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.

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 ...

Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix ...

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 ...

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 on Thursday fired a shot across the bow of competitors in the virtualization market by releasing a public beta for Hyper-V, its widely awaited virtualization hypervisor that will be part of ...

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 ...

Microsoft Wednesday released a feature-complete beta of its Hyper-V virtualization technology, which is an add-on to Windows Server 2008. Microsoft said the “Release Candidate” (RC) was “near-final” ...

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.

In an effort to spur cloud adoption, Microsoft is making an unusual move: participating in an open-source project. On Friday, Cloud.com said that it is working with Microsoft to make the open-source ...