Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 release candidate available for download now.

The Virtualization team is pleased to announce the availability of the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate for download. Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, our free standalone hypervisor, represents our continued commitment to providing high performance, hypervisor based virtualization for everyone, especially small and mid-market customers. This release underscores our customer focus by adding key new capabilities such as Live Migration and High Availability (and more.). The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Release Candidate is available here:

https://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx

For more information see the Windows Virtualization Team Blog here.