Monday, January 12, 2009 4:41 PM
by
jhenders01
Windows 2008 R2 Beta - now available

At the end of last week, Microsoft announced availability, through MSDN and TechNet (non-MSDN/TechNet subscribers can download them from, Friday 9th January), of the beta’s of Windows 7 client, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Of interest to Partners who are investing in the Microsoft virtualisation strategy, are a number of key new features provided with Server 2008 R2 - Partners can read all about the new features here on the legendary Matt McSpirit’s Blog, key Virtualisation features include:
· Live Migration!
· Power Management Improvements
· Support for 32 logical Processors
· RDS (Remote Desktop Services) – Terminal Services improvements
See the overview presentation for more detail