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10-04-11, 10:49 AM
Virtual machine technology has been around for about 10 years now, with VMWare probably the best well known company to make virtualization software. Microsoft entered the field a few years ago and found that many users like the idea of a sandbox operating system, i.e. anoOperating system running inside another operating system, but one did not interfere with the other.
The most current version of an operating system at Microsoft is the Hyper V that is found on the Server 2008 R2 series. *But it has been revealed that Windows 8 will carry a virtualization feature as well. *This can be significant from a business perspective.
Consider that one of the biggest hold backs to any new operating system are the legacy programs that it may abandon. How long will Excel 2003 be supported? How long will Windows XP be supported? What about specific software programs that are written for an operating system, that is seeing it’s last legs? The program works, but only on that specific OS. With virtualization legacy concerns go away. The latest OS can have an earlier OS in place as well as the other programs.
Now with Windows 8, this feature will be part of the OS. At least that is what is being reported. But it makes sense. The underlying notion that any new software upgrade that happens will have many companies jumping to that is just not true. Besides costs, there are training issues, and software and hardware compatibility issues as well. *But at least the issue of software compatibility will not be a hold up.
Whether the deployment will be built in to Windows 8 or be a role is still not clear. In windows 2008 R2, the Hyper-V feature, which the virtualization, is a role. That means that you have to add it to add the program to the system, not a complete installation, rather it would be more like a component add on.
The most current version of an operating system at Microsoft is the Hyper V that is found on the Server 2008 R2 series. *But it has been revealed that Windows 8 will carry a virtualization feature as well. *This can be significant from a business perspective.
Consider that one of the biggest hold backs to any new operating system are the legacy programs that it may abandon. How long will Excel 2003 be supported? How long will Windows XP be supported? What about specific software programs that are written for an operating system, that is seeing it’s last legs? The program works, but only on that specific OS. With virtualization legacy concerns go away. The latest OS can have an earlier OS in place as well as the other programs.
Now with Windows 8, this feature will be part of the OS. At least that is what is being reported. But it makes sense. The underlying notion that any new software upgrade that happens will have many companies jumping to that is just not true. Besides costs, there are training issues, and software and hardware compatibility issues as well. *But at least the issue of software compatibility will not be a hold up.
Whether the deployment will be built in to Windows 8 or be a role is still not clear. In windows 2008 R2, the Hyper-V feature, which the virtualization, is a role. That means that you have to add it to add the program to the system, not a complete installation, rather it would be more like a component add on.