A press release was issued today by Microsoft. It has a whole bunch of new statements on the MS front, including licensing, new features, and requirements changes. The big ones are:
- Hyper-V Dynamic Memory will be added in W2008 R2 SP1.
- A new smoother VDI experience for VDI customers in W2008 R2 SP1.
- VDI licensing for SA customers won’t require and additional license for PC clients.
- XP Mode will no longer require CPU assisted virtualisation.
That last one was a pain in the butt when it came to Virtual PC for Windows 7. You had to dig deep to find out if your Dell, HP, etc, machine had a supported CPU. And manufacturers like Sony produced machines quite recently that hid the functionality if it was there. This change by Microsoft removes the guess work.
No schedules were announced. Check out the press release to see all of the announcement.
Credit to Mark Wilson (MVP) for making me aware of this.