> "Raven" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> I have become curious enough about running virtual PC's that I want to
>> take the plunge. I have done some searching on Google and found various
>> articles that describe the basic concepts involved, but most of what I
>> come across is marketing information. My intent is to run Win Server 2008
>> with HyperV and use it to provision Win7 virtual PC's that can be
>> accessed by clients remotely. Think employees working from home type
>> scenario, the virtual PC's will have the same image and I need to provide
>> for at least 10 people. How beefy will the host need to be to accomplish
>> this? If you can point me at resources that explain the hardware
>> requirements in more detail it would be great.
>
> Microsoft Virtual PC is a piece of desktop application software which
> allows one operating (the host) to run virtual machines running other
> operating systems (guests). Although these virtual machines are
> functionally identical to physical machines to the extent where the
> software running on them (both OS and applications) can't ordinarily tell
> the difference, this is really not designed to be a multi-user solution.
> I.e., it is primarily designed for one user to access many virtual
> machines, not many users accessing the same virtual machine(s) remotely.
>
> From what you've described of your requirements, it sounds like this is
> what you require:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/rds-product-home.aspx
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net

> I have become curious enough about running virtual PC's that I want to
> take the plunge. I have done some searching on Google and found various
> articles that describe the basic concepts involved, but most of what I
> come across is marketing information. My intent is to run Win Server 2008
> with HyperV and use it to provision Win7 virtual PC's that can be accessed
> by clients remotely. Think employees working from home type scenario, the
> virtual PC's will have the same image and I need to provide for at least
> 10 people. How beefy will the host need to be to accomplish this? If you
> can point me at resources that explain the hardware requirements in more
> detail it would be great.