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Exit Viridian, Enter Hyper-V

Tuesday, 13 November 2007 by Michel Roth

Another rename. At the ITforum in Barcelona Microsoft announced the real name of "Viridian" or "Windows Server Virtualization". it's going to be called "Hyper-V". Kind of a cool name...

It's not just the rename, Microsoft also announced in which versions of Windows Server 2008 will be included and in which it won't be included: "The Hyper-V feature will be included by default in the Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter versions of Windows Server 2008."

They also announced that they will be creating their own ESX.... (oops did I say that out load)...their own dedicated hypervisor server (am I making any sense at all). Well they started it: "We also announced that we will be building a new separate product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server, which is a standalone hypervisor-based virtualization product. The Microsoft Hyper-V Server will be based on the same hypervisor virtualization technology that is in the Hyper-V feature included with Windows Server 2008."

Lots more interesting information at the Windows Server Division Blog.

Update: I almost forgot: it's all about the money, right? Well actually no, but there are the prices of Windows Server 2008 anyway:

Windows Server 2008 Standard: $999 (with five Client Access Licenses, or CALs)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: $3,999 (with 25 CALs)
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: $2,999 (per processor)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems: $2,999 (per processor)
Windows Web Server 2008: $469
Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V: $971 (with five CALs)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V: $3,971 (with 25 CALs)
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: $2,971 (per processor)"

So your typical Terminal Server is a steal a under a thousand bucks, right?...