


Removal of the legacy network adapter, IDE controller, floppy controller, serial controller (COM ports), and PCI bus, results in a more efficient VM. Perhaps most notable is the removal of legacy emulated hardware. Generation 2 virtual machines provide quite a few enhancements across the spectrum of Hyper-V VM technology. With the release of Windows Server 2012 R2 comes many great new features, including a improved virtual machine named generation 2.
