VHD and Hyper-V APIs Enable Creative New Solutions

Although VHD files are closely associated with virtualization products like Hyper-V, the VHD file format is actually a stand-alone technology useful beyond just virtualization solution scenarios. With Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, VHD files attain "volume" status thus enabling scenarios such as "mount a VHD drive", "boot to a VHD", or "create static, dynamic, or child VHDs". Developers may also integrate such VHD usage scenarios within their applications using new VHD API's. Hyper-V exposes WMI APIs to create, manage, monitor, and configure virtual resources. Developers can use Hyper-V WMI APIs in a variety of ways including: (1) By management software vendors who write tools to manage virtualization environments. (2) By enterprise developers who may seek to integrate heterogeneous virtualization technologies within line-of-business solutions. (3) By developers who want to automate virtualization in test or development environments through scripts or custom utilities.

• Application Testing with Hyper-V

  Hyper-V exposes WMI APIs to create, manage, monitor, and configure virtual resources. The Hyper-V WMI APIs can be used in a variety of ways such as: This lab demonstrates how a Developer in Testing might leverage Hyper-V API's to create a VM, modify a VHD, and automate the running of VMs.

• VHD and Hyper-V APIs Enable Creative New Solutions

  Windows Server 2008 R2 represents Microsoft's latest full-featured implementation of the Hyper-V virtualization technology. Learn more about application developer scenarios with Hyper-V and VHD API's.

• VHD and Hyper-V in an Application Test Scenario

  Hyper-V exposes WMI APIs to create, manage, monitor, and configure virtual resources. See how to automate virtualization in an application test or development environment scenario.