As mentioned earlier in this chapter, the security steps you are taking here apply primarily to the management operating system. While it does run Hyper-V, it is still a computer system. Therefore, most of the steps that would be taken on a standard Windows Server system apply just as well to a Hyper-V host.
As with Group Policy, there are a dizzying array of options, and it's difficult to keep track of them all. In terms of security, Microsoft has provided a tool to help with this as well: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA). The current version of this tool is available from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/mbsa.
The installation procedure for MBSA is extremely straightforward and won't be outlined here. There are no special prerequisites. You can run the tool from a system other than the one to be scanned, although you'll likely get incomplete results due to firewall issues. You must start MBSA with a user...