This document provides 5 reasons to choose Microsoft Hyper-V over VMware vSphere 5 for private cloud solutions:
1. Hyper-V has strong adoption momentum and growth in market share compared to vSphere. Leading enterprises are using Hyper-V.
2. Hyper-V is built into Windows Server, providing familiarity and minimizing learning curves compared to VMware which requires separate licensing of the hypervisor and guest operating systems.
3. Hyper-V provides best performance for virtualizing Microsoft workloads like SharePoint, SQL Server, and Exchange compared to VMware.
4. System Center provides richer management capabilities than VMware for private clouds, including support for multiple hypervisors and third party integration.