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Microsoft has made available for download a new Cumulative Time Zone Update for all currently supported Windows platforms, designed to implement time-zone changes that reflect modifications introduced around the world. The software giant explained that the December 2009 cumulative time zone update was set up to repla... |
18 November 2009
10:56 GMT |
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Where does Windows Server 2008 stop and pure poetry begin? This is a question that only a poetic server administrator can answer. And, of course, what better form for the answer to take than that of a Haiku, Japanese poetry filtered down to just 17 moras/on (sounds). Microsoft has the best place for harnessing and ga... |
18 November 2009
07:42 GMT |
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The introduction of native multitouch capabilities is one of the most consistent aspects of the evolution from Windows Vista to Windows 7. However, Microsoft noted that, in certain scenarios, customers running touch-capable computers and Windows 7 would not be able to actually use touch. The Redmond company explained... |
17 November 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Microsoft released its latest versions of Windows client and server platforms to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009, and subsequently to customers on October 22nd and in September, respectively. Both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been accompanied to the market by a range of content designed to get end users... |
12 November 2009
05:05 GMT |
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IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0 has been released to web and is available for download from Microsoft as of November 9th, 2009. The RTW milestone means that the tool has graduated from Release Candidate stage and has been signed-off. Set up to increase Cloud application scalability and reliability, ARR 2.0 ... |
10 November 2009
08:28 GMT |
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Following the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008 R2, Citrix moved to provide its own virtualization management and automation solution tailored to the latest iteration of Windows Server. In this regard, while Microsoft delivered the R2 flavor of Windows Server 2008 along with the Hyper-V hypervisor techn... |
5 November 2009
09:09 GMT |
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Although Microsoft is on the final stretch when it comes down to the general availability of its latest iteration of Exchange Server, the company announced that it would take the necessary steps designed to guarantee that customers would be able to run Exchange Server 2007 on top of Windows Server 2008 R2. Initially,... |
5 November 2009
07:44 GMT |
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Just as it backported technologies specific of Windows 7 to Windows Vista, Microsoft is also making available bits and pieces of Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 Server) for customers running Windows Server 2008. Released to web at the end of October 2009, the Platform Update for Windows Vista was accompanied by the... |
4 November 2009
07:58 GMT |
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In some scenarios, Microsoft too is nothing more than a software vendor racing to make its products compatible with the latest Windows client and server operating systems. It is the case of the Forefront line-up of security solutions, some of which have already been tailored to Windows Server 2008 R2, and some that s... |
2 November 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Customers that need to boost the security of Domain Name System responses, in an infrastructure leveraging the latest versions of the Windows client and server operating systems, can turn to guidance from Microsoft that will streamline the deployment of DNS Security Extensions. Via the Microsoft Download Center, the ... |
29 October 2009
12:10 GMT |
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Microsoft is parading a range of technologies that were released to manufacturing in the recent months across Europe via a bus tour. The Springboard/Microsoft Learning “Get On The Bus” tour already kicked off in Milan, Italy, on October 26th, 2009, and will continue throughout an additional 10 cities acro... |
27 October 2009
07:16 GMT |
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The latest Windows server and client platforms from Microsoft are nothing short of joined at the hip, although Windows Server 2008 R2 preceded Windows 7 to the market by over a month. The two operating systems were built in parallel, and even released to manufacturing concomitantly, but Microsoft made the successor o... |
23 October 2009
07:47 GMT |
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In accordance with the Windows Vista SP1-Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1 model, Microsoft also built its latest iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems in parallel. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were developed together, and released to manufacturing concomitantly on July 22nd, 2009. In o... |
21 October 2009
05:43 GMT |
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Microsoft is ready to award customers and partners that make use of the free planning, design and deployment resources that it has made available for free to streamline the adoption of its software products. Specifically, the software giant is looking for companies that have leveraged, or will leverage the Infrastruc... |
21 October 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is making use of the time it still has ahead of the October 22nd general availability deadline of Windows 7 to deliver some last-minute finishing touches to the operating system. The latest iterations of the Windows client and server platforms were released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009, and, since Au... |
16 October 2009
11:33 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up for the general availability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and while urging application developers to adapt their code to the latest iteration of Windows client and server platforms, the company is doing the same with its own software. An illustrative example in this regard is Dynam... |
8 October 2009
05:52 GMT |
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One of the latest solutions that came from Redmond-based Microsoft includes Windows 7 technologies for OEMs of specialized devices, which the software giant made available through the RTM of new Windows Embedded Enterprise and Windows Embedded Server platforms. The company announced the release at the Embedded System... |
23 September 2009
08:27 GMT |
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Dreading virtual private networks and looking for an alternative? Well, Microsoft has just the thing for companies that are looking for an alternative to VPN, and it involves Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, emphasis on the latest iteration of Windows Sever, of course. The two operating systems used in tandem ar... |
16 September 2009
05:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download the gold version of its solution accelerator designed to automate the deployment of its latest Windows client and server operating system released. The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 was released to manufacturing over a month following the RTM of Windows 7 itself. MD... |
9 September 2009
12:07 GMT |
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As of the start of September 2009, customers running version 1.0 of Forefront Client Security will be able to leverage the security solution even in the context in which machines in their environment are running the latest iteration of Windows client and server platforms. This because Microsoft has extended operating... |
4 September 2009
10:13 GMT |
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Microsoft has released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 to manufacturing on August 24th, 2009, and is already permitting customers to test drive the solution. The gold development milestone of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 started being offered on the Microsoft Download Center at the begi... |
25 August 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Windows 7 has been a remarkably polished operating system even as early as Beta Build 7000 and Release Candidate Build 7100 development milestones. But even after the platform was released to manufacturing, Microsoft confirmed that there were additional rough corners to be softened, and that it would do so with what ... |
24 August 2009
05:11 GMT |
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Are you looking to leverage Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in concert in order to scrap the virtual private network (VPN) in your organization? Then you might as well access the DirectAccess Design Guide, a free resource offered by Microsoft for download, but also available on TechNet. Of course that DirectAcce... |
20 August 2009
07:53 GMT |
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On July 22nd, 2009, Microsoft released Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing, and it is currently working its way to the general availability of the two platforms, scheduled for October 22nd. The RTM stage provides sufficient reason for customers looking to adopt the latest iteration of the Win... |
19 August 2009
05:14 GMT |
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It’s that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesn’t allow the benchmarking of its products as long as the software is still in development, but both the Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009. The RTM status opens up comparison scenarios, but ... |
18 August 2009
12:00 GMT |
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It is not uncharacteristic for Microsoft to offer free copies of its Windows operating system as part of marketing initiatives designed to promote its products. The upcoming New Efficiency launch events across the United States make no exception to this rule. Microsoft is inviting business users to take part in the f... |
17 August 2009
09:25 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, Microsoft made available for download the second wave of Windows 7 RTM releases for subscribers of its MSDN and TechNet portals. On the heels of Windows 7 RTM Wave 2 downloads going live, the Redmond company also started offering its communities of developers and IT professionals the gold... |
17 August 2009
02:49 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to release the second wave of Windows 7 RTM downloads via MSND and TechNet, today, August 14th, 2009. The Redmond company started serving subscribers to the portals for its developer and IT professionals Build 7600 of the latest iteration of Windows on August 6th. And from the get go, MSDN and... |
14 August 2009
06:35 GMT |
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There are three channels that offer licenses for the latest iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems, namely retail, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and Volume Licensing. While OEM and retail licenses are available to all customers, the same is not valid for volume licenses. Only business c... |
12 August 2009
07:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has released security updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 designed to bulletproof Internet Explorer 8 against attacks targeting browser components and controls built with vulnerable variants of the Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL). In this sense, the Redmond company started offering Micr... |
29 July 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Microsoft followed the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008 R2 with a comprehensive timetable outlining all the availability deadlines for the company's next iteration of the Windows server platform. Users have already received a similar release roadmap for the client version one day before the code f... |
24 July 2009
07:32 GMT |
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The Windows 7 client is not the only operating system from Microsoft released to manufacturing. The Redmond company has literally joined its Windows client and server operating systems at the hip following the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, and the strategy continues with the... |
23 July 2009
05:21 GMT |
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Windows 7, just as its precursor, Windows Vista, comes with different activation options for end users and for business customers. The plain vanilla activation process offered for retail or OEM versions of the operating system, with a single product key per license, doesn't meet the requirements of corporate inf... |
21 July 2009
10:33 GMT |
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Companies looking for guidance for Microsoft infrastructure products are free to access the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide Series. Hosted on the company's portal for IT professionals, TechNet, the IPD has been updated and tailored to the next iteration of the Windows Server operating system. In this se... |
17 July 2009
04:09 GMT |
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SCONFIG is a command line tool designed to streamline the work of system administrators that work with core deployments of Windows Server 2008 R2. Essentially, all that admins need to do in order to access the tool is to write SCONFIG at the command line. In this regard, SCONFIG is provided for use with the server co... |
8 July 2009
09:52 GMT |
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Microsoft is providing KB955725 in order to help customers make Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 play nice with its data platform. The Knowledge Base article contains a list of known issues associated with the process of installing SQL Server on the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating syste... |
8 July 2009
05:50 GMT |
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The upcoming iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems will feature version 3.80 of the Open Database Connectivity Driver Manager. Microsoft revealed that ODBC DM 3.80 was scheduled for release in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. According to Pak-Ming Cheung, Microsoft developer, WDAC team, D... |
7 July 2009
09:34 GMT |
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With Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft is taking to the next level its efforts to streamline migration planning as well as deployment that debuted with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. In this context, customers can access solution accelerators from the software giant designed to catalyze the embr... |
6 July 2009
06:07 GMT |
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Security does by no means stop with the implementation of products designed to safeguard Windows from malicious code or exploits. For those who are little shy of digging into the security events logged by the operating system, Microsoft has released a list designed to enumerate all the security audit events for the n... |
2 July 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Microsoft has released a new version of its toolset designed to help administrators migrate shared folders between servers running Windows operating systems. Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2 went live in June 2009, and is currently up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center. Making use of the Distribut... |
1 July 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Microsoft has published and made available for download technical documentation designed to deliver an insight into one of the new features of the next iteration of Windows client and server operating systems. AppLocker Technical Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now live on the Microsoft Down... |
30 June 2009
06:07 GMT |
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Microsoft has reached the Beta 2 stage with the development of its solution accelerator for the Windows operating system and application deployment. With the release of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Beta 2, the Redmond company is allowing customers to start testing installation scenarios involving the n... |
29 June 2009
11:25 GMT |
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Microsoft has released to web and made available for download the Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios Solution Accelerator 1.1. The tool is designed to bridge five standard user scenarios with business requirements and the technology solutions available in an IT environment. Microsoft's core scenarios are design... |
25 June 2009
07:34 GMT |
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Changes implemented post-RC and ahead of the release to manufacturing deadline of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have stripped away the DirectX client-side rendering over RDP 7 from the operating systems, Microsoft has informed. As Windows 7 progressed onward from Release Candidate to RTM modifications to the p... |
22 June 2009
11:05 GMT |
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Microsoft is working its way to release to manufacturing and subsequently to launch Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 Server) concomitantly with the Windows 7 client. The R2 version of Windows Server 2008 delivers the second-generation of Hyper-V. In this regard, the Redmond-based company is currently offering for do... |
22 June 2009
06:33 GMT |
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Microsoft has illustrated strong commitment to driving Windows 7 compatibility as hard as it can on numerous occasions. One example of initiatives designed to fuel the compatibility of third-party applications with the company's upcoming Windows client and server operating systems is ISV App Compat. The online r... |
18 June 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is a solution accelerator designed to streamline the deployment of the latest technologies from the Redmond company. The next generation of the solution is currently cooking over at Microsoft, with a fresh release available for download. The company is offering version 4.0 of... |
17 June 2009
09:59 GMT |
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There's no denying that Windows 7 client and Windows 7 Server are joined at the hip. And just like their precursors, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 share the same codebase. And since both platforms were developed in parallel it only makes sense for Microsoft to launch the operating systems together. In thi... |
3 June 2009
05:35 GMT |
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With its next iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems, Microsoft has worked from the earliest stages of the building process with hardware manufacturers and software developers to ensure a high level of support and compatibility. With the upcoming launch of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, ... |
1 June 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Microsoft has issued an update designed to take to the next level the Compatibility View List for the copies of Internet Explorer 8 that ship as default components of Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2. The refresh is designed to integrate seamlessly with IE8 running on top of the Release candidate builds of... |
27 May 2009
12:32 GMT |
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