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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
- How will Windows Server 2008 fare on the compatibility front?
- Windows Server 2008, a k a Longhorn Server, isn't expected to be released to manufacturing till the end of this year. But that doesn't mean it's too early to start thinking about compatibility issues that might arise.Microsoft, for its part, already is thinking about it -- and has been doing...
- Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Windows client, Vista, Corporate strategy, App Compatibility
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- 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
- Windows Server team: No detours from the roadmap
- The Windows client team may have decided that it's done talking futures. But the Windows Server team isn't afraid to show off its planned roadmap.At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC on May 16, Microsoft officials talked about the company's next few planned releases. As previously indicated, Microsoft is readying...
- Tags: Fiji, Corporate strategy, Code names, Vista, Windows 7, Windows client, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn, WinHEC
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Windows Server 2008, it is
- As expected, Microsoft announced officially on May 15 that Longhorn Server will be named "Windows Server 2008."Release to manufacturing is still slated for year-end 2007, but the official launch will be in early 2008.
- Tags: Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn, WinHEC
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- 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
- 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
- Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 beta ready for download
- Microsoft has begun rolling out the first beta of Service Pack SP 1 for Exchange Server 2007, according to a blog posting on Microsofts TechNet site. Microsoft launched Exchange Server 2007 a little over four months ago, in December 2006. The first beta is available to select Microsoft...
- Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Exchange Server, Windows client, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- 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
- 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
- Vista-compatible SQL Server 2005 SP2 likely February 19
- SQL Server 2005 Service Pack SP 2, which is designed to work on Windows Vista and Longhorn Server test builds, is expected to go live any day now. On his "Semi-Useful BI Musings" blog, Russell Christopher said that the latest SQL Server version will be "most likely available"...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, App Compatibility, Windows client, Windows server, Vista, Windows Server Longhorn
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- 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
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