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Microsoft makes available a new Windows Server 2008 test build

On June 26, Microsoft pushed out a new Community Technology Preview CTP test build of Windows Server 2008.The build is not for any and all testers; it is for a smaller select set of technical beta participants, according to a post on the Windows Server team blog. The new build...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server

Blog posts 2007-06-27

Microsoft readies new 'Centro' mid-market server test build

Microsoft will release within the next few weeks a new Community Technology Preview CTP build of its mid-market server product, code-named "Centro," according to an e-mail sent to selected testers.According to information posted on the Techlog site, the upcoming Centro CTP will incorporate "many new Windows Server 2008 Beta 3...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Windows Midmarket Server, Code names

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Microsoft steps up its green datacenter campaign

Green computing is a hot topic these days. And "Big Green" a k a Microsoft wants to make sure its next-gen Windows Server products are among the greenest of them all.As a result of power-management tweaks it has made to its software, Microsoft is expecting Windows Server 2008 systems to...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Windows Server 2008 Core gets a new role

Windows Server 2008, when it ships later this year, will include an installation option called "Server Core" that allows admins to set up a minimal environment to run a handful of roles.At TechEd 2007 here in Orlando, Microsoft announced that it will be adding yet another admin-selectable role option to...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, TechEd 2007

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Microsoft postpones 'Viridian' virtualization features

Microsoft has postponed a handful of its "Viridian" hypervisor features in order to maintain its goal of delivering the technology as an add-on to Longhorn Server within 180 days of Longhorn Servers shipment. In a May 10 blog post, General Manager of Virtualization Strategy Mike Neil, acknowledged that Microsoft...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Virtualization, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-05-10

Microsoft Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 ready for download

Microsoft officials said earlier this week that they planned to deliver Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19, they made good on their word. Microsoft posted for download Beta 1 of the Professional version of Orcas and accompanying Team System lifecycle-development system...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Visual Studio Orcas, Vista, Development tools

Blog posts 2007-04-20

Microsoft pushes back delivery dates for virtualization wares

Microsoft is delaying the public beta of its Windows Server virtualization hypervisor and first Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack, company officials acknowledged on April 12. Microsoft released the information on the delays via the Windows Server team blog. Mike Neil, Microsofts general manager of virtualization strategy, posted an...

Tags: Windows server, Virtualization, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-04-12

Unexpected Longhorn Server test build ready for download

Last I heard, Microsofts next expected release of Longhorn Server was supposed to be Beta 3, expected by testers some time in April. On April 4, Microsoft did deliver a new Longhorn Server release to testers. But it was yet another Community Technology Preview CTP interim test build, not...

Tags: Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Microsoft has a virtualization white paper, too

While waiting for an official Microsoft response to VMwares new whitepaper attacking Microsofts virtualization licensing and distribution policies, I stumbled across a couple of Microsoft virtualization whitepapers and tools that might be of interest to customers evaluating products in this space. * Microsoft whitepaper on virtualization licensing,Thirty-two pages of...

Tags: Virtualization, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-02-26

VMware attacks Microsoft virtualization strategy

Microsoft is "trying to restrict customers flexibility and freedom to choose virtualization software by limiting who can run their software and how they can run it." Those are the charges levied by Microsoft virtualization competitor VMware, which over the past few days, has come out swinging against Microsoft. ...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Legal, Virtualization, Vista, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 gets a due date

Microsofts Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack SP 1 now has an official due date: Same time as Longhorn Server, meaning the latter half of 2007. Microsoft went public with its Exchange Server 2007 SP1 plans on the Microsoft Exchange Team blog on February 23. Microsoft signed off...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Exchange Server

Blog posts 2007-02-23

Microsoft back ports license-management system to Windows Server 2003

As Microsoft promised late last year, the company has ported some of its volume-activation technology to Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has made available for download 32- and 64-bit versions of its Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack SP 1 systems, as noted on the Windows...

Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Anti-piracy, WGA, Activation, Virtualization

Blog posts 2007-02-13

My top 10 Microsoft event picks for 2007

Im sure Ill be adding more to this as the year rolls along, but heres my list of must-attend Microsoft events. (Some of these -- like the MVP Summit and MGX -- I am not authorized to attend. But I still consider them key for anyone watching the...

Tags: Housekeeping, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Database, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Office, Management tools, Dynamics ERP, Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-01-12

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Centro

Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....

Tags: Code names, SQL Server, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows server, Corporate strategy, Windows Server Longhorn, Centro Best guess, codename, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-30

What's inside Microsoft's new Windows Home Server?

Microsoft is definitely going to talk -- at long last -- about its plans for Windows Home Server (code-named "Quattro") at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, according to my sources. But what will this product be? Thats still murky. Will it be based on the Windows Server core?...

Tags: Windows Home Server, CES 2007, Windows server, Windows client, Windows Server Longhorn, Vista, server, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-12-29

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Carmine

Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), codename, Carmine Best guess, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-27

Microsoft releases new test build of Longhorn Server

Speak of the devil. Microsoft released to testers on the evening EST of December 20 the December Community Technology Preview CTP build of Longhorn Server. Microsoft has posted the new Longhorn Server bits to the Microsoft Connect site for download. The December CTP is what was slated to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, server, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-20

Windows Server 'Centro' and 'Cougar' go to testers

Microsoft has released to testers builds of its next version of Windows Small Business Server (code-named "Cougar") and its first release of Windows Midmarket Server (code-named "Centro"), company officials said on December 19. Microsoft "recently released to a limited set of partners and OEMS a Customer Technology Preview of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, server, Microsoft Windows, Centro, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server, Cougar

Blog posts 2006-12-20

Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006

Quite a few of the e-mails I receive start out with "Whatever happened to ... (insert Microsoft product, person and/or strategy here). In that spirit, here are ten Microsoft-related disappearances about which Im left wondering as 2006 draws to a close. Anyone know the whereabouts of:...

Tags: SQL Server, System Center, Management tools, Research, SharePoint Server, Office 2007, Office, Corporate strategy, Database, Windows Live, Windows Server Longhorn, Knowledge Network, Dynamic Systems Iniative, Microsoft Corp., Cambridge Technology Partners

Blog posts 2006-12-20

Microsoft reissues Office for Mac patches, delivers PatchGuard interfaces

The second times a charm (Microsoft is hoping, at least). After erroneously issuing an Office for Mac security update as part of the December 12 Patch Tuesday set of patches, Microsoft pulled the bits, claiming they werent yet ready. On December 19, Microsoft reissued the sanctioned ...

Tags: Security, Office, Legal, Windows client, Windows Server Longhorn, Vista, patch management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-20