You have many options for deploying a virtual infrastructure running Windows 7, depending on your needs and environment.

If you want to try Windows 7 out, but you don't want to wipe your current operating system from your system, then perhaps you want to try Sun's VirtualBox virtualization software.

Microsoft on Monday said it would remove the price tag from its Virtual Server and begin offering the virtualization technology as a free download to Windows users.

Extended support for Windows 7 ends in January, but users can legacy applications using Windows Virtual Desktop to virtualize Windows 7 desktops.

Microsoft has introduced the VM Conversion tool, a free extension within Windows Admin Center designed to convert VMware ...

Using the Windows Server router can be especially effective in virtualized environments in which virtual machines reside on a number of different virtual networks.

VMware offers a very comprehensive selection of virtualization products, with Fusion for the Apple Mac and Workstation for the PC. Despite the name difference, these two products offer effectively the ...

Ill-behaved applications are occasionally incompatible with the Server versions of Windows, too; they check if they're on a desktop or server edition and refuse to install in the latter case.

According to customer reports, this month's Patch Tuesday updates are breaking virtual machines on Hyper-V hosts, causing them to no longer boot and display "failed to start" errors.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 are now available for OEM partners, the company said, and will be generally available for customers to download on Feb. 22.