System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Released!

Microsoft is pleased to announce the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – the next generation of Microsoft’s solution for managing the virtualized infrastructure. A key member of System Center – a centralized, enterprise-class suite of data center management products -- Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 enables customers to configure and deploy new virtual machines and centrally manage physical and virtual infrastructure from one console. New to this version of VMM is multi-vendor virtualization platform support, Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) and enhanced support of “high availability” host clusters, among other new features. SCVMM 2008 provides a management solution for the virtualized data center that helps enable centralized management of IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization platforms Highlights of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Support for VMs Running on Windows Server 2008 Multi-Vendor Virtualization Platform Support Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Host Cluster Support for “High Availability” Virtual Machines Download: SCVMM 2008 – Evaluation Full story at http://hypervoria.com/hyper-v/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-2008-released.aspx