Microsoft vNext Is Just Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1

Thursday, 09 March 2006 by Michel Roth

Update: Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming vNext has finally been named Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1.

Several times in these months virtualization.info reported the news of an upcoming update for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2.
It was supposed to be a new release, expected for 2H 2006 and sporting some new interesting features.

But the IDF 2006 annoncement made by Intel and Microsoft mentions a Service Pack for Virtual Server 2005 R2 in that timeframe, not a new product.
And since the major new feature, support for Intel VT, is underlined, there are great chances the so-called vNext will be just this Service Pack.

If so Microsoft customers could not see a new major virtualization product until 1,5-2 years, when codename Longhorn Server will gain virtualization capabilities with the Windows Hypervisor (codename Viridian).

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