Windows Server 2003 SP1 as a guest operating system

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As you may know, Windows Server 2003 SP1 has been released, and a lot of people will be rushing to upgrade their virtual machines. If you're thinking about doing this, though, plan on postponing it for a bit. Virtual Server 2005 was released many months before Windows Server 2003 SP1, and the Virtual Machine Additions are not optimized for it. You may be disapointed in the way your virtual machines run.

But don't despair -- Virtual Server 2005 SP1 will include updated Virtual Machine Additions for Windows Server 2003 SP1 as well as the other new supported host and guest operating systems (see my earlier post on Virtual Server 2005 SP1 features). As soon as it's available, I'll let you know.

** The Beta release of Virtual Server 2005 SP1 is now available, as announced in this post: https://blogs.technet.com/megand/archive/2005/04/20/403960.aspx.**

Note: If you upgrade your host operating system to Windows Server 2003 SP1, you may have trouble accessing the Administration Website. If this happens, you need to configure DCOM as described in this KB article: https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891609.