The SP1 version of SCVMM 2008 R2 has shipped.  http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/virtual-machine-manager.aspx There are some great reasons to go with SP1 for SCVMM 2008 R2 (detailed below).  Its not a standalone service pack though so dont get put off by the full installation wizard.  It will detect and upgrade your SCVMM instance.  As with all upgrades, back-up …

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As you know the System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2012 is in beta and available right now.  We have a .NET Pet Shop application that you can deploy that shows what SCVMM 2012 can offer.  Check out Michael Michael’s blog on how to spin the whole thing up. The .NET Pet Shop : http://blogs.technet.com/b/m2/archive/2011/03/29/how-to-deploy-the-pet-shop-application-as-a-service-in-vmm.aspx