Updated: July 9, 2020 (July 7, 2008)

Virtualization Overview

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Microsoft released a service pack for Virtual PC 2007 and an update for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 to add support for Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server will eventually incorporate hypervisor technology to enable computers to boot directly to virtual machines, rather than first loading a host OS and starting a virtualization layer like Virtual Server. The Windows Server Hyper-V capability was released in June 2008 as an add-on for licensed installations of WIndows Server 2008.. Hyper-V Server, a stand-alone version of the hypervisor, will release sometime after that.

Virtual Machine Manager 2007 was made generally available in Oct. 2007. This product enables administrators to create virtual machines (VMs) from physical server configurations and supports centrally managing and moving VMs. Microsoft has also released Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Workgroup (WG), for medium-size organizations. A version that supports Windows Server Hyper-V, called Virtual Machine Manager 2008, is planned for release in the second half of 2008.

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