Citrix Systems announced today that its popular Citrix NetScaler VPX virtual appliance will add extensive support for business-critical Microsoft datacenter and infrastructure solutions, including Microsoft(R) Hyper-V(TM), Microsoft System Center and key Microsoft enterprise applications like SharePoint 2010 and Exchange Server 2010. As a result, Microsoft datacenter administrators will now be able to apply all the same NetScaler acceleration, load balancing and security features that power many of the world's largest datacenters, as a native Hyper-V workload from directly within System Center -- with no networking knowledge or configuration required.

More than a year ago I wrote why I think Small and medium-size business (SMB) are not adapting virtualization, like the big spending organizations. Among the reasons I gave was about Microsoft not being in a position to offer a mature and cost effective solution and the current cost of the technology at the time. I am happy to say things have change since then and virtualization is now affordable for Small and medium-size business.

Microsoft released Linux Integration Components for Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization. The download is a set of drivers that enable synthetic device support in supported Linux virtual machines under Hyper-V.

When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration Components provide.

Businesses with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) can now deploy Windows 7 Beta in their virtualization environment for testing. Microsoft has announced the release of an updated version of App-V 4.5 CU1 specific for Windows 7. Therefore, enterprise customers and Independent software providers with Microsoft Virtualization can implement windows 7 beta in their environment.

In September Microsfot Launch its Virtualization products below are links to some of the vedios. They offer a good insight into where microsoft vitualization technology is today in comparison to its competitors.