Because many workloads already run on Windows, organizations are familiar with the Microsoft platform, making it easier to adopt and deploy Microsoft virtualization technology compared with VMware.
Additional Benefits
Additionally, Hyper-V:
- Costs less than comparable versions of VMware
- Offers features such as Live Migration at no additional charge
- Does not require higher end software SKU purchases for advanced features
Microsoft's virtualization technology also offers core features that VMware does not. Below is a feature-by-feature comparison of the two technologies. All in all Microsoft offers more extensive solutions at a lower cost than VMware.
| VMware vSphere 4 |
Microsoft WS08 Hyper-V Re/SMSE |
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| Physical and virtual management |  |
 SMSE |
| VMware and Microsoft management | |
SMSE |
| In-guest monitoring | |
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| End-to-end OS monitoring | |
SMSE OpsMgr |
| Application/service monitoring | |
SMSE, PRO |
| Host/virtual machine level optimization | DRS |
SMSE, PRO |
| Centralized HV management | Virtual Center |
SMSE, VMM |
| Guest OS patching/management | |
SMSE, SCCM |
| Virtual machine high availability/failover | Virtual Center |
WS08 Clustering+VMM |
| Virtual machine migration | vMotion |
Live Migration |
| Storage virtual machine migration | |
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