Microsoft Releases System Center Virtual Machine Manager Beta 2
Wednesday, 25 April 2007 by Michel Roth
Microsoft has released Beta 2 of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager. The major upgrades in this System Center Virtual Machine Manager beta 2 are:

• Completely new, easy-to-use and intuitive UI based on the System Center look-and-feel (same as System Center Operations Manager 2007, Service Desk and System Center Essentials)
• Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) Conversions (Windows Server® 2000 or Windows Server 2003 are supported)
• Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) Conversions – Using the Windows PowerShell® interface, converts a VMWare disk or a whole VM to the analogous VS vhd\vm representation
• 64-bit VMM server support
• Every VMM component is now remotely installable, including the VMM server, library server, delegated provisioning portal, administrative console and data store
• Full Windows PowerShell support with documentation – automate away!
• Better overall performance and scalability
• Every feature from Beta 1 with more functionality and enhancements
• Microsoft virtualization offers an unparalleled opportunity for IT departments to maximize their hardware resources and become truly operational agile. We invite you to download and evaluate VMM see how your company can benefit from a whole new level of virtual machine management that harnesses this transformative technology

Connect and try it.

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