Microsoft Thursday did something it rarely does. The company released a beta for a long-awaited technology — in this case its Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V — ahead of schedule.

Microsoft on Thursday released its Hyper-V virtualization technology, a day after it was widely reported the software was about to go into final release. People can now download Hyper-V for Windows ...

Microsoft has just released the final version of its Hyper-V virtualization engine. This is known as Hyper-V “RTM” for Released To Manufacturing. I’m so interested in how it works that I’m gearing up ...