Windows 7 and Citrix Provisioning Server

One interesting note for the virualization junkies out there.  Windows 7 supports boot from .VHD file WITHOUT the need for a hypervisor.  This is huge step in client side virtualization and management.  Eventually,  You’ll be able to use a tool like Citrix’s Provision Server to PXE boot your workstation(this part you can do now) and provide an offline version for laptops.  This one .VHD image could be used to run Windows 7 on:

·         Raw Hardware on the Client

·         Type 1 Hypervisor on the Client

·         Type 2 Hypervisor on the Client

·         Streamed to the Raw Hardware/Hypervisor on the client

·         Raw Hardware delivered Remotely

·         Type 1 Hypervisor delivered Remotely

·         Type 2 Hypervisor delivered Remotely

·         Streamed to the Raw Hardware/Hypervisor delivered Remotely

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