Microsoft announced today to its beta testers Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now out of beta program. The R2 release as we already know will introduce the following changes:

• Clustering virtual machines across hosts
• Host clustering support
• 64-bit (x64) host support
• Up to 50% drop in CPU utilization
• PXE network boot support
• Linux guest support

As a much appreciated plus Microsoft accorded to every beta tester a complimentary licensed copy of Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition (both x86 and x64 editions)!