Other big news 2008 RC-0 and installing Windows server Virtualization.
Windows 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 navigate to the Windows folder and find a sub-folder named WSV. In there are two patches, apply them both in either order, go back to Server manager and you can add the role.
Don't forget that you need to have a 64 bit machine, and it needs to support Intel VT or AMD-V (previously called Pacifica) technology. On most machines you need to enable virtualization in the BIOS and do a cold boot - you must power off and on simply letting the machine reset after changing the BIOS setting won't work.
Be aware that Server 2008 presents hardware which is different to Virtual PC and Virtual Server and if you're bringing over existing VHDs you may need to re-activate the OS
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