Microsoft makes standalone Hyper-V R2 server available for download

Summary: On the eve of its virtualization rival VMware's VMWorld conference, Microsoft has posted for download on August 28 the final bits of its Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 product.

On the eve of its virtualization rival VMware's VMWorld conference, Microsoft has posted for download on August 28 the final bits of its Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 product.

Hyper-V R2 is a standalone virtualization server targeted at small- and mid-sized business customers. The R2 release, an update to the Hyper-V Server 2008 product, adds support for live migration and high availability, meaning, in this case, automatic restart on another node without user intervention.

Microsoft originally planned to charge for the Hyper-V server when it first released the product in 2008, but decided to make it free. The R2 release is free, as well.

Topics: Cloud, CXO, Hardware, Microsoft, Servers, Storage, Virtualization

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Mary Jo has covered the tech industry for more than 25 years for a variety of publications and Web sites, and is a frequent guest on radio, TV and podcasts, speaking about all things Microsoft-related. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008).

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  • FREE VIRTUALIZATION IS SO GREAT.

    This R2 release is awesome and such great news for everyone (except VMWare). HyperV has taken virtualization to the next level in terms of performance. With this and the rounding out of the feature set the greener era of mass virtualization should now explode.

    And free like virtualization should be.
    Thanks and congrats HyperV team!
    Johnny Vegas
    • First browsers, now virtualization........

      A leopard never changes his spots!

      (Sorry, hit the wrong button! Meant to "reply to story")
      Ole Man
      • Stupidity of a whole new level

        Everyone is now providing virtualisation free of charge in some form;
        OpenSolaris uses Xen VM, Linux has KVM, AIX and HP have their own;
        how is Microsoft doing anything nefarious when they're only replicating
        what everyone is doing?
        Macintoshtoffy
        • Same old stuff


          It WAS being sold, until Microsoft "bought" into the fray, and they have enough loot to supply it for free indefinitely, until all their competitors are bankrupt. (just like the Netscape case)

          Price history points to cheaper VMware
          By Hannah Drake, Associate Editor
          15 May 2008

          A close look at VMware's product pricing history reveals an interesting relationship between VMware's pricing strategy and its competitors. When Microsoft releases Hyper-V with Windows Server 2008 to the general public in August (though it is rumored to perhaps be sooner), VMware will face substantial new competition. Despite its 9 year history as king of the server virtualization market, analysts say VMware will have no other choice but to drop its prices to remain the reigning champion.
          VMware Workstation starts the fun
          VMware Workstation, VMware's first virtualization product for x86 servers, first shipped in 1999 with an original price of $399. At the time, the only other major competitor was Connectix's Virtual PC, which retailed for $229.
          http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid179_gci1313620,00.html


          I wouldn?t call someone stupid for not being aware of certain facts, but I?ll have to admit, calling someone else stupid for pointing out certain facts IS bordering on stupidity.
          Ole Man
  • RE: Microsoft makes standalone Hyper-V R2 server available for download

    Check out the Ext4 server specs below.

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