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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web

Posted by Bink on on September 8 2008, 4:15 PM with 3 comment(s)
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Later today Microsoft will announce that Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 will be released within 30 days and be available via the Web for free!

This Hyper-V edition includes Windows Server 2008 Core Edition with only Hyper-V role enabled

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ft65 wrote re: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web
on 09-09-2008 12:40 PM

Do I understand this correctly? Are Microsoft giving away Windows 2008 Core + Hyper-V (only enabled) absolutely free. Not a 60 day evaluation, or some other limitation conveniently forgotten to be mentioned.

If so WOW, I'll be grabbing some of that bandwidth :-)

Bink wrote re: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web
on 09-10-2008 9:42 PM

Well it is not the same "core installation" as Windows 2008 has. It is less and only supports the Hyper-V role

The things that are better left unspoken wrote About Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
on 09-12-2008 4:38 PM

Microsoft announced the much anticipated Hyper-V Server Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) last week and they intend

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