Yup, the announcement was made today at TechEd IT Forum 2007.  Hyper-V will be available in 64 bit versions of:

  • Windows 2008 Standard - $999 USD / 1,082 AUD
  • Windows 2008 Enterprise - $3,999 USD / 4,335 AUD
  • Windows 2008 DataCenter - $2,999 USD (per processor) / 3,250 AUD

Strangely enough you can also purchase editions of Windows without Hyper-V, which will be ~$28 cheaper.  I have my thoughts on why they did this, but I’ll do some digging first before posting a commentary.

So what happens now?  Well I imagine every man and his dog will start writing reports on TCO/ROI that look like this =)

Name aaa bbb ccc eee
   ESX 3 X X    
   ESX 3i   X    
   ESX w/ Virtual Center X X X X
   Hyper-Vs   X    
   Hyper-Ve X X    
   Hyper-V w/ SCVMM X X X  
   Hyper-V w/System Center X X X X