Use Windows 8 Hyper-V to virtualize Windows XP (or another earlier version of Windows) Much to Microsoft’s ongoing chagrin, Windows XP has become The OS That Just Won’t Die. Many cling to it ...

Bringing Hyper-V to Windows 8 took some engineering savvy to pull off, according to Matthew John, a program manager on the Microsoft Hyper-V team, in the blog post. He describes the architectural ...

Prior to Windows 8, Hyper-V was only available in Windows Server 2008 or as a standalone OS. Now, at its most basic, this will just mean that you won't have to download the free ...

The Hyper-V integration into the client OS will allow users to run 32-bit and 64-bit virtual machines on top of Windows 8 running on x86 metal. It will allow software developers to work with multiple ...

To use Hyper-V, you'll need a 64-bit version of Windows 8 along with 4GB or more of system memory to run between one and four virtual machines. You'll need more RAM run five or more operating systems.

Microsoftannounced via the “Building Windows 8” blog yesterday that at least some client versions of Window 8 will natively support virtualization thought the use of Hyper-V, which has ...

Cisco is collaborating with Microsoft to bring its virtual switch to Hyper-V next year when Windows Server 8 is released. While Cisco’s Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch already supports ...

On a test PC running the Windows 8 Developer Preview, I've been using Hyper-V extensively, and it's been rock-solid. At the moment, for example, I have Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Enterprise ...

Later, it is made available for Windows 8 and Windows 10 users. Using Hyper-V, you can create multiple virtual systems and use them on a single physical server with ease.

Bringing Hyper-V to Windows 8 took some engineering savvy to pull off, according to Matthew John, a program manager on the Microsoft Hyper-V team, in the blog post.