Microsoft 'hypervisor' plan takes shape
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Microsoft gave more details Tuesday on its plans to launch Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems.
Bob Muglia, senior vice president in the Windows Server Division, said at Microsoft's Tech Ed conference here that the software will be "built directly in Windows and will allow companies to virtualize multiple operating systems." Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer first mentioned the hypervisor plans in April at the company's Management Summit conference. Such software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, a feature that's useful for consolidating servers in order to save money, and for extracting as much work as possible from a single system.