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Re: Hyper-V Server 2022
Of course, Microsoft can make any business decisions it deems necessary, but Hyper-V "generates zero revenue in return" is disingenuous at best. Most companies don't develop, test, ship, certify, fix products or services that generate zero revenue. That said, I accept that Microsoft has every right to make the decision it did. (Just not happy about it after having been available for about a decade).7.6KViews1like0CommentsRe: Hyper-V Server 2022
Also... the same could be said about other vendors, such as VMWare's free ESXi hypervisor which (although limited) can be used commercially and was free both before and after Microsoft's Hyper-V free offering was made available. There are myriad other examples of companies offering free, however limited, tiers of their product or service that hasn't seemed to cause them to all go out of business.4.9KViews0likes12CommentsRe: Hyper-V Server 2022
technotic, while I agree with everything you said, I think your time might be better spent evaluating free alternatives to Hyper-V from other vendors. M$FT has made it clear that they are abandoning free Hyper-V and (free) bare-metal Hyper-V Server. You will likely be told that you can purchase Windows Server which includes the Hyper-V role which you can enable to the same effect, without paying a "subscription fee" (unless you count software EOL which eventually require mandatory upgrades). You could always choose to continue to use Hyper-V Server 2019 (which is still available free at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2019), but like I said, you'll need to find an alternative in about six years if you care about security updates. "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 is that product's last version and will continue to be supported under its lifecycle policy until January 2029." (https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatever-happened-to-hyper-v-server-and-other-windows-server-2022-questions/)5.1KViews1like0Comments
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