Microsoft released Beta Linux integrated service to provide SMP support

Microsoft has just released the latest version of the Linux integration service. Many new features are added to the Linux support on Hyper-V, especially:

· In Linux, each virtual machine supports four vcpus
· A Time Synchronization component provides the same time synchronization function as Windows virtual machines.
· A closed integration component allows users to directly close Linux virtual machines through the Hyper-V user interface or the WMI Interface

All existing Hyper-V versions support the following services and functions:

· Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (64-bit only)
· Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
· Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
· Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Soon these new features will be submitted to the Linux kernel, so that you will see that these features will be available in your favorite Linux release.