Update: 26th June 2008. Hyper-V RTM is now available. This post refers to pre-release software for Hyper-V, formerly known as Windows Server virtualization. However, there is no difference in the guidance provided in this post. I had many questions emailed...

Update 6/30/08. Windows Server virtualization is now Hyper-V, and it RTM'd on 6/26/08. The forum has also recently moved to http://forums.technet.microsoft.com/en/winserverhyperv/threads/ Cheers, John. Here's a site I didn't even know existed until yesterday...

Now that Windows Server 2008 RC0 with the preview release of Windows Server virtualization is available, a timely list of upcoming webcasts relating to virtualization. Virtualization and Windows Server 2008 http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails...

Update: Feb 2008. This post no longer applies for the Hyper-V (formerly known as Windows Server virtualization) Beta, as present on the Windows Server 2008 RTM (Release To Manufacture) media. To install the Hyper-V role from the Beta release onwards ...

Update June 2008. WSv is now known as Hyper-V and is available in RTM form (KB950050). The post below refers to pre-release software. Windows Server virtualization, (which I’ll generally refer to as WSv for short), is the Hypervisor-based Virtual...