<B>Background:</B> We're an ESX shop and we have hundreds of servers running on various ESX clusters. A project came up and we're tapped out on the ESX side of the world (resources, licenses - you ...

We've looked at quite a bit so far in regards to the newest version of Microsoft Hyper-V: the huge changes to networking functionality, scalability enhancements, NUMA management, cluster patching and ...

So, I understand the reason for Core when the host is just running the Hyper-V role. I understand the reduced attack surface, less patching (which may lead to less reboots), and lower RAM utilization.

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V combines easy setup and management with new features that lower the entry barrier to highly available virtualization clusters With the release of Windows Server 2012, Hyper ...