Hyper-V Reviews & Insights

Score8.5 out of 10

274 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Hyper-V are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Cost-effectiveness: Users consistently praise the cost-effectiveness of Hyper-V in comparison to VMware ESXi, making it a budget-friendly virtualization option that meets their financial needs. The lower upfront costs and potential savings on licensing fees are key factors driving user satisfaction with Hyper-V's affordability.

Efficient resource utilization: Many users have highlighted Hyper-V's efficiency in terms of speed of deployment and resource utilization. The automation and PowerShell accessibility contribute to streamlined operations and optimal resource allocation, resulting in improved productivity for IT teams managing virtual environments.

Disaster recovery features: The ability of Hyper-V to create backup copies of virtual machines for disaster recovery purposes has been well-received by users. This feature provides an added layer of security and peace of mind for maintaining business continuity during unforeseen events, demonstrating the reliability and robustness of Hyper-V as a virtualization solution.

Hyper-V Reviews

1 Review

Enterprises (1,001+ employees)

Why Hyper-V

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2015

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I designed, built out and currently manage several Active, Passive Win2012R2 (migrated from a 2008R2 cluster I build originally) Hyper-V clusters using an EqualLogic SAN storage group as the shared storage array (this reduced total server install base from 98 at two locations to 18 at four locations).

Pros

Extremely easy to manage and cluster.
Exceptionally robust and able to recover from disaster very well.
The product makes good use of available system resources.

Cons

It has a way to go in VDI. While the functionality is fully there it is more difficult to deploy than Citrix or VMware.
It needs a better way to upgrade the virtualization framework drivers between revisions and when it is updated for the host system.

Likelihood to Recommend

Hyper-V is as good as VMware and much better than Citrix and the only place it is more difficult to use is in the VDI space.

Samuel Brunson

Sr. Infrastructure Administrator in Information Technology at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Food Production, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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