Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is a much bigger solution than before, with greater scalability, new components that enable multitenant public and private clouds for the enterprise, and improves virtualization options for the small and medium business. Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide will move readers from understanding the architecture of Hyper-V, through basic deployment and upgrade scenarios, creating virtual workloads, utilizing the new storage and networking architectures of Windows Server 2012, creating clusters and multitenant clouds, and securing the business with backup and disaster recovery. Thanks to the international author team's access to information, this unique book will provide unrivalled deep technical detail so you can understand how the features of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V work and how to best use them.  You'll learn how to quickly configure Hyper-V from the GUI and how to use PowerShell to script and automate commonly repeated tasks. Hands-on practical examples will show you how to work with Hyper-V in real-world scenarios. Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Chapter 2: Deploying Hyper-V Hosts Chapter 3: Managing Virtual Machines Chapter 4: Network Fabrics Chapter 5: Cloud Computing Chapter 6: The Microsoft iSCSI Target Chapter 7: Using File Servers Chapter 8: Building Hyper-V Clusters Chapter 9: Virtual SAN Storage & Creating Guest Clusters Chapter 10: Backup & Recovery Chapter 11: Disaster Recovery (DR) Replication Chapter 12: Using Hyper-V for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)