Virtual Server 2005 R2 Beta Program closes
The beta program for Virtual Server 2005 R2 has closed. This implies the release is very close. There is also a post on the Virtual PC Guy's WebLog that suggests this as well:
In the lead up to the release of Virtual Server 2005 R2 there are now two new interesting whitepapers available off of the Microsoft download center:
This is a good thing. R2 adds x64 host support, clustering support, and many other features.