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If you missed the Microsoft Get Virtual Now Virtualization Event in Bellevue, WA today then check out the recorded Keynote session presented by Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President Server and Tools Business, and Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer. This 45 minute video, recorded and provided by Microsoft, provides live demonstrations of App-V, VDI with Windows Vista on Citrix XenDesktop, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and the newly announced, bare metal installable, and free Hyper-V Server 2008. This Keynote also features the first public demonstration of the new Live Migration feature announced to be included in the future release of Server 2008 R2.

Much like when VMware used to frequently demonstrate Vmotion, at around 35 minutes into the Keynote Bob Muglia streams a video from a virtual machine that is live migrated between hosts in a Server 2008 cluster. When the migration is completed without any disruption Bob declares “There is no magic in Vmotion. It’s just a feature.”

Click this link to watch the video in your desktop media player. If the link does not work from your browser then right click the link and save the .asx file to your desktop. Then double click the saved file.

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The following summary of announcements from today’s event was also provided for the Press by Microsoft:

Product-related news at today’s event included the following:

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a new hypervisor-based server virtualization product, will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 provides a simplified, reliable, and optimized virtualization solution that allows customers to consolidate Windows or Linux workloads onto a single physical server. Hyper-V Server 2008 allows customers to leverage their existing patching, provisioning, management and support tools, processes and skills.
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 will be released within 30 days. System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables customers to configure and deploy new virtual machines and centrally manage their virtualized infrastructure, whether running on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 or VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3. System Center Virtual Machine Manager is part of the System Center suite of products, which provides centralized, enterprise-class management of physical and virtual resources across desktops and datacenters.
• Microsoft demonstrated for the first time a live migration feature of Windows Server 2008 R2. Live migration utilizes the integrated hypervisor technology and high-availability features of the server operating system so that customers can move running applications between servers to accommodate changing, dynamic computing needs across a datacenter. In addition to other features, the next version of Microsoft Hyper-V Server will have live migration capabilities.
• Last week Microsoft released Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, which gives desktop users a boost in fully harnessing the power of Windows Vista by streaming resource-heavy applications to the desktop. This helps eliminate potential software conflicts driving desktop stability and performance, while simultaneously enabling IT managers to centrally control key applications and their use. Application Virtualization 4.5 will be included as part of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2008 R2, which is due for general availability in the coming weeks.
• The “Get Virtual Now” event series is designed to educate more than 250,000 IT professionals on Microsoft virtualization products, deployment tools and partner solutions. The series of more than 125 events started Aug. 3 in South Africa, continued today with the U.S. kickoff event and by early 2009 will have covered more than 50 other countries.

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