Gates announces new Windows update tool
Posted by malebolgia on 16 November 2004 - 15:46 · 16 comments & 7978 views
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#1 Posted by State Of The Art on 16 Nov 2004 - 15:52
- Go Denmark!
This Rocks!
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#2 Posted by EduardValencia on 16 Nov 2004 - 15:58
- go Microsoft!
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#3 Posted by qdave on 16 Nov 2004 - 16:02
- thats nice!
4000 people...quite alot
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#4 Posted by WindowsNT on 16 Nov 2004 - 16:08
- This is also an "open Evaluation".
If you have the hardware and software to test it go here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wus/default.mspx
Note: you need a Microsoft Passport
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#5 Posted by shao on 16 Nov 2004 - 16:51
- great. finally a public release.. although i wonder why those of us that signed up for notification of the public release never got their notifications.
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#6 Posted by SAMeAiM on 16 Nov 2004 - 16:58
- He also spoke about "Longhorn" wich should be out in 2006 (according to him). He also said something about a better "Remote Management" in the longhorn system.
He did also talk about "Operations Manager 2005" and "Virtual Server 2005".
- Just what i heard...
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#7 Posted by IPv6 on 16 Nov 2004 - 17:02
QUOTE great. finally a public release.. although i wonder why those of us that signed up for notification of the public release never got their notifications
took the words right out of my mouth .
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#8 Posted by BackWash on 16 Nov 2004 - 20:30
- The product looks awesome. Very nice GUI. Try it geeks !
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#9 Posted by wildduck on 16 Nov 2004 - 21:44
- Online door-step interview with Bill Gates in Denmark (short introdduktion in danish)
Interview
During the congress today Bill Gates said that Longhorn WILL BE realeased 2006. No more delay he said. And Microsoft will take Remote Management to a new level.
Source (danish): danish article
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#10 Posted by andyandy on 16 Nov 2004 - 22:07
- Here is a summary of the announcements by Microsoft Presspass: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/nov04/11-16IT04EuroUmbrellaPR.asp
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#11 Posted by Dayon on 16 Nov 2004 - 23:45
- This has very little to do with this, but the one thing I never got about the normal Windows Update was why it doesn't starts installing after it's done downloading each individual package. I mean, Installing can take forever, and so can downloading....And If i have 30 updates, why doesn't it multitask?
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#11.1 Posted by BananaMan on 17 Nov 2004 - 00:49
- I see your point and I think there should be an option, however I can see problems with that idea if it we're enforced by WU. For instance, what if you we're connected via. dial up modem and you selected a modem update amongst other updates, if it did the modem update first it would disconnect to update the driver (at least, that's what the Conexant winmodem driver from WU does for me) which would nerf the update process with it's internet connection suddenly being severed.
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#11.2 Posted by neufuse on 17 Nov 2004 - 02:46
- well what happens if someone downloads a network/modem/or tcp/ip? it would have to disconnect the network connection which is being used to download to install it... there would need to be a lot more logic there then there is currently for it to work correctly, and then thats assumeing the 3rd parties that supply drivers to windows update mark them as a network driver or update for a network protocol
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#12 Posted by Denver_80203 on 17 Nov 2004 - 01:46
- Is the new Tool a very large hammer?
During a keynote speech at the company's IT Forum conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Gates outlined Microsoft's ambitious effort to trim the cost of managing corporate data centers, called the Dynamic Systems Initiative. IT Forum, Microsoft's largest conference in Europe, is expected to draw roughly 4,000 IT professionals.
Microsoft also announced systems management-related product updates, including the first public test release of an automatic Windows update service. Microsoft's DSI is a multiyear plan to wring greater productivity out of systems operators, who oversee company networks. With better management tools, administrators can handle more tasks, such as updating server patches, more quickly.
Improved systems administration has become a high priority for Microsoft's business software division. Company executives point out that the majority of information technology budgets are dedicated to running existing systems, rather than creating new business applications. Microsoft competes with IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other companies in the systems management software market.
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