Server management

Updates April 30, 2009 1 min read

Windows Server 2008 Service pack 2 has reached rtm!

On Wednesday April 29th, the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) was achieved! Windows Server 2008 has seen great success and SP2 will make it that much better! SP2 includes all updates delivered since the release of Windows Server 2008, as well as support for new types of hardware […]

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Updates April 22, 2009 1 min read

IIS SMOOTH STREAMING: NOW PLAYING ON AN INTERNET NEAR YOU

Whether you’re a fan of Team USA swimming or not, you have to admit it was pretty exciting when the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay somehow came from behind to win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Updates March 2, 2009 1 min read

Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution

For those of you who’ve enabled the Hyper-V role in WS08.

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Updates February 11, 2009 1 min read

Best Practices Analyzer Resolution Guidance Now Available Online

Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool included with Windows Server® 2008 R2.

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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 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.

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.

Announcements September 8, 2008 2 min read

Windows Server 2008 Service pack 2 has reached rtm!

IIS SMOOTH STREAMING: NOW PLAYING ON AN INTERNET NEAR YOU

Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution

Best Practices Analyzer Resolution Guidance Now Available Online

Live: the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta TechCenter

Announcing Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta!

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

Windows HPC Server 2008 RTM’s

Microsoft and Cray Team up to Bring High Performance Computing Mainstream

64-bit, Windows Server, Hyper-V, and the future

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V

Windows HPC debuts in the Top 25 fastest supercomputers in the world…what more do I need to say?

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