The Windows Virtualization Team has been busy! Over the last few weeks they made some big announcements. You can follow their news and release information first hand by visiting or subscribing to their blog.

  • Windows Hyper-V Release Candidate made available on March 19, 2008. Compared to the Beta version the RC as improved usability, additional guest OS support, and better performance. More on the RC release.
  • Windows Hyper-V Manager MMC Release Candidate made available March 25, 2008. You can now manage your Hyper-V Servers from Windows Vista SP1 clients. More on the Manager MMC.
  • Linux Integration Components for Windows Hyper-V RC are now available as of April 1, 2008. See screen shots and learn how get download these components from Windows Virtualization Team Blog post.