Hyper-V Server – How to setup a High Availability Cluster with just one copy of Windows Server 2008

My goal is to show how someone can put together a low cost Hyper-V solution. 
I setup a demo domain named Demo.local. This hosts my one Domain controller named DemoDC. It’s my AD and DNS server, and I also use it to remotely manage my Hyper-V Servers. I’m using static IP addresses just so I could make my life easier. You can also use DHCP, that’s what I typically use, but I opted for Static IPs so I could put this setup on my same network with everything else.

I have two servers running the Microsoft Hyper-V Server, you can download your free copy here. I will walk through the setup of these servers over the next two screen casts. The first one will start with setting up the Hyper-V server. I’m assuming that you’ve already downloaded the ISO, burned it to a DVD and installed it on your servers. I will start with the initial configuration and go from there.
I hope this information is helpful, if you have any questions, please let me know.

Until next time,
Rob