Getting Started with Hyper-V

Ryan Bass explained the basics of getting started with Hyper-V on Enterprise Networking Planet this week, specifically if you're moving from the beta or release candidate to the final release version. His article gives you an idea how easy it is to get Hyper-V installed and started: the installation instructions are just five easy steps.

There is that one all-important caveat to remember:

The biggest barrier to getting started with Hyper-V is hardware. Unfortunately, you won't be able to use older equipment because Hyper-V requires a 64-bit processor with hardware assisted virtualization and hardware data execution protection.

If you are more of a visual person, Ryan also has a video on Creating a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V.