SBS 2008 premium...

I have another question RE: SBS 2008 premium...

Would the SBS premium edition ship with Windows Server 2008 R2? I am
assuming yes but want to verify for sure... Apparently the R2 version has
really improved on the Hyper V virtualization side of things...

Thanks, Brad

No, it's Server 2008 RTM.

While there are improvements in Hyper-V, as well as the rest of Windows
Server, in R2, none of them are critical to implementing a virtual solution
and shouldn't be the determinant for making the move. That being said, you
also have the option of using the free Hyper-V Server R2 as your
virtualization parent. It does mean some command line setup, and you'll need
a Win7 client to manage the hyper-v side of things if you don't feel
comfortable with PowerShell. But it gets you all the updated features in
Hyper-V R2.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Brad Pears" <> wrote in message
news:uVl$R%...
>I have another question RE: SBS 2008 premium...
>
> Would the SBS premium edition ship with Windows Server 2008 R2? I am
> assuming yes but want to verify for sure... Apparently the R2 version has
> really improved on the Hyper V virtualization side of things...
>
> Thanks, Brad
>

Brad Pears wrote:

>I have another question RE: SBS 2008 premium...
>
>Would the SBS premium edition ship with Windows Server 2008 R2? I am
>assuming yes but want to verify for sure... Apparently the R2 version has
>really improved on the Hyper V virtualization side of things...

No, it ships with Windows Server 2008.

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Ok, that at least sounds good then!! Thanks for the response!

Brad
"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No, it's Server 2008 RTM.
>
> While there are improvements in Hyper-V, as well as the rest of Windows
> Server, in R2, none of them are critical to implementing a virtual
> solution and shouldn't be the determinant for making the move. That being
> said, you also have the option of using the free Hyper-V Server R2 as your
> virtualization parent. It does mean some command line setup, and you'll
> need a Win7 client to manage the hyper-v side of things if you don't feel
> comfortable with PowerShell. But it gets you all the updated features in
> Hyper-V R2.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
>
>
>
>
> "Brad Pears" <> wrote in message
> news:uVl$R%...
>>I have another question RE: SBS 2008 premium...
>>
>> Would the SBS premium edition ship with Windows Server 2008 R2? I am
>> assuming yes but want to verify for sure... Apparently the R2 version
>> has really improved on the Hyper V virtualization side of things...
>>
>> Thanks, Brad
>>
>

Hey Charlie... I jsut thought of another question.... You indicated that I
would need a windows 7 client to manage the hyper V side of things... Can I
manage the hyper V installation on the server from my own Windows 7 pc OR
would I need to create a virtual windows 7 hyper v client on the virtualized
server to do this???

Thanks, Brad
PS... I am completlely new to virualization...


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No, it's Server 2008 RTM.
>
> While there are improvements in Hyper-V, as well as the rest of Windows
> Server, in R2, none of them are critical to implementing a virtual
> solution and shouldn't be the determinant for making the move. That being
> said, you also have the option of using the free Hyper-V Server R2 as your
> virtualization parent. It does mean some command line setup, and you'll
> need a Win7 client to manage the hyper-v side of things if you don't feel
> comfortable with PowerShell. But it gets you all the updated features in
> Hyper-V R2.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
>
>
>
>
> "Brad Pears" <> wrote in message
> news:uVl$R%...
>>I have another question RE: SBS 2008 premium...
>>
>> Would the SBS premium edition ship with Windows Server 2008 R2? I am
>> assuming yes but want to verify for sure... Apparently the R2 version
>> has really improved on the Hyper V virtualization side of things...
>>
>> Thanks, Brad
>>
>

You can use any Windows 7 (Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate) that has
network connectivity to the host. Your host will NOT be a domain member, so
there are some issues setting up initial connectivity, but using HVRemote
will solve those pretty easily.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Brad Pears" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hey Charlie... I jsut thought of another question.... You indicated that I
> would need a windows 7 client to manage the hyper V side of things... Can
> I manage the hyper V installation on the server from my own Windows 7 pc
> OR would I need to create a virtual windows 7 hyper v client on the
> virtualized server to do this???
>
> Thanks, Brad
> PS... I am completlely new to virualization...
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> No, it's Server 2008 RTM.
>>
>> While there are improvements in Hyper-V, as well as the rest of Windows
>> Server, in R2, none of them are critical to implementing a virtual
>> solution and shouldn't be the determinant for making the move. That being
>> said, you also have the option of using the free Hyper-V Server R2 as
>> your virtualization parent. It does mean some command line setup, and
>> you'll need a Win7 client to manage the hyper-v side of things if you
>> don't feel comfortable with PowerShell. But it gets you all the updated
>> features in Hyper-V R2.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Brad Pears" <> wrote in message
>> news:uVl$R%...
>>>I have another question RE: SBS 2008 premium...
>>>
>>> Would the SBS premium edition ship with Windows Server 2008 R2? I am
>>> assuming yes but want to verify for sure... Apparently the R2 version
>>> has really improved on the Hyper V virtualization side of things...
>>>
>>> Thanks, Brad
>>>
>>
>
>