Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
August 20, 2007
Q. What's new in Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1?A. Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, which you can download at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/, contains the following new functionality:
32 physical processor support for the Enterprise edition
Native 64-bit Windows host support (not guest however)
Virtual Server host clustering
iSCSI support
Enhanced PXE boot
Hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT & AMD-V)
VHD Mount command-line tools and API
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) support
Default size for dynamically expanding disks increased from 16GB to 127GB
More than 64 virtual machines (VMs) on 64-bit hosts
Service publication using Active Directory Service Connection Points. This allows all instances of the Virtual Server service to be located within the forest
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