Recently I had the opportunity to read Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook by Edvaldo Cardoso published by Packt Publishing. I really enjoy their “cookbook” series as they take complex concepts like virtual machine management and break it down in to detailed, step-by-step guidance that can be consumed in easily digestible chunks. The style lends itself well to following along in a virtual lab, working through the steps outlined in each chapter to configure a component or enable a specific feature. My specific goal with this title was to learn how to implement the Hyper-V network virtualization features of Hyper-V with System Center 2012. The book met my needs perfectly. Of course the entire book will be helpful to datacenter administrators interested in leveraging the power of server and network virtualization in their organizations. If you working with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 today, or are planning to deploy it in the future, you’ll definitely want to have this book in your reference library.