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Microsoft has made a host of improvements to its core virtualization stack in the latest version of its flagship server. The next version of Windows Server is finally here! It's been a long time ...
eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft is living up to its promise to reach out and ...
In the complex and frustrating world of virtualization licensing, Microsoft has had its ups and downs and caused its fair share of IT aggravation. Licensing Microsoft products in a physical world has ...
As Microsoft readies Hyper-V, the new hypervisor software that forms the foundation for virtualization in Windows Server 2008, VMware is finally facing some real competition in the Windows server ...
eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft has implemented a significant change in its ...
On Wednesday, Microsoft added the hypercall API for the Viridian hypervisor to the Open Specification Promise, a designation aimed at encouraging third party development which applies to a handful of ...
Microsoft has postponed a handful of its "Viridian" hypervisor features in order to maintain its goal of delivering the technology as an add-on to Longhorn Server within 180 days of Longhorn Server's ...
Microsoft has released Windows Server 2016, and it's replete with yummy virtualization goodness. While there is a lot of good packed in to the announcement, Server 2016 also marks the adoption of many ...
Microsoft last week stepped into the virtualization market dominated by VMware with the introduction of Virtual Server 2005. The product, which it acquired from Connectix in 2003, allows network ...
After some delay, Microsoft launched the updated version of its virtualization platform on Monday, with some important updates. Microsoft had originally planned to announce Virtual Server (VS) 2005, ...
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft on Wednesday detailed changes to ...
A month after Microsoft Corp. pushed back the beta release of the Windows Server virtualization software, code-named Viridian, the company today dropped several key features to make its final deadline ...