolidation and virtualization when running SQL Server 2008 on Microsoft Hyper-V for Windows 2008.  Read more...