Microsoft App-V 4.6 Beta Available : now package 64-bit apps !
Microsoft announced the immediate availability of the App-V 4.6 beta from Microsoft Connect.
One of the major improvements is that the sequencer now packages native 64-bit applications, and with this they seem to be the first in the market ! Off course this is a beta and the question is whether Microsoft will really be the first to release an RTM product that packages 64-bit apps.
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Announced: Hyper-V R2 embedded in servers (boot-from-flash)
Yesterday Microsoft announced through their Windows Virtualization Team Blog that Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 will support boot-from-flash. This means that they give the OEM vendors the possibility to suplly Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 as an embeded virtualization solution just like it is happening now with embedded versions of VMware VI3.5 and Citrix XenServer 5.
Check out the latest details on Hyper-V R2 and boot-from-flash here.
Reduce MS licensing costs by 95% !!! in a virtualized environment.
This sounds impossible but when I read Gabe’s article correctly he brings back Microsoft OS licensing costs of about $800.000 (for 200 physical hosts) back to just $40.000 (for 200 virtual hosts). Of course this presents an ideal situation.
The situation Gabe describes:
- 200 physical hosts -> 200 virtual guests on 7 physical hosts
- virtualization solution can be any: MS, Citrix, VMware or other
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Microsoft and Citrix attracting a lot of attention for VMworld Europe 09
Just like last time Microsoft and Citrix will be present this year with a booth at VMworld in Cannes. Lately Microsoft as well as Citrix have been spreading some pretty interesting news to attract visitors to their booth and to their products in general:
- Citrix presents first-ever demo of bare-metal client hypervisor.
- Citrix will officially announce free XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition.
Sign-up for Microsoft Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization beta
You can sign up for the Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V, formerly known as Kidaro) beta program.
MED-V enhances deployment, management and user experience for Virtual PC images on a Windows® Desktop, independent of the local desktop configuration and operating system (OS). MED-V leverages Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to provide an enterprise solution for desktop virtualization streamlining OS upgrades, and increasing IT control and user flexibility in enterprise environments.
The beta will be released early 2009.
