May 2009 - Posts

• Native VHD support in Windows 7 and WS08 R2

  This is truly cool stuff. VHDs are no longer "just" a virtualization file format. They're baked into the OS. Yes, you can boot an entire OS from a single file. You can create a VHD from the Disk Management Console without having Hyper-V installed. Devs Read More... Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:36 PM by Matt Pietrek | 1 Comments

• 64 Logical Processor support in latest Hyper-V

  I've been waiting for quite a long to post this information. Hyper-V now supports systems with up to 64 cores (we call them LPs). This is 4x the number supported in the original release just 9 months ago. The devs on my team write the code and did the Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:59 AM by Matt Pietrek | 2 Comments

• New Hyper-V Release Candidate available

  If you're still using the original Hyper-V that runs as part of Windows Server 2008, this is a big deal. While Windows 7 is getting all the attention, the equivalent server version (Windows Server 2008 R2) is also available as a release candidate. This Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:59 PM by Matt Pietrek | 1 Comments