Published on May 24, 2006

Pushes virtualization at WinHEC and acquires Softricity

Microsoft plans to launch a beta of its virtualization hypervisor management console earlier then previously expected.
The launch is now slated for the end of this year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said in an opening keynote at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager

The final product is slated for release within 180 days after the launch of Microsoft's next server operating system codenamed Windows Longhorn Server, which is expected to ship late 2007.

Microsoft also unveiled the new System Center Virtual Machine Manager. The tool allows users to manage images and templates and migrate workloads between different virtual machines.

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