A picture says a thousand words. This is one of the reasons that the various architecture posters are so popular as they provide an easy way to visualise the Hyper-V stack.
Updated posters are now available for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V. In addition to the architecture poster, there are other smaller bite sized posters on the below topics:
- Generation 2 Virtual Machines
- Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
- Hyper-V Storage
- Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk Sharing
- Live Migration
- Session Modes
- Upgrading Your Private Cloud
Since a lot of traffic is now from mobile and tablet devices which do not have high end graphic processing, I’ve created deep zoom versions of the posters to improve reading on those devices. 
Use the panel in the bottom right hand corner of each poster below to enter & leave full screen and to zoom in and out.
Hyper-V 2012 R2 Architecture Poster
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Generation 2 Virtual Machines
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Hyper-V Storage
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk Sharing
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Live Migration
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Session Modes
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
Upgrading Your Private Cloud
The poster can be downloaded from this direct link.
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Previous posters are listed here for reference:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
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Cheers,
Rhoderick
