On my search for comparing the newest version of VMware with Hyper-V 2012 R2 I found this chart that I think it will summarize what you need to know about the two Hypervisors.

Hyper-V Dynamic Optimization System Center System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM Windows Server

With Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V includes the ability to set certain quality-of-service (QoS) parameters for storage on the virtual machines. Storage QoS provides storage performance isolation in a multitenant environment and mechanisms to notify you when the storage I/O...

Hyper-V QoS Storage Virtual Machine Windows Server

Starting in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, Hyper-V makes it possible to share a virtual hard disk file between multiple virtual machines. Sharing a virtual hard disk file (.vhdx) provides the shared storage that is necessary for a Hyper-V guest...

Hyper-V Windows Server

Today Microsoft announce a big milestone: Windows Server 2012 R2 has been released to manufacturing!

Announcements Windows Server

Microsoft just announce another free ebook offering from Microsoft Press. Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release (ISBN 9780735682931), by Mitch Tulloch with the Windows Server Team, introduces new features and capabilities, with scenario-based advice on how the platform can...

E-Books Books Windows Server

Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) acts as a proof-of-purchase mechanism, helping to ensure that Windows products are used in accordance with the Product Use Rights and Microsoft Software License Terms.

AVMA Hyper-V Hyper-V Virtual Machine Windows Server

Starting in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, Hyper-V delivers the ability to expand or shrink the size of a virtual hard disk while the virtual machine is still running.

Hyper-V Hyper-V Windows Server

One of the new features or improved feature on Windows Server 2012 R2 is the enhanced session mode through virtual machine connection. Hyper-V and the Virtual Machine Connection tool now support redirection of local resources to a virtual machine session....

Hyper-V Windows Server

Datacenter infrastructure has become complex: Multiple industry standards are confusing hardware vendors, and customers are looking for guidance on how to best automate their datacenter while adopting a standards-based management approach supporting their multi-vendor investments. Windows Server 2012 R2 enables...

Hyper-V RSAT Windows Server

The notion of infrastructure provisioning is about enabling enterprises and service providers to provision physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure that meets key requirements such as workload scale and performance, multi-tenancy, and chargeback.

Cloud Orchestrator SCAC SCVMM System Center Virtual Machine Manager Windows Server

Virtual machine generation determines the virtual hardware and functionality presented to the virtual machine. In Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 there are two supported virtual machine generations, generation 1 and generation 2 virtual machines. Generation 2 virtual machines will...

Virtual Machines Hyper-V Windows Server

Today I found, completely by accident I might add, a collection of free E-Book of different Microsoft Technologies.

E-Books Books System Center Windows Server

During the last TechEd North America, Microsoft wraps off what will be the new System Center 2012 R2. The upgrade follows the impressive number of new features on Windows Server 2012 R2 as well as improvements to existing capabilities in...

Announcements SCVMM System Center Virtual Machine Manager Virtual Machine Windows Server

Windows Server 2012 R2 makes it as straightforward to manage an entire network as a single server, giving you the reliability and scalability of multiple servers at a lower cost. Automatic rerouting around storage, server, and network failures enables file...

Hyper-V Windows Server

Storage solutions play a critical role in the modern datacenter. Windows Server 2012 R2 was designed with a strong focus on storage capabilities, from the foundation of the storage stack up, to improvements ranging from provisioning storage to how data...

Backups Hyper-V Storage Windows Server

During the last TechEd North America, Microsoft wraps off what will be the new Windows Server 2012 R2. The upgrade brings an impressive number of features as well as improvements to existing capabilities in Windows Server 2012.

Announcements Hyper-V Windows Server

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 includes a new capability called Hyper-V Replica. Hyper-V Replica allows administrators to replicate their virtual machines from a primary server/cluster to a replica server/cluster. The Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica guides the IT administrator to...

Capacity Planner Hyper-V Hyper-V Replica Windows Server

If the UI window is sufficiently tall a statistics tile appears at the bottom of the Team tile and the Adapters and Interfaces tile. These statistics windows reflect the traffic of the selected team and selected team member. If you...

Cluster NIC Teaming Hyper-V Windows Server

I definitely recommend this book for who wants to know in deep System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1.

Books E-Books SCVMM System Center System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Modifying a team through the UI

Cluster Hyper-V PowerShell NIC Teaming Windows Server

There are two ways to invoke the New Team dialog box:

Hyper-V NIC Teaming Windows Server

Yesterday Microsoft added Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager to System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 2 release.

SCVMM System Center Update Rollup System Center Virtual Machine Manager

The NIC Teaming management UI consists of 3 primary windows (tiles): The Servers tile The Teams tile The Adapters and Interfaces tile

Hyper-V NIC Teaming Windows Server

NIC Teaming and the powerful administration tools in Windows Server 2012 are very powerful tools that can be misused, misconfigured, and may cause loss of connectivity if the administrator isn’t careful. Here are some common issues:

Hyper-V NIC Teaming Troubleshooting Windows Server

NIC Teaming in a VM only applies to VM-NICs connected to external switches. VM-NICs connected to internal or private switches will show as disconnected when they are in a team.

NIC Teaming Hyper-V Virtual Machine Windows Server

The Hyper-V Manager interface is used to manage standalone Hyper-V Primary, Replica servers, and the virtualized workloads running on those servers. The Failover Cluster Manager interface is used if the Primary or Replica servers are part of a Hyper-V Failover...

Hyper-V Hyper-V Replica

Introduction to Troubleshooting Hyper-V Replica

Hyper-V Hyper-V Replica Hyper-V Replica Broker Troubleshooting

NIC teaming, also known as Load Balancing/Failover (LBFO), allows multiple network adapters to be placed into a team for the purposes of bandwidth aggregation, and/or traffic failover to maintain connectivity in the event of a network component failure.

NIC Teaming Hyper V Windows Server

If you are using System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Service Pack 1 (SCVMM) to manage storage and assign LUNS, there is a collection of updates that may improve this functionality. These updates are for Windows Server 2012 and need...

SCVMM System Center System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Hyper-V Replica connectivity issues between Primary and Replica servers

Hyper-V Hyper-V Replica Broker Hyper-V Replica Windows Server