Item: Hyper-V
Rating: 8
Author: Rob Rotundo

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Hyper-V is being used by our organization to strengthen and solidify client networks. Hyper-V makes it much easier to schedule maintenance, but more importantly, recover from major software or hardware issues. Even with a major hardware failure, having Hyper-V in place makes a restore simple and quick.

Pros and Cons

Maintenance
Restores

Linux limitations
Supports a limited number of guest OS choices

Return on Investment

Saving on hardware
Saving on maintenance time

Alternatives Considered

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions and VMware vCenter Server

We went with Hyper-V since it's backed by Microsoft. Most of our businesses use MS, so going with supported products helps when we need to open a case if we run into issues. There are other alternatives, but the ease and support of Hyper-V make it our go-to product for virtualization.

Support Rating

This is one of the main reasons we use Hyper-V instead of others. Having Microsoft's backing really takes the edge off if we run into issues. With other products, it's easy to get into the blame game of he said she said. With Hyper-V and Microsoft, we don't have to worry about that.

Key Insights

Do you think Hyper-V delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Hyper-V's feature set?

Yes

Did Hyper-V live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Hyper-V go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Hyper-V again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Jira Service Desk, Atlassian Confluence, LastPass for Business

Likelihood to Recommend

Hyper-V is well suited for a business that does not want to worry about upgrading their server hardware every few years. With virtualization, money can be spent on backups or other key areas of IT like end-user hardware. I really do not see any downsides to using Hyper-V in today's IT world.

Hyper-V - Best for virtualization needs

Overall Satisfaction with Hyper-V