good primer for Hyper-V virtualization?

Can someone suggest some good online resources for getting up to speed on Hyper-V technology? I've worked with Virtual Server, and my understanding is that they're fairly different in some respects. What I'm looking for is information that will help me understand and administer Hyper-V systems.

A great answer would either include or point to documents that include the following:

  • A bit of info on the main tools used for administering Hyper-V setups
  • Discussion of some of the basic concepts (e.g. partitions, snapshots)
  • Any interesting similarities to and differences from other virtualization technologies (Virtual Server, VMWare, etc)
  • Some of the more common gotchas

I've found the Wikipedia article on Hyper-V, but it's short on practical discussion.


Solution 1:

I've found Hyper-V to be quite intuitive to use. But I've picked up several tips and an appreciation for what is going on "under-the-hood" from the Virtual PC Guy's WebLog. Lately, he has had several informative posts on how snapshots work and their performance implications.

Solution 2:

hypervoria is a good place to start, they mostly link to other places, but they have a pretty good collection of what you're looking for.

John Howard mostly blogs about administering Hyper-V (including getting everything configured to administer it remotely)

If you're running Vista, I suggest getting the Hyper-V gadget.