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Hyper-V Server 2008 Getting Started Guide
Microsoft Corporation
Published: October 2008
Author: Cynthia Nottingham

Abstract
This guide helps you become familiar with Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 by providing instructions for creating a virtual machine and configuring virtual networks. For more information about Hyper-V Server 2008, see the Microsoft Web site(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129170).

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ContentsHyper-V Server 2008 Getting Started Guide 5
In this guide 5
Step 1: Install the Hyper-V management tool 5
Step 2: Create and set up a virtual machine 5
Step 3: Install the operating system and integration services 6
Step 4: Configure virtual networks 7
Additional considerations 9

Hyper-V Server 2008 Getting Started Guide
Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 is a stand-alone productthat enables you to provide a virtualized server computing environment. This guide introduces Hyper-V by providing instructions for creating and configuring a virtual machine. For more information about Hyper-V Server 2008, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129170.
In this guide
Step 1: Install the Hyper-V management tool
Step 2: Create and set up a virtual machine
Step 3: Install theoperating system and integration services
Step 4 : Configure virtual networks
Step 1: Install the Hyper-V management tool
To manage Hyper-V, you can use the Hyper-V management tools to manage the server remotely. The management tools are available for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista® Service Pack 1.
For more information, see article 950050 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122188)and article 952627 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122189) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
You can also use System Center Virtual Machine Manager to manage Hyper-V Server 2008.
For more information about System Center Virtual Machine Manager, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123533.
Step 2: Create and set up a virtual machine
After you have installed the Hyper-V managementtool, you can create a virtual machine and set up an operating system on the virtual machine.
Before you create the virtual machine, you may find it helpful to consider the following questions. You can provide answers to the questions when you use the New Virtual Machine Wizard to create the virtual machine.
*  Is the installation media available for the operating system you want to...