Microsoft anticipates beta-oriented solution to the virtualization of Windows Server 2008

Months before launching worldwide, expected to occur on February 27, Microsoft began to offer its customers, partners and stakeholders to test some versions of Windows Server 2008. After RC1 of its future product, now is the time for the company to bring to market a beta version of its technology for virtualization of server called Hyper-V, a feature that will follow some versions of Windows Server 2008.

"The goal is to make our customers and partners begin to evaluate this feature and provide valuable feedback as we approach the launch of the final version," says Eduardo Campos de Oliveira, general manager of the area of servers from Microsoft Brazil. "Together with Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 offers a flexible option of licensing and with great cost and benefit for virtualization, which allows customers and partners have more economy and excellent results based on the concept of Dynamic IT," emerges the executive on the characteristics of the solution.

Currently, the beta for Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V is available in x64 Enterprise Edition, in English. This release offers customers and partners expanded features not previously available in version CTP (Community Technology Preview), in September 2007 the Hyper-V. Among these features are the Quick Migration, high availability, the function Server Core and integration of the Server Manager.

The launch of the final version of the Hyper-V occur about six months after the launch of Windows Server 2008. The system provides a software infrastructure for the virtualization optimized, comprehensive will help reduce operational costs, expand the use of the hardware and improve the availability of the server. In order to offer an integrated management in physical and virtual environments, Microsoft also is developing the next version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager. In addition, customers may use this tool for managing integrated to create and configure new virtual machines and manage, in a centralized manner, the infrastructure executed in the Hyper-V, in Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, in VMware ESX Server and Virtual Infrastructure 3.

Windows Server 2008 near the launch

The beta version of the Hyper-V represents another important act for Windows Server 2008. The novelty, which covers Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, will be the largest global corporate launch of Microsoft in the first half of 2008. Around two million users around the world have downloaded the code for the evaluation of the product.The practicality of installation and how to manage based on functions that facilitate the control and security of the functions performed by the server will cause Windows Server 2008 is the server platform of more reliable and safe for use on Windows already developed by Microsoft.