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Accelerating IT, one customer at a time using Microsoft technologies and virtualisation, Windows OS, SQL Server 2008, and online services.

Information and announcements from program managers, product managers, developers, and testers in the Microsoft Windows Virtualization Team.

Of the Fortune Top 100 Companies in 2009, 98 percent are using Windows Server products. Find out why.

Check out all the huge changes happening with Windows Server 2008 R2.

Get tips on managing a virtual environment. This blog from the program management team for System Center Virtual Machine manager is intended to share ideas with customers and partners.

Cut costs and build value with Microsoft Virtualisation.

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 may sound like it's simply an updated release of Windows Server 2008, but it goes far beyond that: it includes many new features and technical innovations that were not available in the previous release.

There are a number of new Active Directory Domain Services features in Windows Server 2008. These new features improve auditing, security, and the management of Active Directory Domain Services and show Microsoft's commitment to evolving Active Directory Domain Services. The following is an overview of the new Active Directory Domain Services features that are in Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 R2 adds powerful enhancements to Hyper-V including increased availability, improved management, and simplified deployments. The new version of Hyper-V also includes an exciting feature called Live Migration — the ability to move virtual servers across physical hosts in the datacentre with no perceived downtime for users, so IT can restructure the datacentre as business needs demand without stopping important work streams.

Download a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact of upgrading from a previous version of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 R2 provides enhanced management control over resources across the enterprise.

Learn how Windows Server 2008 R2 helped a software developer go green and save money.

With the real cost savings and benefits that can be realised with virtualisation, such as reduced server sprawl, increasing returns on hardware, and more, many organisations are applying a strategy for virtualisation.

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 is a powerful virtualisation technology that can be used by corporate IT to consolidate under-utilized servers, lowering TCO and maintaining or improving Quality of Service. Through a series of test scenarios that are representative of SQL Server application fundamentals, this document provides best practice recommendations on running SQL Server in Windows Hyper-V environment.

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Live Migration provides the highest uptime for virtual machines and enables a dynamic IT infrastructure.

The forum for questions on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services (formerly Terminal Services).

Discussion System Center Virtual Machine Manager with other IT pros.