Microsoft Offers Hyper-V for Free

      by Wyatt Walter

In true Microsoft style, long after other competing products have been offering free versions of their software, Microsoft announced yesterday that the new version of its Hyper-V product will be free. Competitors VMware and Xen have been offering free virtualization software for some time now with pay-for management features. Microsoft appears to be jumping on the bandwagon. According to cnet, the new version will be released in less than 30 days. Microsoft also is reporting that the new Live Migration feature (once again, available in VMware and Xen) will be available in the new version. Live Migration was promised in the first version, but wasn’t developed in time to be released with the first version. It will allow a virtual machine to be migrated to another physical host while the virtual machine is running. The new version will be part of Server 2008 R2.

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