Equanet have recently come back from the Microsoft World Partner Conference, which really cemented the reach that Microsoft has with over 15,000 partners attending the conference. One of the key take aways was the next release of Windows 8 and some of the elements that are going to be included in it.
Windows Server 8, the server complement of Windows 8 client, is on the same development track and path as Windows 8 client.
Microsoft is suggesting Windows Server 8 is a key private-cloud building block, which means virtualisation will be critical to the next release. Microsoft demonstrated only one of what officials said would be several of more than 100 new features coming in the next version of Windows Server: The next version of its Hyper-V hypervisor.
The coming Hyper-V Replica feature provides asynchronous virtual machine replication. All users will need is Hyper-V and a network connection. Users will be able to schedule replication to happen immediately or later. The new feature will allow users to do things such as replicate their mission-critical database to an offsite data vendor such as Equanet Cloud. Microsoft also is going to allow Windows Server 8 users to replicate unlimitedly without charging additional fees per virtual machine.
Microsoft is also believed to be providing the next version of its Hyper-V hypervisor in the Windows 8 client, as well, though Microsoft has yet to announce this officially.
You can see this demonstration here, and fast forward to 38:00mins.
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