Windows Server virtualization Community Technology Preview now available

Is it available for download? The link you posted has said "Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 will be available here shortly" for hours now.

downloading now... quite slow, even on a 100Mbit/sec connection, so I guess that it's very popular!

can you tell us what the limit for virtual NICs will be on the release version?

Hmm ... I downloaded RC0 x64 from MSDN, and I can't see the Virtualization role to add. Perhaps the version in your link is different?

There is a WSV Customer Technology Preview (CTP) Setup Guide @ Virtualization Team blog

Can this be changed to use Transfer Manager? I just spent 2 hours not getting all of it.

Congrats on the release!

Win2k8 server as a guest seems pretty slow.  How far is the CTP performance-wise from where the final release will be?

I doubt there will be much of a difference. I have 2008 64bit installed on a Dell D520 and it seems ALOT faster than Vista 64bit on the same laptop. Since 2008 RC0 has SP1 loaded already that must be a big part of it. (Not to mention all the crap turned off).

If the guest seems slow then I suggest using a VM program that has been improved and worked on over the years such as Vmware.

Ah-ha! There is more to it. You must do something for the role to appear.

http://blogs.technet.com/jamesone/archive/2007/09/26/other-big-news-2008-rc-0-and-installing-windows-server-virtualization.aspx

Thanks for info I found on this blog. Can I use some info I found here at my site http://floreshti.com ?

Searching.... USB mention not found :(

Ben -

Running dual, dual-core Opteron 280's.  These are still top of the line procs, but are F2 though they are designed for virtualization... They won't work with RCO -- do you have any idea if the release will work with these guys?  Would be a real shame if viridian was this restricted for "real world" installations...

Well, MS still looses - VMware outperforms Virtual Server not only by speed but also by features. I am really sick with this product line - spent hours and hours of testing and investigation - but now I am back to VMware, and XEN of course. Not only the beta, all MS VServers are crap.

It is the same story we know since years - many people out there are actually doing a much better programming job than MS guys - ridicolous.

I sent this question to the Windows Virtualization Team as well, maybe someone here has some thoughts.  If I create a VM with my license, how do I share it with people so they can use it with theirs?  This is a big issue in my opinion - it would be great to be able to create Windows based virtual appliances.

Hi ,

I want to install Windows 2003 server on a Virutal PC(for my work ofcourse), do i need to purchase license for it ? if no, the is there any Microsoft web site which says so. If yes, the can you provide me the details

thanks

Jaiganesh srinivasan