Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 has been available for a little over two weeks now and today I decided to upgrade my RC version to the full release version.

Some of the improvements in the Service Pack 1 release include

  • Hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT & AMD-V) 
  • VHD Mount Command-line Tool and APIs
  • Support for Volume Shadow Copy Service
  • Larger default size for dynamically expanding virtual hard disks
     (Up from 16 GB to 127 GB)
  • Support for greater than 64 virtual machines on x64-based hosts
  • Host clustering
  • Virtual SCSI fix for Linux guests
  • VMRC ActiveX control uses Internet Explorer Security Zones
  • Service Publication using Active Directory Service Connection Points

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