Microsoft Thursday did something it rarely does. The company released a beta for a long-awaited technology — in this case its Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V — ahead of schedule.

However, they said customer acceptance of the new Microsoft technology combined with how the vendor advances technology has the potential to impact VMware et al over time. Microsoft Corp., Redmond, ...

During Microsoft's TechEd IT Forum conference in Barcelona, Spain, the company finally named its upcoming hypervisor virtualization platform. What was once code-named Viridian and then announced as ...

Microsoft on Thursday released its Hyper-V virtualization technology, a day after it was widely reported the software was about to go into final release. People can now download Hyper-V for Windows ...

Microsoft has been hammering away at VMware with the message that Hyper-V gives customers much bigger bang for their buck, and the software giant has come up with creative promotions to get companies ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. appears well positioned to gain Hyper-V virtualization software users from among its existing customers, judging from the comments of attendees at the company’s ...

Microsoft is expected to launch its Hyper-V virtualization technology Thursday, two months ahead of the company’s time line for releasing it by the end of August. Though Microsoft would not confirm ...

Proxmox is hailed by many as the king of virtualization platforms, though there are just as many operating systems you can use to power your home labs. There’s XCP-ng, which is great for tinkerers who ...

When it comes to virtualization tools and home lab utilities, you’ll probably assume the OS powering the host is some flavor of Linux. In some rare cases, you’d hear about FreeBSD serving as the ...

For the second straight year Microsoft won’t bother showcasing its primary virtualization technology at VMworld. For the second straight year Microsoft won’t bother showcasing its primary ...

Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology will come to Windows 8, marking the first time the software is available in both the server and desktop versions of Windows, Microsoft confirmed today.