System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, now with Service Pack 1 (SP1), helps enable centralized management of physical and virtual IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization platforms. It includes end-to-end capabilities such as planning, deploying, managing, and optimizing the virtual infrastructure. 
 
You can use Virtual Machine Manager to maximize your datacenter resources and promote IT agility while leveraging your existing skills.

Key Benefits

  • Centrally create & manage virtual machines across datacenters
  • Easily consolidate multiple physical servers onto virtual hosts
  • Rapidly provision and optimize virtual machines
  • Dynamically manage virtual resources through management packs

What's New

  • Virtual Machine Manager 2012 RC

    Try out the Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Release Candidate

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  • Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 Beta

    Learn about this free, fully supported partner-extensible solution built on Windows Server® 2008 R2, Hyper-V™ technology, and Virtual Machine Manager

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