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Updates February 11, 2009 1 min read

Live: the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta TechCenter

Have you already downloaded and started kicking the tires on Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta? Here’s your chance to read prerelease documentation about how to configure and use technologies available with Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Announcements January 9, 2009 2 min read

Guest Post: Marathon and Microsoft fault tolerant computing

Hi, I’m Jerry Melnick, chief technology officer at Marathon Technologies.

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Announcements January 7, 2009 2 min read

Announcing Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta!

In the life of Windows Server, today marks general availability of public beta for the new Windows Server 2008 R2-and, for me personally, I’ve never had my geeky mitts on a better version.

November 4, 2008 1 min read

Want a pre-beta build of Windows Server 2008 R2? Needed to attend PDC or WinHEC

Hi there. Ward here to provide you an update on Windows Server 2008 R2 which we announced last week at the PDC in Los Angeles.

Announcements October 2, 2008 3 min read

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer – One click to Install Them All

If you visited the new Microsoft Web Platform site yesterday, you would have noticed that we’ve performed a radical overhaul of the site, with a fresh new look and articles and media content aggregated from popular external and Microsoft sites.

Updates September 22, 2008 3 min read

Windows HPC Server 2008 RTM’s

We’re DONE with HPC Server 2008! We shipped our first beta last November, then a series of CTPs, then a second Beta in May, then a couple release candidates, and now we are FINISHED.

Updates September 15, 2008 1 min read

Microsoft and Cray Team up to Bring High Performance Computing Mainstream

For the first time in the two companies history, Microsoft and Cray have teamed up to offer a powerful mix of what each company does best – – the Cray CX1! What is the CX1, you ask? It’s a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008, that’s what.