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Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008

To next to no ones surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC in Los Angeles. How can I be so sure? Microsoft posted the new...

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

Blog posts 2007-05-10

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

First public Longhorn Server beta is ready for download

Microsoft just posted for download the first public beta of Longhorn Server. Anyone interested in trying out Longhorn Server can get the Beta 3 bits here. The latest build follows on an unanticipated Community Technology Preview CTP build of Longhorn Server, which Microsoft made available earlier this month. ...

Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server

Blog posts 2007-04-25

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

New Longhorn Server test build released; Beta 3 up next

Its not yet Beta 3, but the newest test build of Windows Server Longhorn was released to a select group on February 16. Microsoft made the private February Community Technology Preview CTP build of Longhorn Server available for download via Microsoft Connect. The newest build is Number 6001.16461.070209-1510. ...

Tags: Security, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-02-19

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

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

A tale of two Windows Service Packs

If Microsofts Windows Server team is able to juggle service packs and new server releases, why cant the Windows client team do the same? Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 isnt expected until some time in 2008, at last count, which means XP users will have had to...

Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows client, Windows server, Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, service pack

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Vista Server?

Now that Windows Vista is done and is already being pirated and cracked, Windows watchers thoughts are turning to Longhorn Server. So its fair to ask what the final name of Microsofts successor to Windows Server 2003 will be. When Microsoft announced that Vista would be the final name...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Server, server

Blog posts 2006-11-13

Will Vista SP1 be a bridge to Longhorn Server?

When Microsoft launches Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 in New York on November 30, company officials will emphasize how the three products work well on their own, but will work a lot "better together." But what about Longhorn Server? Does that fit into the equation, too, even...

Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows XP, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2006-11-08

Vista down. Up next: Longhorn Server

Now that Windows Vista is finally finished, its time to turn the spotlight onto the next version of Windows due to hit: Longhorn Server. Microsoft has been releasing regular test builds of Longhorn Server for more than a year, to far less fanfare and criticism than Vista garnered during the...

Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn Server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2006-11-08

Additional Resources

Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?

Microsoft has been dangling the possibility of a smaller, more consumer-centric version of its Surface multi-touch tabletop computer for the past few months. Now that form factor has a codename: Oahu. Long Zheng of istartedsomething.com has more details on Oahu, which he has gleaned from a Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Survey, Oahu, Marketing Research, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Are software megavendors too big to stumble?

There's a good chance you get most--if not all of your software--from four massive companies: IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. And their game is simple: Grab more of your so-called wallet share. The big question is whether these vendors are so massive that they can do no...

Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

You know a trend has gotten broad when..

The New York Times, a well-known font of information in the area of information technology, published Revived Fervor for Smart Monitors Linked to a Server, an article by Ashlee Vance October 13th. If the NY Times gets around to saying something about technology, it's pretty well known by those in...

Tags: New York Times Co., Virtualization, Strategy, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-14

News to know: IT turbulence, Windows 7, Facebook, Apple HDTV

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IT warning: Turbulence ahead CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad Sean...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Open Source, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement

(Update: It also looks like you can grab the final bits as of 12:01 this morning: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0) After listening to the Q&A from the press conference today recording here, digging into some of the details, and reading some of the commentary on various blogs, there are a...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Eclipse, Numbers Game, Linux, Java Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-14

And speaking of Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems is not a name we often associate with education outside of high-end technical fields at the university level. Of course, Sun is responsible for OpenOffice and has recently acquired both MySQL and VirtualBox, all of which (especially OO.org) have quite a bit of relevance here. ...

Tags: K-12, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Citrix makes "Kensho" preview available

Citrix has delivered a technical preview of a toolkit that allows developers to create and deploy OVF-based virtual appliances that run on multiple virtualization hypervisors. The toolkit, which was introduced last July, is code named "Kensho" and provides the ability to create, import and deploy application workloads...

Tags: Hypervisor, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows

Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...

Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13