Microsoft today released Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008, a hypervisor-based virtualization technology. Microsoft claims that it has distributed nearly 1.5 million copies of Hyper-V beta version which demonstrates customers interest in virtualization.
Virtualization helps companies decrease hardware costs, power consumption costs and the complexity of managing the IT system. Virtualization also increases flexibility for the overall environment and helps maximize value of IT investments.
Microsoft’s Hypervisor Technology, commonly called Hyper-V enables customers consolidate some of their most demanding workloads.
Bill Hilf, General Manager for Platform Strategy and Windows Server Marketing at Microsoft stated, “Customers who buy Windows Server 2008 are not only getting the scalability benefits, the high performance and reliability, and all the great things that Windows Server is known for; as of today they can benefit from integrated virtualization with Hyper-V.”
Customers can now download the final version of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Hilf also added, “There have already been over 1 million evaluations of Hyper-V, and with this release IT organizations everywhere can move it from the lab to production to fully experience the benefits that Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 can bring.” To download Hyper-V, please click on the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/Hyper-V
Hyper-V would also be available as a Windows Update for customers who have already deployed Windows Server 2008.