Microsoft Corp. released a beta version of new virtualization software called Hyper-V, and is made available as a public beta with Windows Server 2008 RC1 Enterprise edition.

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is the hypervisor-based virtualization feature included as a role of Windows Server 2008. It contains everything needed to support machine virtualization. Hyper-V enables IT organizations to reduce costs, to improve server utilization and to create a more-dynamic IT infrastructure.