Today I tried in earnest to migrate a Virtual Server 2005 VHD file to HyperV. Things looked good until I realized the networking in the virtual server did not work. That's when I found this article that offers some steps on preparing a virtual server before you move the VHD to HyperV. Of course, I would recommend making a backup of your VHD and VMC before making these changes, just in case.
http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/archive/2008/09/19/migrating-to-hyper-v-from-virtual-server-or-virtual-pc-tips-and-suggestions.aspx
Which led to this tool, which is apparently a simple means for translating the VMC file to HyperV. Since I only have a few servers to migrate, I don't know that this tool is particularly valuable to me--it only takes a few minutes for me to create a new virtual server and then just attach the VHD. If you have alot of servers to migrate, the article mentions that System Center Virtual Machine Manager is probably a better option.
http://blogs.technet.com/matthts/archive/2008/09/12/vmc-to-hyper-v-import-tool-available.aspx
And finally, here is a post with an amazing list of HyperV links and resources. I will be looking over these during the next few weeks.
http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld/archive/2008/11/24/pfe-hyper-v-ops-day-october.aspx
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