{"id":3073,"date":"2008-09-08T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/windowsserver\/2008\/09\/08\/64-bit-windows-server-hyper-v-and-the-future\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:15:19","slug":"64-bit-windows-server-hyper-v-and-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2008\/09\/08\/64-bit-windows-server-hyper-v-and-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"64-bit, Windows Server, Hyper-V, and the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the launch today of Hyper-V – available only in x64 versions – I thought that now would be a good time to revisit the topic of “64-bitness.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a technical product manager on the Windows Server team focused on Windows Server 2008, R2, clustering, and power management, along with a few other areas.  In the past I focused more on our Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium editions, along with x64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it may take a while for client computing to reach the stage where 64-bit is the norm and 32-bit the exception, that day is coming soon for servers – and it may be today.  A few quick facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n