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Announcements May 31, 2012 1 min read

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate available now

Great news! We reached another important milestone on the road to the final release of the cloud optimized OS: Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC) is available now for download and evaluation.

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Updates March 7, 2012 11 min read

Rocking the Windows Server “8” Administrative Experience

Windows Server has always distinguished and prided itself on its Administrative Experience.

Events November 12, 2010 1 min read

TechEd Europe Days 2-4: Blogs, Tweets, and Videos

The first day’s keynote out of the way, online chatter about TechEd Europe 2010 turned to session reporting, the announced naming of Configuration Manager 2012 (formerly “v.

Events November 9, 2010 1 min read

TechEd Europe 2010 Day 1: Voices from the Community

We’ve been seeing quite a bit of chatter on the “internets” about the goings-on at TechEd Europe 2010 in Berlin, and it’s great to see the diverse impressions of attendees as the event happens.

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Updates November 8, 2010 1 min read

GET PRE-VALIDATED PRIVATE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE WITH HYPER-V CLOUD FAST TRACK

If you’re looking to get started implementing a Microsoft private cloud infrastructure, the Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track program can offer invaluable help by delivering pre-validated reference architectures.

Updates September 29, 2010 1 min read

US EPA Publishes Paper on Energy Savings from Energy Star-Qualified Enterprise Servers Running Windows Server 2008 R2

I’ve posted about power management and Windows Server before so you may recall that one of our goals for Windows Server 2008 R2 was to enhance power management.

Events July 12, 2010 2 min read

Available for Download: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta!

We’re at the sold out Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington D.

Updates May 7, 2010 1 min read

Server Core: Best Practice for Applications on Windows Server

I have been talking with a number of customers, CSOs, CIOs and industry professionals over the past few weeks and I realized that the availability and benefits of using the Server Core option of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 was not as widely known as I think it should be.

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Announcements May 5, 2010 1 min read

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate available now

Rocking the Windows Server “8” Administrative Experience

TechEd Europe Days 2-4: Blogs, Tweets, and Videos

TechEd Europe 2010 Day 1: Voices from the Community

GET PRE-VALIDATED PRIVATE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE WITH HYPER-V CLOUD FAST TRACK

US EPA Publishes Paper on Energy Savings from Energy Star-Qualified Enterprise Servers Running Windows Server 2008 R2

Available for Download: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta!

Server Core: Best Practice for Applications on Windows Server

Available now: Active Directory Federation Services 2.0

Microsoft & HP Announce Landmark Expansion of Technology Alliance

Welcome to the Family Windows Server 2008 Foundation!

Try Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Today!

Investing in your success with Windows Server