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Microsoft has announced the formal name and beta availability of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008—a member of the System Center suite of server management products. The announcements came April 29 at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas, which showcased the beta of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM) managing both Hyper-V and VMware virtual infrastructure. 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.
To download the VMM 2008 beta, visit the Microsoft Connect download site and follow these instructions:
Sign in with Live ID or click Register for Connect today to get a free Live ID.
Once in Connect, select Connection Directory from the Connect menu at the top of the page.
Within the Connection Directory, select Server from the Categories menu.
Go to SCVMM 2008 Beta Program and click + Add to Your Dashboard.
Return to the Connect menu at the top of the page and click Your Dashboard.
Find SCVMM 2008 Beta Program, which has been added to Your Dashboard, and click to the program home page.
Review information and follow the link on the SCVMM 2008 Beta Program home page to download the beta bits.
System Center Web Sites
Virtual Machine Manager
Future Version-2008 Beta
