During IT Forum 2007 Barcelona www.buit.org reports about a demo where System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is used to manage Virtual Server 2006, Hyper-V and also VMware ESX from one single console.

Can we expect this span of control for other SC products? Just imagine:

• Managing Altiris through SCCM 2007?
• Managing and controlling HPOV components directly through SCSM?

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War on VM starts

Windows Server 2008 / SQL2008 / Visual Studio 2008 will be launched on Feb. 27th next year. This is a joint launch with a phased product release. This launch will be the biggest launch event ever, split up in 300 events and will have a reach of 15.000.000 people.

Some other Announcements:

• The new virtual server role in Server 2008 (Viridian) has lost its codename and will be called Hyper-V. The server running this role will be Hyper-V Server.
• Next t o Windows Server 2008 there will also be 2 servers for small businesses, called Windows Small Business Server 2008 (75 seats) & Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (300 seats)
• In the summer of 2008 Microsoft will release Microsoft Application Virtualization formally known as SoftGrid.
• Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) will be renamed to Windows Deployment and will be capable to deploy clients as well servers.

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