{"id":74,"date":"2024-03-26T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2024-04-16T12:47:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:47:03","slug":"xenserver-8-is-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/product-updates\/xenserver-8-is-live\/","title":{"rendered":"XenServer 8 is live!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bring on the fireworks, turn on the grill and get the drinks out! With the latest updates XenServer 8 has now moved out from Public Preview to full Production Support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I dive into the goodies contained in this release, there is a very important change with XenServer 8 that I want to highlight. XenServer 8 does not accept any Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop or Citrix DaaS licenses, it will only accept XenServer socket based licenses. 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Again easily configurable from our XenCenter as you can see below.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" style=\"width:903px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-1-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-1-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-1-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/www.xenserver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-1-1536x1028.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nagios Remote Plugin Extractor (NRPE) configuration screen in XenCenter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditionally a product release comes with some increases in its max capabilities, and XenServer 8 doesn\u2019t disappoint. 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