Hyper-V Valuable Features

VM
Cloud solution architect at 0

Live Migration is the most significant feature of VM management. It allows for fault tolerance and scalability while maintaining reliability. Even if a host node goes down unexpectedly, like during a mistaken shutdown, the service continues running smoothly. The shutdown request goes to the service control manager, which gracefully stops services and prepares them for migration.  

Hyper-V VMM service then initiates a live migration of all VMs on that node to another available node, without impacting users. This ensures VMs are seamlessly transferred while the original node undergoes maintenance or experiences an outage. So, Live Migration is the most convenient feature for managing virtual machines.

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AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS

The generation feature is good. Hyper-V allows us to define generation one and generation two Hyper-Vs with some legacy boot features. I appreciate the easy  generation of virtual machines.

It is straightforward to set up the solution. 

It's a stable product.

We can scale the solution.

It's pretty much issue free, so we haven't needed technical support.

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Shashika Rathnayaka - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at OAK integrated System Pvt Ltd

It is familiar. It's very comfortable with Windows. I can configure it easily, with no hassle. That's the main thing I have seen is that the licensing, when we talk about the standard version, they're giving the rule license for free. That is a good benefit for assembly companies.

We can use the solution for free when you want to try it out. 

The implementation process is simple. 

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JJ
Test Environment Manager at a wireless company with 201-500 employees

The replication, creation, and import wizard, as well as the integration with reporting tools, are the most useful features.

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MichaelHarvey - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The virtualization aspect of the solution functions similar to VMware is one of its most valuable features. Even though it costs significantly less than VMware, it has enough features to compete with it, especially in terms of virtualizing VMs, data stores, NICs, and VNX.

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AW
System Administrator at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

The clear cost structure of the solution is its best feature.

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AB
Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

What I understand from our people is that it's certainly better now than it was a few years ago. They keep improving. 

The pricing is pretty good. 

My understanding is it's easy to set up.

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Benjamin Mpolokoso - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager ICT at NJIT

The restore function of the virtual server is valuable to me. It cuts down the time of redeploying a service that is down.

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MC
Engineer at SIP

The solution is free.

The performance is okay.

For some customers that have a smaller implementation and not so much data, it's a good solution.

There are some products that you can mount over Hyper-V that provide the features that, in today's Hyper-V, are not present.

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FM
Consultant at a hospitality company with 1-10 employees

I value the simplicity of configuration because it has worked as expected for my client.

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SK
System Administrator at Confidential

We appreciate how easy this solution is to implement on standalone severs.

Some of the license options available with this product allow for upgrades to be carried out without having to incur extra charges.

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Maged Elmasry - PeerSpot reviewer
Help Desk Specialist at SESCO Trans

The most valuable feature of the solution is the support team the tool offers its users.

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Suleeporn Romlee - PeerSpot reviewer
Operation Database Administrator & Manager at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from how my company uses Hyper-V for replication. The tool helps our company to automatically failover to another host. My company has to indulge in some maintenance on one node or one host, especially when we want to upgrade patching or do some patching on the host so we can stay on our VMs while on another host, and then we do the changes on that host.

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Mohidul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Flora Limited

The solution offers many useful features. 

It's a very manageable product. 

The deployment was pretty quick. It's also easy to set up. 

It is a stable and scalable solution. 

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TJ
System admin at Riyad Bank

I appreciate its stability and user-friendly management interface.

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FA
COO at FA IT SERVICES PLC

The solution is stable and the cost is reasonable. 

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Ali Yazıcı - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Manager at Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

One of the most valuable features of Hyper-V is ease to use.

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Pablo Ramírez - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacenter & Security Manager at Binaria IT Services

The feature of native integration with Azure is good.

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Le Ban - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager & Chief IT Engineer at JVPC

It is an affordable platform than VMware for hosting older versions of Microsoft Windows like Windows XP and Windows NT.

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SA
System Admin at Institute of Space Technology (IST)

The virtual SAN feature is helpful. 

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SK
Chief, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute at a government with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature of Hyper-V is the replica service.

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Timur Assembayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Specialist at Wattum

The solution works well on Windows.

The product, overall, works well. 

I like the functionality. Users can use it in a hybrid scenario.

The virtualization capabilities are good.

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MY
Works at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of the solution is storage virtualization.

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Mohamed -Adel - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at IPIC

The solution is highly scalable. 

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Nishant Ambast - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager at Arya Omnitalk Wireless Solutions Private Limited

The product is easy to manage. It improves our VM management. 

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Ibrahim Mashal - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Al Abnaa

Hyper-V helps to make a replica server between two machines. It is very easy to learn. 

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