1. Virtual Machines Benefits of Virtual Machines: Presented by Hafiz Sharukh BS (IT) -07-22 Computer Science Department Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Tuesday, March 11, 2008

2. Benefits of virtualization Virtual PC provides a time-saving and cost- saving solution anywhere users must run multiple operating systems. Use Virtual PC in the following scenarios:

3. Ease Migration  Run legacy applications in a virtual machine instead of delaying the deployment of a new operating system just because of application incompatibility.  Test your migration plans using virtual machines instead of actual physical computers.

4. Do More in Less Time  Support staff can run multiple operating systems on a single physical computer and switch between them easily.  They can also restore virtual machines to their previous state almost instantly.

5. Streamline Deployment  Test software on different operating systems more easily.  One crashing application or operating system doesn't affect others.

6. Accelerate Development  Increase quality assurance by testing and documenting your software on multiple operating systems using virtual machines.  Decrease time-to-market by reducing reconfiguration time

7. Security  Different security requirements in different virtual machines.  Every virtual machine has its own security.

8. Reliability and availability  A software failure in a virtual machine does not affect other virtual machines.

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