Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta

Per diventare tester: https://beta/microsoft.com e poi usate "vssp1BetaTester" come Guest ID.

Ecco le novità:

SP1 contains the latest software updates for Virtual Server 2005. SP1 includes the following new features:

• Support for additional host operating systems, including 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
• Virtual Disk Precompactor
• Performance enhancements
• Built-in support for network installations
• Reserved disk space for saved state files
• Virtual floppy disk for pre-loading virtual SCSI drivers
• Support for hyperthreading

In addition to these features, Steve announced that support will be expanded for third-party operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, and other x86 operating systems to better meet the needs of customers with heterogeneous environments. Steve also announced that we are licensing royalty-free our VHD file format to promote a consistent and widely-adopted virtual machine file format for Windows to dramatically improve security, reliability and cost efficiency for customers.

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Fonte: http://www.virtualization.info/200504archive001.asp#1114042123001