Microsoft is readying eight SKUs of Windows Server 2008,
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Cheap Microsoft Office 2007, which is reporting from the TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, Microsoft has finalized the WIndows Server 2008 line-up as follows: Windows Server 2008 Standard with Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 DataCenter with Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 DataCenter without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Web Edition without Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition without Hyper-V When Windows Server 2008 ships in early 2008, the final hypervisor bits won;t be baked into the product,
Buy Office Ultimate 2007, as Microsoft officials have said. The plan of record has been that a beta version would be baked into the Windows Server 2008 SKUs that incorporate Hyper-V. Users were to be able to upgrade to the final Hyper-V once it was done — using Windows Server Update Services or System Center Configuration Manager 2007, ActiveWin says.But Computerworld UK is reporting that Microsoft won;t be shipping the versions of Windows Server 2008 that consist of the baked-in hypervisor until six months after the February 2008 launch of the product.Computerworld was wrong. Microsoft is not delaying the versions with Hyper-V by six months. Microsoft will ship all 8 versions simultaneously, officials said, but will advise customers against deploying in production the Hyper-V-inclusive releases until the final hypervisor bits are available, which should be in the third calendar quarter of 2008. It;s up to interpretation whether Microsoft;s guidance, re: deployment in production, constitutes a “delay” or not.ActiveWin also says Microsoft is planning to release a Windows Server version with only Hyper-V installed on it. This extremely low-footprint version would also be very low-priced. ActiveWin says they hear it could be as low as $28.Update: The $28 version is a standalone hypervisor, Hyper-V Server, which is for Windows-less servers on which administrators want to run Linux or Unix in virtualized mode, according to Microsoft. It;s a SKU for consolidating workloads.Pricing for the other Windows Server SKUs will range from $971 for the WIndows Server 2008 Standard Without Hyper-V,
Windows 7 Starter Key, to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise With Hyper-V (and 25 CALs) for $3,999,
Windows 7 Starter Key, according to Computerworld UK.