One of the best ways to learn about any product is by using it and/or watching it in action. For those of that are curious about Hyper-V, but don’t necessarily have the time or hardware to setup a test environment, a couple of free screencasts might be the next best thing. Here are links to a couple of videos based on the pre-release versions of Hyper-V (each is around 10 minutes long).
Installing Hyper-V
The following screencast will talk you through the steps required to get up and running with Microsoft’s virtualization services in Hyper-V. The demonstration will use the release version of Windows Server 2008, which includes a beta of Hyper-V. You’ll learn about prerequisites, system requirements and using Server Manager to install and verify the Hyper-V server role.
You can view the screencast on SearchServerVirtualization.com: Installing Microsoft Hyper-V: A screencast
Creating and Managing VMs with Hyper-V
Once you have installed Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, you’ll need to perform several steps to create, configure, and start your virtual machines. This screencast will walk through those steps, including Hyper-V server settings, virtual machine virtual hardware configuration settings and basic virtualization operations.
You can view the screencast on SearchServerVirtualization.com: Creating and managing virtual machines with Microsoft Hyper-V: Screencast.
