Microsoft informed that the live migration for Hyper-V will be in Windows Server 2008 R2.

RTM version of operating system Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 has been realized. And will be available to download in November 2008.

RTM of R2 version is ready to download. RTM R2 supports Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 and integrates support for application virtualization. The following features are new: Application Virtualization Forefront Client Security Integration SQL Reporting Services Reporting Client Status Reporting Operating System Deployment (OSD) Enhancements More details and link to download is here

Microsoft published new guide about planning and design infrastructure in Windows Server 2008. Main subject are: System Center Operations Manager 2007 System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Internet Information Services 7.0 NAP Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization Windows Deployment Services Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Windows Server Virtualization: Hyper-V [...]

System State is backup file included: The System Registry The COM+ Class Registry Database Boot and System Files Windows File Protection System Files Active Directory Database (Domain Controller) SYSVOL Directory (Domain Controller) Certificate Services Database (Certificate Server) Cluster Service Configuration Information (Failover Cluster) IIS Metadirectory (Web Application Server)