December 2019
Hyper-V is Microsoft’s hardware virtualization technology that initially released with Windows Server 2008 to support server virtualization and has since become a core component of ma...
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for what it must be a separate server (SCVMM) for such banalities as HA and DRS then. If you can have it in one pour.
For this reason alone, the Fortune 500 probably only has VMware ESXi and Co. in use.
Microsoft's Hyper-V only plays a minor role as a niche player. I am speaking here from decades of experience as a Senior Systems Engineer. Here in Switzerland, Hyper-V only occurs in companies that do not attach importance to a highly available infrastructure. Because these have only 1 or 2 hosts and no more.
Especially since the license costs at Microsoft are already overstated and you can save money if you use VMware ESXi. Then the sinfully expensive Windows licenses are better bearable.
Just last month I negotiated a new Enterprise contract with Microsoft and now we can save a lot of money. Many unnecessary server license costs could be saved. I'm glad when we get rid of the SCCM then we can save a lot of money again.