| Features | VMware vSphere | MS Hyper-V |
|---|---|---|
| Terminology To Virtual Machines | Distributed/Standard Switch | Virtual Switch |
| DRS - Distributed Resource Scheduler | PRO - Performance & Resource Optimization | |
| Separated Power Management | Dynamic Optimization & Core Parking | |
| Vmware tools also | Integration component also | |
| Service console model | Parent partition model | |
| Storage | The raw device in mapping | Pass-Through in mapping |
| Extend/Volume Grow | Expand Volume/Disk | |
| Storage in vMotion | Quick Storage Migration | |
| Resource Management | Fault Tolerance, Yes | Fault Tolerance, No |
| Application HA, Yes | Application HA, Yes(Failover Clustering) | |
| Resource pools, Yes | Resource Pools, Yes(Host Groups) | |
| VM Scalability | USB Support, Yes | USB Support, No |
| Supports comprehensive guest OS | Less Guest Support | |
| Serial ports are 32 ports | These are only connected to Named pipes |
