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From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture???"At a ratio of about one support technician for every 20 NT servers, PC staffing exploded along with server populations."Could you give reliable source for that figure ?"these problems led to the evolution of a one application per box rule"in the late 90 this rule...

Tags: Mainframes, Linux, Servers, Storage management, Storage area networks (SAN), Operating systems, mainframe, server, JBOD, windows server, Microsoft Windows, disk, virtualization, SAN, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Drawing more Microsoft roadmaps

Now that Microsoft has provided an official ship target for Windows 7, the next major version of Windows client, it's time for some educated guess work.Windows 7 is the only piece of the Windows client roadmap for which Microsoft is willing to provide a date right now. Here's what I'd...

Tags: Windows XP, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows client, Windows 7, SharePoint Server, Office 2007, Office, Fiji, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-23

Microsoft finalizes Windows Home Server code

Microsoft announced on July 16 that it has finished development of its Windows Home Server WHS product and has released the code to manufacturing.From the WHS team blog:"Today we are announcing that Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing RTM. We have finalized the software and now handing...

Tags: Windows server, Windows Home Server

Blog posts 2007-07-16

February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch

Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.Microsoft officials have been saying for a few months now that while the company planned to...

Tags: Database, Development tools, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), Windows server, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Report finds Microsoft customers increasingly leery of Software Assurance

Microsoft subscription maintenance program for its volume licensees has never been overly popular. But according to a new report from Forrester Research, Software Assurance is looking like even less of a good deal to Microsoft customers than before.Microsoft introduced Software Assurance SA in 2001, and has tweaked continually the SA...

Tags: Windows server, Windows client, Support, SQL Server, Office, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a (Longhorn) era

Iain McDonald, a guy with the humble title of Director of Project Management for Windows Server, has had a long and deep impact on Microsoft's Windows organization.The 15-year Microsoft veteran has served on a variety of teams, from Product Support Services, to Exchange Server, to Windows Server. He was a...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Vista, Windows client, Windows server, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Windows XP, WinHEC

Blog posts 2007-07-03

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

Windows Home Server hits Release Candidate beta milestone

On June 12, Microsoft will make available for download the Release Candidate RC near-final test build of Windows Home Server.The final Home Server RC1 code will be available on the Microsoft Connect site later today.According to Microsoft, there are currently more than 100,000 Windows Home Server beta registrants. As of...

Tags: Windows server, Windows Home Server

Blog posts 2007-06-12

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 to push Windows Server 2003 SP2 via Automatic Updates on Patch Tuesday

On June 12, this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft will be delivering more than its usual bundle of security fixes and patches for Windows, Office and other products. The company also will be starting to push Windows Server 2003 Service Pack SP 2 to customers via its Automatic Updates patching mechanism.Microsoft...

Tags: Windows server, Service Pack, Corporate strategy

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

Microsoft reveals more partners, plans for Windows Home Server

Gateway, consumer storage vendor LaCie and Medion International will join Hewlett Packard in delivering new Windows Home Server systems this fall, Microsoft announced on May 15, the opening day of its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC in Los Angeles. Microsoft also announced, as many expected, that the company will...

Tags: Channel, OEMs, Resellers, System builders, Windows Home Server, Windows server, 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 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