Inside Windows 2008 R2 Virtualization Improvements and Native VHD Support

In this session you'll get an inside look at new Windows virtualization features, including dynamic virtual memory, live VM migration, hypervisor power management support and new hardware-assisted guest memory management. VHDs are taking on a more key role in simplifying systems management and Windows 7's integrated VHD mount and boot from VHD are a major step toward standardization on VHDs as a common container format for physical and virtual machine images. Learn how Windows 7 implements a native VHD stack and how the boot architecture has changed to accommodate booting from VHD images.