Following the experiences it had with the Windows Vista logo program, Microsoft is getting ready to do a repeat with Windows Server 2008. The Redmond Company announced at Tech-Ed 2007 the introduction of a new logo program associated with Windows Server 2008. Microsoft's last 32-bit server operating system, dubb...
Tech-Ed 2007 was the stage where Microsoft announced that the minimal environment represented by the Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008, formerly Windows Server code-name Longhorn, will receive an additional role. The Redmond Company has motivated the choice of adding Internet Information Services...
At Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007 in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was the first one to officially christen Windows Server code-name Longhorn as Windows Server 2008. But Gates also did more than that, delivering a vague reference to the availability of Microsoft's last 32-bit ...
Microsoft released the second service pack for Windows XP in August 2004. Almost three years after that point the company begins distributing Windows XP SP2 once again via Automatic Updates, but this time for Windows XP Professional x64. There is the generalized belief that between Windows XP in 2001 and Windows Vist...
It's homeward for Windows Home Server as Microsoft announced that the product has exited beta stage and that the Release Candidate went live. On June 12, 2007, the Redmond Company made available for download the Release Candidate build of Windows Home Server, a product unveiled by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates i...
Microsoft has really lowered its standard when it comes to distributing Windows Home Server copies. As a matter of fact, the Redmond Company has dropped standards altogether and has made Windows Home Server free for all. On June 12 2007, the WSH team announced that they are fast approaching RTM date for the product. ...
Microsoft is getting ready to release the Community Technology Preview of Windows Server Codename Centro. Currently, Microsoft has not set a final availability date for Centro, but as the product is intimately connected with Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, it will follow it to the market. At the Win...
Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Small Business Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard edition R2, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise edition R2 and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter edition R2 are all treated differently by Microsoft when it comes to virtualization licensing. Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Partner T...
Microsoft is offering a resource designed to highlight the features and technologies that have been freshly introduced or that were developed in Windows Server 2008, in comparison with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007 in Los Angeles on May 15, Microsoft ...