Microsoft will be putting Hyper-V virtulization into Windows 8 server to
improve performance and organization. That's it -- so far -- but I guess in September we'll hear a lot more on
the Hyper-V
front and its possible integration in Windows 8. The question at this point is: Will Hyper-V really make it into the client or is
this just some pre-beta experiment? If it's built-in (and I think that's highly
likely), Hyper-V is a big step towards decoupling Windows 8 from its
predecessors. In theory, by running all legacy applications virtualized
you'd get rid of legacy components and security issues that plague Windows OS
today -- as ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley hinted at over a year
ago, referring to a spokesperson of Microsoft France. Virtual
applications could be integrated seamlessly into the host desktop with next to
no performance loss (remember, we're dealing with a Type 1 client hypervisor
running on bare hardware; Virtual PC is a Type 2 with more layers in between and
more performance overhead). Still, there's this issue of VM maintenance,
security and its resource utilization.
improve performance and organization. That's it -- so far -- but I guess in September we'll hear a lot more on
the Hyper-V
front and its possible integration in Windows 8. The question at this point is: Will Hyper-V really make it into the client or is
this just some pre-beta experiment? If it's built-in (and I think that's highly
likely), Hyper-V is a big step towards decoupling Windows 8 from its
predecessors. In theory, by running all legacy applications virtualized
you'd get rid of legacy components and security issues that plague Windows OS
today -- as ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley hinted at over a year
ago, referring to a spokesperson of Microsoft France. Virtual
applications could be integrated seamlessly into the host desktop with next to
no performance loss (remember, we're dealing with a Type 1 client hypervisor
running on bare hardware; Virtual PC is a Type 2 with more layers in between and
more performance overhead). Still, there's this issue of VM maintenance,
security and its resource utilization.
