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On the Windows Server Division blog, Ward Ralston, Group Product Manager of Windows Server Marketing, announced that Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released and available the same time of Windows 7.
This means both client and server operating systems will be released togeather at the same time (first time since the release of Windows 2000 server and workstation).
When Microsoft released Windows 2008, Microsoft decided to include just a beta version of the hypervisor (Hyper-V) within Windows, subsequently an update (RTM) was released via the Windows Update service.
This time Hyper-V version 2 will be RTM and part of the final release!! (All publicy available on October the 22nd 2009!!)
The only edition of Hyper-V 2.0 that will be delayed is the stand-alone platform Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, which Microsoft will release within 30 days the release of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft partners will have access to Hyper-V 2.0 starting the second half of July, through MSDN and TechNet software subscriptions.
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