Neowin News Feed for: Windows server

Microsoft adds new support for its "Cloud OS" enterprise services

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:34:45 +0000

Microsoft announced a number of new updates to its enterprise-themed server services, which are covered under its "Cloud OS' branding, including new versions of Windows Intune and System Center. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 RTM coming in August, general availability in September

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:10:46 +0100

Microsoft has announced today via their blog that Windows Server 2012 will reach the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) stage in the first week of August, with general availability to come in September Read more...

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate download available

Brad Sams — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:44:57 +0100

Microsoft has just gone live with the download links for Windows Server 2012 release candidate, the OS comes in two flavors, 64 bit ISO and VHD. Read more...

Amazon Web Services to include Windows Server support

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:30:19 +0000

Amazon Web Services is officially offering access to Microsoft's Windows Server for its Free Usage Tier customers for up to 750 hours per month. This move could expand the use of Windows Server Read more...

Windows 7 SP1 RTM now available on MSDN/TechNet

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:41:27 +0000

Microsoft has released Windows 7 SP1 to MSDN and TechNet customers on Wednesday. The free download allows Windows 7 customers to upgrade their machines to the latest Service Pack. Microsoft has confirmed the official build... Read more...

Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 SP1 to land on February 22nd

Steven Parker — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:16:37 +0000

Russian Windows enthusiast leak site Wzor.net had earlier today claimed that sources close to Microsoft had tipped them off on the date, but winrumors.com has now confirmed, that Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and... Read more...

Microsoft details Windows 7 SP1 plans, public beta end of July

Tom Warren — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:11:52 +0100

Microsoft revealed its plans for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 today at its annual Tech-Ed conference. Bob Muglia, President of Microsoft's server and tools business took to the stage to kick start... Read more...

Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail" public preview announced

Tom Warren — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:04:01 +0100

Microsoft has announced a public preview release of Windows Server Code Name "vail". "Vail” is the version 2 release of Windows Home Server based on Windows Server 2008 R2. Vail provides simple file sharing, remote access,... Read more...

Windows Small Business Server code name "Aurora" revealed

Tom Warren — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:52:34 +0000

Following an in-depth overview of Windows Home Server "Vail" we have been digging to find out more information on code name "Aurora". It appears Rafael Rivera's original discovery that it could be the next generation Small... Read more...

Microsoft to introduce new 'netbook-like' Windows Server SKU

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:48:21 +0000

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer listed the areas where Microsoft plans to invest in the annual Strategic Update presentation for Wall Street analysts. During the event Ballmer said the company will introduce a new, low-priced Windows... Read more...

Announcing the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 CPP

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:26:02 +0000

Mike Nash announced that this week Microsoft is opening up the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta to a broader audience. Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to... Read more...

Windows 7 Server to be 'minor release'

Steven Parker — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:51:25 +0100

Microsoft said on Monday in the US that the server version of Windows 7 would not be a major release and will bear the name Windows Server 2008 R2. In the past, Microsoft has used... Read more...

Previewing Windows Server 2008 R2

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:25:43 +0100

Microsoft seems like the most unlikely company to ship products that really support Enterprise 2.0. After all, the company is the poster child for packaged software. But everything the company is saying here in Orlando... Read more...

Microsoft releases Hyper-V hypervisor RC for Windows Server

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:14:19 +0000

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Microsoft said Wednesday that the first release candidate of its Hyper-V hypervisor will be available for download. This release will be the near-final code of the virtualization utility that Microsoft is building into Windows Server... Read more...

Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:56:33 +0000

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It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista after all and it's already been released. Windows Server 2008 isn't easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly... Read more...

Zend PHP to run on Windows Server 2008

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:09:42 +0000

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PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) tools company Zend Technologies is announcing this week that its Zend Core product will run on the Windows Server 2008 platform, providing parity between Windows Server and Linux in running PHP. Zend... Read more...

Microsoft Server and Tools support for Windows Server 2008

Steven Parker — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:43:33 +0000

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Neil Hutson, who is responsible for exciting developers into adopting Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 for Microsoft, explains exactly what Windows Server 2008 will support at RTM. I have had... Read more...

Windows Server 2008 Is Microsoft`s Leanest, Meanest Yet

Steven Parker — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:59:24 +0000

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"Faster" and "slimmer" are two adjectives to which few software product upgrades can lay legitimate claim—particularly if the software upgrade in question is a Windows operating system. And, yet, Microsoft's Windows Server 2008, which recently... Read more...

Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista SP1 RTM Today

Tom Warren — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:04:52 +0000

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is being released to manufacturing on Monday 4 Feb and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Server 2008 is also... Read more...

Feb. launch set for new Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 tools

Steven Parker — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:23:01 +0000

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Ahead of its launch of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP, Microsoft is planning to ship in late February assessment tools for IT shops so they can get their networks in order and ease any... Read more...