"It cannot be used to distribute standard environments to multiple users." "P2V Migration is used on a per machine basis - redelivering the old OS environment as a virtual machine within the new Windows 7 environment," a Microsoft spokesperson explained by e-mail. On the flip side, the P2V migration tool does not enable mass management and mass distribution of the virtual machines. "P2V Migration is targeted at specific deployment-blocking users with specialized requirements or conditions where a standardized virtual environment delivered with MED-V will not suffice," the announcement explains. This new P2V migration tool is designed to address the exceptions - that is, when the desktop of a particular user needs to be maintained in its customized form, according to Microsoft's announcement. However, MED-V is designed to deploy virtual machines en mass across an organization. Most of these organizations would typically use the Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) solution that comes with SA. Microsoft is billing this new tool as a solution for IT pros that have problems moving certain users off Windows XP or Windows Vista because of a dependency on applications that won't run in Windows 7. The tool and release notes can be downloaded here (requires WindowsLive ID).
Microsoft on Thursday released Version 1.0 beta of the P2V migration tool at its Connect portal. It can package older Windows desktops into virtual machines that will run on Windows 7 PCs.
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The tool works with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and/or System Center Configuration Manager plus the Disk2VHD virtual hard disk solution from the Windows Sysinternals Web portal.
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IT pros with Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) licensing in place within their organization can use a new physical-to-virtual migration (P2V migration) tool in beta release. Microsoft last week described a different way to use desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7. News Microsoft Releases P2V Desktop Virtualization Beta
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