By Brian Ducharme published: Monday, November 13 2006
VSM speaks with Mike Neil, Senior Director of Virtualization Strategy for Microsoft about their roadmap for virtualization and the new VHD format Listen to the Podcast:
Mike Neil
Senior Director of Virtualization Strategy
Windows Server Division - Microsoft Corp.
Mike Neil is senior director for virtualization strategy in the Windows Server Division at Microsoft Corp in Redmond, Wash. Mike is now focused on the delivery of the Windows virtualization technology, including the Windows hypervisor, as part of Windows Server “Longhorn” and directing Microsoft broader vision for virtualization. Prior to this role, Mike was the product unit manager for Microsoft’s virtualization efforts since 2003. Virtual PC and Virtual Server are the client and server virtualization products from Microsoft that allow customers to run two or more operating systems simultaneously on one physical machine.
Mike joined Microsoft as part of Microsoft’s February 2003 acquisition of Connectix Corp. While at Connectix, Mike was the vice president of engineering and worked on the original team that developed Virtual PC Mac, allowing Apple Macintosh computers to run Windows. Mike also was one of the founders of Pixo, a small company that developed operating systems and applications for handheld devices, the most notable of which is the Apple iPod.
After attending the University of Michigan, Mike joined Apple culminating as the integration lead and technical lead for Apple’s OS project code named Copland.
