Why We Wrote This Book

Just before the release of Hyper-V, we realized there were few books on the horizon addressing this important and industry-altering technology. We agreed that a book should be written to bring together the combined available information and knowledge we had in developing, using, and managing Hyper-V. We had all read books written by professional authors about technology and thought the insight of those closer to the product (not professional authors) could serve the needs of administrators well.

When Windows Server 2008 R2 was nearing release, we realized that there had been substantial enhancements to Hyper-V. We addressed these updates by revising our first book and developed this second edition.