Free VMware Server Beta Released
VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, today introduced VMware Server, a free new entry-level hosted virtualization product for Linux and Windows servers.
"Virtualization and VMware have become mainstream in the past year, and many customers have deployed thousands of VMware server environments across their enterprises. With VMware Server, we are ensuring that every company interested in, considering or evaluating server virtualization for the first time has access to the industry-leading virtualization technology," said Diane Greene, VMware President. "VMware Server makes it easy and compelling for companies new to virtualization to take the first step toward enterprise-wide virtual infrastructure."
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6.2.2006 VMware not afraid of upcoming Microsoft Virtual Server Manager
In a phone interview before his presentation at EMC Technology Summit Monday, Raghu Raghuram, vice president of VMware's Platform Products, claimed the company's forthcoming platform upgrade and new consolidation add-on will deliver the most advanced virtualization capabilities in the market.
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30.4.2006 Try Out and Install Windows Vista in Virtual Machine with Virtual PC 2007 and VMWare Server
Want to install and play with
Windows Vista but don’t have extra or spare computer hardware to load the operating system? Windows Vista addicts can use virtualization technology to create a virtual machine on top of their current operating system which will enable the ability to fresh install Windows Vista on the newly created virtual machine.
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20.11.2006 Microsoft, VMware Agree: They Better Cooperate
VMware and Microsoft both said they're working behind the scenes to make it easier for virtualization users to migrate across their differing virtualization environments and run each other's virtualized files.
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22.6.2007 Download Chrome OS VMware Image
Its only been a few hours since Google spilled the beans on their upcoming Chrome OS, and now we already have a fully working VMware image of Chrome OS ready for download.
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20.11.2009 Microsoft’s Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice
After his last foray into the “Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product” space, Jason Perlow is back — this time to take a look at Microsoft’s Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built into the newly released Windows Server 2008.
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14.2.2008 Windows will be killed by virtual appliances: VMware exec
Large commercial operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, will no longer exist within five to ten years, according to a senior VMware executive. Instead there will only be very thin open source operating systems supporting virtual appliances.
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16.7.2008 VMware Workstation 7 released with full Windows 7 support
VMware has announced the latest version it's flagship virtualization software - VMware Workstation 7 which is packed full of new features which are huge - including full 3D graphics support for virtual machines.
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2.11.2009 VMWare Private Beta Build 185517 Has Support for Windows Aero
For those of you running Windows Vista or 7 in a virtualization client, I’m sure you miss having the nice, satisfying Windows Aero eye candy, especially with the Aero Basic skin looking the way that it does now.
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1.9.2009 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) is the compact database for rapidly developing applications in both native mode and the .NET Compact Framework that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices.
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26.11.2005 Microsoft Updates Its Windows Server Roadmap, Longhorn server delayed
Expect Longhorn Server Beta 3 in the first half of next year, but no Windows Server 'Centro' for mid-size businesses until 2008. And there might be a Windows Server Branch Office in the future, after all.
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24.5.2006 Micrososoft drops major features in Windows Server Virtualization - Viridian, beta starts with Longhorn Server RTM
Microsoft does it again, promise great cool features and even demo them. They let us wait for months/years and then just drops the cool stuff for a "future release" Just like the Windows Server team did with R2 at the time.
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11.5.2007 Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007
ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM.
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17.1.2007 Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008
To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles.
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10.5.2007 New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available
Windows Essential Server Solutions are basically designed as a bundle of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, along with additional Microsoft technologies, set up as an all-in-one IT offering for small and midsize customers.
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13.5.2008 An Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Server
Server is a new installation option that was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It provides the ability to install and configure a trimmed-down version of Windows Server 2008 which is designed to perform only certain server tasks.
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9.6.2009 Windows Server 2008 Is 45 Times Faster Than Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is no leas than 45 times faster than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003, in terms of network transfer speeds.
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22.11.2007 Windows 7 Server vs. Windows Server 2008 SP2 – Performance Comparison
It’s that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesn’t allow the benchmarking of its products as long as the software is still in development, but both the Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009.
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18.8.2009 Microsoft: Windows 7 Server, the Next Major Release of Windows Server
If there is one thing that Microsoft is more mute than Windows 7, then it’s Windows 7 Server.
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15.7.2008 Windows 7 Server Is Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 are both, much in the same sense, future iterations of the Windows Server platform.
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14.8.2008 Up next: Longhorn Server
Now that Windows Vista is finally finished, it's time to turn the spotlight onto the next version of Windows due to hit: Longhorn Server.
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11.11.2006 What is next for Windows Server
With Microsoft having just released to manufacturing SQL Server 2008 — the last unshipped piece of its updated application platform — it’s time to look ahead as to what’s next for Windows Server.
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7.8.2008 Two Server Releases, One Day
It's a busy day on Microsoft Connect today, as two new, and anxiously awaited downloads appear. It seems that both Beta 2 of Windows Home Server as well as the February CTP of Windows Server codenamed "Longhorn" have been released.
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17.2.2007 Home Server: The best kept secret ...
Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it.
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26.7.2007 Windows Server 2008: Need to Know
After many months of waiting, Microsoft finally released the Beta 3 version of Windows Server 2008 (previously codenamed "Longhorn"), a major milestone pre-release version of the next version of Windows Server.
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31.7.2007 Old server - Caffeine machine
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2
Whatsmore you don't need to wait until midnight to pick it up either :). As of now BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 is available at betaplace. We haven't updated ms.com yet (its coming) but the instructions are the same as the CTP. This time around there is the main product CD and a separate Adapters CD. Beta 2 had a strong quality bar (production beta for early adopters) so I think you are going to like it.
This week is Thanksgiving week. I never really understood why American's have their longest holiday of the year in the darkest time of the year - but then again coming from a country that celebrates X-mas on the beach with a cricket game what do you expect.
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23.11.2005 Windows Server 'Longhorn' Updated
Alongside the December CTP of Windows Vista, Microsoft has released build 5270 of Windows Server "Longhorn." Both operating systems are available on the same DVD image. Although development is currently in line with the client build, the next Windows Server won't be ready until 2007.
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19.12.2005 Longhorn Server 5600 Released
Longhorn 5600 was just released on
MS Connect, with the following builds:
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6.9.2006 Vista KMS activation server
This new KMS server, kms.vbs.net.cn (or vbs.net.cn), claims to operate 24 hours.
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9.12.2006VMware Releases Free Server
Software
VMware on Wednesday released
the final version of its
VMware Server virtualization
product, the successor to GSX
Server. Just like the beta
release that debuted in
February, VMware is making the
software available free of
charge, much like Microsoft
has done with Virtual Server
2005 R2...
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13.07.2006VMware Launches Free Server
Beta
As expected, VMware on Monday
introduced VMware Server, the
successor to GSX Server. The
company hopes that by giving
away its entry-level product,
it will drive users to upgrade
to its for-pay ESX Server, as
well as position the company
as the leader in
virtualization technology...
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06.02.2006A Switch from VMware Is a Tough Sell
Would you rather fight than switch from VMware vSphere to HyperV or Xen-based implementations? eWEEK Labs compares the benefits and drawbacks of
current virtualization platforms...
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16.07.2009Mark Russinovich: On Working at MS, Server 2008 Kernel, MinWin vs ServerCore, HyperV and more
Charles Torre: I recently sat down with Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich to dig a bit into what's new in the Windows Server 2008 kernel. Of course,
we talk about many things including HyperV, application virtualization, kernel architecture (not everybody defines an OS kernel in the same way - tune
in to understand why this is the case. Mark has his own definition that may not be the same as yours....).
Recently, the MinWin
project was in the press after a university video lecture by a Microsoft Windows architect was released on the net. Most people immediately confused
MinWin with Windows Server 2008's ServerCore technology - the confusion stems from the incorrect assumption that ServerCore is a byproduct of the
MinWin work. In fact, they are not at all related. Mark explains the differences and hopefully this will end the confusion...
Of
course, Mark spends time on the whiteboard in this interview, drawing out the kernel architecture, explaining HyperV, touching on application
virtualization (running client applications without having to install them locally - tune in to understand what I mean...).
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15.12.2007VMware Server 2 Beta Now Open
VMware has launched a public beta of Server 2, the latest version of the California company's software that allows physical servers to be partitioned
into multiple virtual machines...
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13.11.2007Security Vulnerability Found
in VMware
A "very serious"
security vulnerability has
been discovered in VMware's
line of virtual computing
products, including VMware
Workstation, GSX Server, ACE
and VMware Player. The flaw
could enable malware to
effectively "jump"
from the virtual machine onto
the real computer running
VMware software...
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22.12.2005VMware to Give Away Server
Software
VMware, a company that
specializes in products that
allow users to run more than
one operating system on their
machines, is expected to
announce next week that it
will give away its GSX Server
software for free. The company
also offers ESX Server,
however that will remain a
for-pay product...
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03.02.2006VMware Updates Its Free Offering, Includes Support for Windows Vista
VMware wants users to try its virtualization software on the house.
On Nov. 13, VMware will offer the beta version of its VMware
Server 2, a free virtualization tool that allows users to partition a single physical server into multiple virtual machines. The software works both
within Microsoft Windows and Linux environments.
VMware released the first version of its free software in February 2006, and the
company estimates that more than 3 million copies of the software has been downloaded since then. The new beta is available for download Nov. 13 and
will become generally available in the first half of 2008.
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13.11.2007VMware unmasks next-gen hypervisor
As expected, server virtualization kingpin VMware will today take the wraps off its next generation hypervisor, ESX Server 4.0, and the related tools
for managing it. They're now called vSphere rather than Virtual Infrastructure.
The vSphere stack embodies a strategy and
product set that VMware used to call the Virtual Data Center Operating System, or VDC-OS. Now, says Bogomil Balkansky, vice president of marketing at
VMware, it goes by the name Cloud OS.
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21.04.2009Server Vendors To Embed New VMware On Servers
VMware this week is shrinking its flagship ESX Server virtualization software so it can be embedded in servers from vendors such as IBM,
Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
VMware is unveiling the software, VMware ESX Server 3i, along with other enhancements to its product
line, to its solution providers and an estimated group of 10,000 attendees of its VMworld conference, which starts Tuesday in San Francisco.
ESX 3i has all the functionality of ESX Server, but was shrunk to fit in 32 Mbytes of memory instead of the previous 2 Gbytes in order to
let it be embedded on server motherboards, said Bogomil Balkansky, senior director of product marketing at VMware.
"That makes
it only 1 percent or 2 percent the size of a general purpose operating system," Balkansky said. "This has implications for reliability and security.
A smaller code base is more reliable. And it leaves less surface area for attacks."
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10.09.2007Last Friday's post (VMware ESX Server 3i)
Dave Northey: Looks like I've upset a few people. Sorry, that wasn't my intention.
I get to talk to a lot of people about a
lot of stuff. Virtualisation is one of them, and all I ever hear is VMware this and VMware that (and next to no one knows what Microsoft currently
offer - or have coming down the line).
I've posted a comment myself on
last Friday's post, but thought it
worthwhile posting this too:
So, in my defense (in an attempt to respond to all your comments)...
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15.10.2007VMware benchmark tool raises fairness questions
VMware is making a free
benchmarking tool available to
IT professionals today to
evaluate the performance of
virtualisation technology in
their datacentres. Meanwhile,
it seeks to assure competitors
that the benchmarking
standards will be fair to all
of them.
VMmark is
available for a free
download and can be used
to determine how well
virtualisation software works
with any of six typical
datacentre workloads: file
server, e-mail server, web
server, a stand-by server, an
online transaction processing
(OLTP) database and a Java
order entry system. VMmark
runs on either Linux or
Windows.
VMware
shared a prototype of VMmark
in October 2006 with members
of the Standard Performance
Evaluation (SPEC), an industry
group that establishes
performance benchmarks so
customers can evaluate
products. At that time, SPEC
had just formed a working
group to develop benchmarks
for virtualisation software.
It is still working on those
benchmarks...
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23.07.2007VMware to get hypervisor certified by Microsoft
Virtualization competitors VMware and Microsoft have found common ground in a deal that will let customers receive technical support for Microsoft
applications running on servers virtualized with VMwares hypervisor.
There doesnt seem to be any official announcement, but a
Microsoft spokeswoman said Tuesday that VMware has joined Microsofts Server Virtualization Validation Program. This means that VMware will try to get
its hypervisor certified by Microsoft, and once that happens Microsoft will offer technical support for Microsoft applications running on VMware
servers. Its not clear when those support plans would become available.
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20.08.2008VMware Releases New Converter Tool
VMware on Monday released a
beta version of VMware
Converter 3, a tool that takes
a physical computer system and
transforms it into a virtual
machine image to be used with
the company's products. The
new release combines two
previously separate tools:
VMware P2V Assistant and
Virtual Machine Importer...
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02.10.2006Intel, VMware Partner In Virtual Machine Migration
Intel on Thursday said it is working with VMware on technology that makes it possible to move software-running virtual machines from servers running
older Intel processors to the chipmaker's next-generation Xeon designs.
VMware is building support for Intel's FlexMigration
assist for virtualized environments in VMware's Vmotion technology, which is used to move running virtual machines from one physical server to
another. The collaboration is expected to help VMware customers move virtual machines to Intel's upcoming processors based on its 45nm scale process
technology, Jake Smith of Intel's Advance Server Technology Group told InformationWeek.
Intel is scheduled to ship in November
its first 45nm server chip built using 45-nanometer technology, codenamed Penryn. That release is expected to be followed in 2008 with Nehalem,
codename for Intel's upcoming microarchitecture. ..
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28.09.2007VMware Adds Cloud, Desktop Infrastructure to its Virtualization Roadmap
As the 2008 VMworld conference kicks off, VMware is detailing a new roadmap that will take the company beyond virtualization as a server and data
center infrastructure consolidation tool and into the world of cloud computing. VMware executives believe that they will be able to offer a
combination of virtualization software and services that will allow an enterprises data center to resemble what Google has done. VMware is also
looking enhance its ability with desktop virtualization.
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15.09.2008VMware CEO Calls Microsoft No Threat To VMware Virtualization Sales
VMware CEO Paul Maritz said that despite Microsoft entering the virtualization market with its Hyper-V product earlier this year, VMware has not seen
much of an impact on its sales. Maritz made those observations after VMware announced its third-quarter financial results that beat Wall Street
expectations. In the next few months, Maritz said that VMware also plans to update its client management suite.
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22.10.2008VMware Workstation 5.5 Now
Available
VMware released the latest
version of its VMware
Workstation product on
Wednesday, adding better
support for 64-bit operating
systems and hardware,
experimental support for
two-way SMP, and enhancements
to the virtual machine
importer and command line
interface...
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01.12.2005vCharter Pro for VMware ESX Server Reviewed
This is a powerful performance monitoring and reporting system for servers running VMware ESX Server. Web-based dashboards show the resources in use
by servers and their VMs, while the reporting module delivers printable reports of historical data.
Vizioncore's vCharter Pro
provides comprehensive monitoring of alerts and resource utilisation for servers running VMware ESX Server and for the virtual machines (VMs) running
on those servers.
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07.07.2008VMware Forms Virtualization
Alliance
Banding together with
companies such as IBM, HP,
Hitachi and Sun, VMware
announced Monday the creation
of the Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure Alliance. The
group will help VMware promote
its virtualization solutions,
and the company will work with
each partner to build joint
offerings...
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