Microsoft recently released the Developer Preview of Windows Server 8. As I have been looking into Windows Server 8, I came across some good resources. For those interested, here’s what I found so far:
Category Archives: Windows 8
How to run Windows 8 in a Virtual Environment
The Building Windows 8 blog, which is a great resource for learning about and keeping up with Windows 8, has a post that speaks to running the Windows 8 Developer Preview in a virtual environment. The post lists the following assessment:
Functional:
- Hyper-V in Windows 8 Developer Preview
- Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2
- VMware Workstation 8.0 for Windows
- VirtualBox 4.1.2 for Windows
Non-functional:
- Microsoft Virtual PC (all versions)
- Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions)
- Windows 7 XP Mode
- VMWare Workstation 7.x or older
The post can be read here.