Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Hard Drive Images

The Microsoft VHD file format specifies a virtual machine hard disk that can reside on a native host file system encapsulated within a single file. The format is used by Virtual PC 2007, Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Hyper-V and all future versions of Microsoft Windows Server that includes hypervisor-based virtualization technology.

The two virtual machines available for download include the Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Full Evaluation, and the Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Server Core Evaluation. For more information on the difference between full and core installation please see the Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions Overview pages.

The VHD releases are available in English only and are for evaluation and testing purposes. Further information such as registration details, and evaluation periods are available via the download instructions.