http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2007/09/26/other-big-news-2008-rc-0-and-installing-windows-server-virtualization.aspxWindows server 2008 RC 0 is out! Regular readers may have noticed the link in last night's post . Once you've installed it you can go to add the virtualization role in Server manager ... and you'll find it isn't available. What you need to do is navigateen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2007/09/26/other-big-news-2008-rc-0-and-installing-windows-server-virtualization.aspx#2068934Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:44:21 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2068934James ONeill<p>Steve, No dumb questions here. The virtualization bit relies on bits that are only in x64 processors from intel and AMD. It doesn't work on IA64 or 32 bit although the rest of Server 2008 does. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2068934" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2007/09/26/other-big-news-2008-rc-0-and-installing-windows-server-virtualization.aspx#2052193Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:58:51 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2052193SteveWJ<p>Possible dumb question - why will I need a 64bit machine to run Windows Server Virtualization? </p> <p>Windows 2008 Server runs on 32bit machines yes?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2052193" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2007/09/26/other-big-news-2008-rc-0-and-installing-windows-server-virtualization.aspx#2049972Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:53:38 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2049972Steve Lamb's Blog<p>As James mentioned on stage yesterday in many ways the announcement of Windows Server 2008's Release</p> <img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2049972" width="1" height="1">