Hyper-V
Reddit take
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Pros
- Onward to Hyper-V!
- There’s also nothing fundamentally wrong with Hyper-V.
- Hyper-V is fine for windows loads and what the majority of windows shops will move to
- We are about done swapping over to hyper v
- Parent context: Proxmox can be run just fine without ever touching the command line after you install it. Some find it much easier than hyperv. Reply: HyperV has licensing advantages and can be easier if you already do a lot of Windows s...
Cons
- It wasn't all that long ago that at least a few people here would tell me hyper-v was absolute dogshit not suitable for production and I was a fool for using it over hyper-v.
- We are already in the process of migrating to AWS (we already have a large AWS presence) and Hyper-V.
- Hyper-v would have also been an increase in pricing compared to old vmware prices as we are only about 5% Microsoft.
- we use Hyper-V but have a few proxmox hosts for testing
- Parent context: The hyper-v is there for experiment/study purposes lol. I know Hyper-v is bad. Just worked with server 2025 and they still haven't improved that shit Reply: I know Hyper-v is bad. Just worked with server 2025 and they sti...
Sentiment
11 positive (61%) · 3 mixed (17%) · 4 negative (22%)
Trust + time weighted score: +29% · raw score 39%
What redditors said (10 of 18)
It wasn't all that long ago that at least a few people here would tell me hyper-v was absolute dogshit not suitable for production and I was a fool for using it over hyper-v.
We are already in the process of migrating to AWS (we already have a large AWS presence) and Hyper-V.
Onward to Hyper-V!
Hyper-v would have also been an increase in pricing compared to old vmware prices as we are only about 5% Microsoft.
There’s also nothing fundamentally wrong with Hyper-V.
Hyper-V is fine for windows loads and what the majority of windows shops will move to
We are about done swapping over to hyper v
we use Hyper-V but have a few proxmox hosts for testing
Parent context: The hyper-v is there for experiment/study purposes lol. I know Hyper-v is bad. Just worked with server 2025 and they still haven't improved that shit Reply: I know Hyper-v is bad. Just worked with server 2025 and they still haven't improved that shit
Oh God HyperV! Noooooooooo! Won't lie - not a fan.