Why doesn't Microsoft support virtualizing a Server OS on Windows 7?

Posted by Nathan DeWitt on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Nathan DeWitt
Published on 2011-03-13T04:25:47Z Indexed on 2011/03/13 8:17 UTC
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Microsoft doesn't support any server operating systems in Windows Virtual PC. Virtual Server 2005 doesn't run on Windows 7. Hyper-V is great, but I don't want to run Server 2008 as my main OS, and I love having Windows 7 run on the bare metal. I don't want to mess around with a dual boot.

My only option to continue developing in Windows 7 with a virtual server environment on hand is VMWare or VirtualBox. Other members in my team use Hyper-V, and VHDs are common. I'd prefer to be able to use their VHDs, so that leaves me VirtualBox.

Does anyone know if Microsoft is planning on bringing server virtualization back to the workstation?

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