-- Ben Armstrong, Virtualization Program Manager
Talking about core virtualization at Microsoft (Hyper-V, Virtual PC and Virtual Server).
Starting today you can download the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta release. For Hyper-V this specifically means that you can start evaluating the following new Hyper-V features:
You can register to download the beta here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/sp1.aspx
Note that while registration is required, there is no approval process and you will get immediate access to the bits.
Cheers, Ben
Great news... had access to the bits for a while. Dynamic memory works well, and great to see from the Implementing and Configuring Dynamic Memory whitepaper that Standard editions of Windows Server will be supported at a later time, but not in Beta. I hit this particular issue, and was quite worried this might be a blocker, but good to see you have it in hand :o) (In place upgrade of Windows Server 2003 Standard to Enterprise is not that nice ;o) ) Matt McSpirit has a good blog linking to various bits here, including the aforementioned whitepaper: blogs.technet.com/.../sp1-beta-now-available-for-windows-7-amp-server-2008-r2.aspx
Great work on Dynamic memory, looks like being a really useful feature.
Would like to test RemoteFX but pretty high requirements for that at the mo. I hope that supported add-on Grahpics Cards, suitable for Servers is something that is in the pipe line for this feature.
Cheers
Janson
Also availabe today are instructions for enabling & trying out Dynamic Memory, in the Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Evaluation Guide -- technet.microsoft.com/.../ff817651(WS.10).aspx
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Links to that guide and other technical docs at the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 tech library page: technet.microsoft.com/.../ff817647(WS.10).aspx
Can we also try this beta release on Hyper-V R2 server? I understand that Hyper-V R2 server is basicly a core Windows 2008 R2 server that only runs the Hyper-V role, but I'd rather be sure before I try this out on my Hyper-V R2 server at home and break something. I'm very interested in trying out the Dynamic Memory feature!
Nicolas
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: How many CPUs/cores can by attached into the 1 Virtual Server (my hardware is 2x quad xeon)
Thanks.