Whenever I talk about virtualization, a common question I get asked is around our supported guest OS’s for Hyper-V. Well, Microsoft and Red Hat have announced that they will support each other’s platforms, at last!  Red Hat has joined Microsoft’s Server Virtualization Validation Program, whilst Microsoft will be listed in the Red Hat Hardware Certification List, once certification and validation is complete. 

Microsoft and Red Hat recently signed agreements to test and validate our server operating systems running on each other’s hypervisors. Customers with valid support agreements will be able to run these validated configurations and receive joint technical support for running Windows Server on Red Hat Enterprise virtualization, and for running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Hyper-V Server 2008. You can see Red Hat’s news release here, and watch a public webcast discussing this news.

Take a look at the announcement on the Microsoft Virtualization blog, which includes Q&A about the announcement.