During the World Partner Conference Microsoft announced the public beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows 2008R2 and Windows 7. Actually this release was supposed to be available in a couple of weeks so the announcement surprised me. The final version is supposed to be out somewhere next year but now the beta is out earlier than expected, who knows?
Besides fixing bugs SP1 introduces two new exciting technologies.
Dynamic memory gives Hyper-V admins a pool available memory on a physical host and dynamically distribute the memory to any virtual guest running on that host. An interesting concept that will make Hyper-V even more flexible to use.
RemoteFX will enhance the MS Desktop virtualization. It will deliver a better user experience for users of desktop virtualization solutions (RDS, VDI). It will allow users to use full motion video, 3D-Applications and rich Silverlight content. And because the power of the server is being utilized these experiences will be available to a wide array of devices. Another feature that will be welcomed by a lot is the ability to forward USB ports of the local client to the virtual machine just like you are using client based printers now.
As you see, a lot of new technologies that will provide new opportunities. So go out and download SP1 here.