Microsoft Windows 8 latest features exposure: Hyper-V

Microsoft today announced on the Windows 8 official blog that the Hyper-V feature previously only available to Windows Server users will be integrated into the client version for the first time, which means that Windows 8 will integrate Hyper-V functionality.

In fact, it is not surprising that Windows 8 will inherit Hyper-V. In the previously leaked Windows 8 Build 7989, technology enthusiasts found that this version integrates Hyper-V 3.0 and the new virtual hard disk format VHDX. Hyper-V project director Mathew John said: "In the development of Windows 8, we started the virtualization technology Hyper-V, which has been used in the recently released two versions of Windows Server, and now Hyper-V has also come to customers. On the operating system. "

Hyper-V allows end users to run multiple operating systems on the same machine, including 32-bit and 64-bit, and consumers can create their own virtual machines directly on Windows 8. However, Hyper-V seems to be integrated only in 64-bit Windows 8 Professional and Ultimate, and Hyper-V requires at least 4GB of RAM for normal operation.

Microsoft pointed out in the demo that 4GB of RAM is enough to allow users to run 3 to 4 virtual machines, but if you want to run more virtual machines on the same machine, you need more memory.

Microsoft also mentioned the new .VHDX virtual hard disk format, pointing out that Windows 8 will support .VHDX files. The new VHDX format can support 16TB of space, which is 8 times the 2TB space limit of the current VHD format. This feature will appear in the client OS starting with Windows 8.