Windows Server 2012 ® Hyper-V® Installation and Configuration Guide Windows Server 2012 ® Hyper-V® Installation and Configuration Guide Aidan Finn Patrick Lownds Michel Luescher Damian Flynn Acquisitions Editor: Mariann Barsolo Development Editor: David Clark Technical Editor: Hans Vredevoort Production Editor: Eric Charbonneau Copy Editor: Sharon Wilkey Editorial Manager: Pete Gaughan Production Manager: Tim Tate Vice President and Executive Group Publisher: Richard Swadley Vice President and Publisher: Neil Edde Book Designers: Judy Fung and Maureen Forys, Happenstance Type-O-Rama Compositor: Cody Gates, Happenstance Type-O-Rama Proofreader: Rebecca Rider Indexer: Ted Laux Project Coordinator, Cover: Katherine Crocker Cover Designer: Ryan Sneed Cover Image: © Michael Knight / iStockphoto Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-118-48649-8 ISBN: 978-1-118-67701-8 (ebk.) ISBN: 978-1-118-65143-8 (ebk.) 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