White Paper Abstract:
Virtualization is one of the hottest trends in information technology today. This is no accident. A variety of technologies fall under the virtualization umbrella, and all of them are changing the IT world in significant ways.
This overview introduces Microsoft’s virtualization technologies, focusing on three areas: hardware virtualization, desktop virtualization, and application virtualization. Since every technology, virtual or otherwise, must be effectively managed, this discussion also looks at Microsoft’s management products for a virtual world. The goal is to make clear what these offerings do, describe a bit about how they do it, and show how they work together.