Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 ends its beta

November 10, 2005

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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)!

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