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Microsoft has released the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V! As promised, Hyper-V was released within 180 days after the RTM if Windows Server 2008. It was released over a month before the deadline set by the Hyper-V team.

Hyper-V can be downloaded from Microsoft today (starting at 12:00PM PST). It will also be pushed out through Windows Update in the next "patch Tuesday" release cycle which is July 8th.

There is more information on the Hyper-V release here:

• Microsoft PressPass announcement: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/jun08/06-26hyperv.mspx
• official hyper-v site: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v
• Windows Server Team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/06/25/microsoft-com-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx
• server and tools news blog: http://blogs.technet.com/stbnewsbytes/archive/2008/06/26/it-s-here-windows-server-2008-hyper-v-is-available-for-download.aspx
• virtualization team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/06/26/wu-hoo-only-12-days-to-wu.aspx
• Virtualization Solutions Accelerators: http://www.microsoft.com/vsa