Microsoft has postponed a handful of its "Viridian" hypervisor features in order to maintain its goal of delivering the technology as an add-on to Longhorn Server within 180 days of Longhorn Server's ...

Not too long ago AppZero chief executive Greg O'Connor explained to me that Microsoft and AppZero were working together to help companies still running windows applications on Windows Server 2003 to ...

Microsoft has made a host of improvements to its core virtualization stack in the latest version of its flagship server. The next version of Windows Server is finally here! It's been a long time ...

The new policies, which go into effect Dec. 1, give customers flexibility and simplicity when running Windows Server system products in virtual machine environments, Microsoft said. Under Microsoft&s ...

In the complex and frustrating world of virtualization licensing, Microsoft has had its ups and downs and caused its fair share of IT aggravation. Licensing Microsoft products in a physical world has ...

In a major reworking of Microsoft's Windows Server licensing, the company has announced that there will be just four Windows Server 2012 SKUs. With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft is moving to a ...

As Microsoft readies Hyper-V, the new hypervisor software that forms the foundation for virtualization in Windows Server 2008, VMware is finally facing some real competition in the Windows server ...

The two companies also said they will collaborate on making sure their virtualization technologies are interoperable. The agreement comes on the heels of seven consecutive quarters of x86 server sales ...

Novell announced Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program. Novell's participation will allow customers to run Windows Server 2008 as a virtualized guest on top ...

Microsoft does it again. Just when you thought you were completely confused about Microsoft virtualization licensing, they do it again. Remember when Microsoft announced their virtualization license ...

Microsoft last week stepped into the virtualization market dominated by VMware with the introduction of Virtual Server 2005. The product, which it acquired from Connectix in 2003, allows network ...

Virtualization the move from real, physical hardware to virtual hardware is being seen as one of the next big things in IT. There are more virtualization options for IT departments than ever before, ...