I just deployed RC1 of Hyper-V for the first time. Damn, it was easy. Install the OS, download the Hyper-V RC1 update and install it, add the Hyper-V role and you’re all ready to create VM’s. You need one NIC per virtual switch and at least one NIC for the parent partition.
One annoyance is that you cannot have ontrol over the mouse if you RDP into the Hyper-V console until you’ve installed the integration services. This is possible on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 – ah … you have to install the OS and then the SP before you can use your mouse.
The solutions are to use the Remote Hyper-V admin tool for Vista or aparently to RDP in from W2008. Eek. What if your Hyper-V servers are remotely located? I don’t want to use an MMC over a WAN link. That sucks! RDP is the solution of choice.
Still … I like Hyper-V so far.