| Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server “Longhorn” Virtualization |
| Wednesday, 19 July 2006 by Michel Roth | |||
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“Microsoft’s commitment to customers is to build bridges across the industry with solutions that are interoperable by design,” said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft. “Our work with XenSource, a recognized leader in open source virtualization technology, reflects that commitment and Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to bring virtualization solutions to the mainstream and help customers progress toward self-managing dynamic systems.” The joint efforts between the two companies will deliver the following customer benefits: • Interoperability by design through collaborative development of two leaders in virtualization technology • A flexible, high-performance and more reliable virtualization solution with Windows Server “Longhorn,” optimized to support heterogeneous software environments and a wide array of hardware • Microsoft technical support for issues regarding interoperability with Xen-enabled Linux guest operating systems through the standard Microsoft technical support process Microsoft anticipates providing a beta release of Windows Server virtualization by the end of 2006 and plans to release the solution to manufacturing (RTM) within 180 days of the RTM of Windows Server “Longhorn,” which is targeted for the end of 2007. Microsoft currently provides virtual machine add-ins and technical support for Linux guest operating systems running on Virtual Server 2005 R2. Read the entire press release here.
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