Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 Beta Now Available !

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Microsoft has announced the formal name and beta availability download of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008—a member of the System Center suite of server management products. As you may know, SCVMM works has been designed to work seamlessly managing Hyper-V virtual instances (built-into Windows Server 2008) Additional functionality, new to this version of VMM, includes Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO), which dynamically tunes virtual infrastructure, simplified virtual host cluster support, and other improvements and enhancements.

  • Hypervisor Management – Hyper-V, VMware
  • Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster integration
  • Delegated Administration
  • Improved Resource Calibration/Optimization

Also, to demonstrate our commitment to leveraging tools cross-platform, we can interoprate and intergrate with existing VM Ware installations. In terms of features, SCVMM 2008 can now provide:

Unified management experience

  • Physical and Virtual
  • Hyper-V and VMware
  • Full virtual machine management
  • VMotion, Resource Pools, etc.

Enhanced capabilities

  • Intelligent Placement
  • Library
  • Powershell
  • Application aware calibration