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. More...
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 More...
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. More...
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 More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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,... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
"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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
A solution provider in Florida that owns the domain name windowsserver2008.com has re-directed the URL to Apple's online store, where visitors are greeted by a giant image of the recently unveiled MacBook Air. On Wednesday,... More...
The Windows Server 2008 MSDN Development Center has launched. This site is actively being updated to reflect the latest developer news on Windows Server 2008 as well to include links to all the greatest resources... More...
These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008. These documents are downloadable versions of guides found in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library. System RequirementsSupported Operating Systems: Longhorn (Windows Code... More...
Microsoft has modified its Web server licensing terms for Windows Server 2008 in what looks like an attempt to compete more effectively with open source alternatives, CRN has learned. According to an internal Microsoft document... More...
Microsoft released on Wednesday new test versions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack, two highly anticipated technologies that are scheduled to be released early next year. Microsoft also revealed partner resources to... More...
It's not unheard of for some of the earliest adopters of Microsoft's Vista this year to compare the experience to swimming in wet cement -- slow and not very pretty. But word is filtering out... More...
All will be available in 32-bit or 64-bit versions, with the exception of Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems, which will only be available as a 64-bit version. Other changes include the availability of Windows... More...
Microsoft will release eight versions of Windows Server 2008 when it ships in late February 2008, three of which will include its hypervisor technology, Hyper-V. "The Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter versions of Windows Server... More...
Windows Server 2008 is on its way. With the first release candidate in the pipeline, it shouldn't be long before release to manufacturing and general availability. With such a long development time (it's the first... More...
Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 RC0 hit the Web earlier this week on the road to its scheduled February 2008 release, toting a new Internet Information Services role for the product's lean and mean Server Core... More...
Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility and reliability of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services. This... More...
Microsoft will make the first release candidate for Windows Server 2008 and the first beta for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available within the next 24 hours, the software maker announced today. Windows Server 2008... More...
Windows Server® 2008 Beta 3 helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services. This time-limited release... More...
Microsoft revealed today that it will not release Windows Server 2008, the successor to Windows Server 2003, on time. In a posting to the company's TechNet site, a Microsoft spokesman confessed that "Windows Server 2008,... More...
After many months of waiting, Microsoft finally released the Beta 3 version of Windows Server 2008 (previously codenamed Longhorn), a major milestone pre-release version of the next version of Windows Server. (More recently, a CTP,... More...
Microsoft is sticking to their promise of delivering a minor release after a major Windows Release. Oh and like said before, Windows Server 2008 is the last release of 32 bit edition of Windows. So... More...
To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)... More...
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates... More...
Windows Server Codenamed Longhorn beta testers have received emails late on Thursday confirming the availability of Beta 3 of the new Server system with some of the most important changes coming to Server Core. Core... More...
Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" helps you to increase the flexibility of your server infrastructure while saving time and reducing costs. Powerful new management tools and security enhancements allow you to have more control... More...
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is a cumulative service pack that includes the latest updates and provides enhancements to security and stability. In addition, it adds new features and updates to existing... More...
Microsoft is expected to release a beta three version of its next Windows Server, code-named Longhorn, as a community technology preview (CTP) in early March, industry sources say. The upcoming CTP would be the first... More...
ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM. "An unnamed Microsoft official just confirmed to... More...
Our buddy Bink reports over at bink.nu that there is a new build of Windows Server Codenamed "Longhorn" has been made available to testers. This will be the first beta build of v6 kernel since... More...
Thanks [Annon] for sending me this: Starting December 12th, the Windows Server 2003 SP2 RC build (build 2825) will be made available via Windows Update. This is primarily to test delivery of update build packages... More...
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Release Candidate (RC) is a cumulative service pack that provides the latest updates, security and stability enhancements, in addition to new features, feature updates and utility updates... More...
The Windows Serviceability Team has posted the Beta 2 Refresh of Windows Server 2003 SP2 to connect. Testers have been invited to install build 2805 of the service pack both on Windows Server 2003 R2... More...
Hot on the heels of Windows Vista RC1, we have now released the August 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP)of Windows Server "Longhorn". It's available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers to download. Marked as Build 5560,... More...
Dear WS03 SP2 Beta Tester,Beginning in August 2006, Windows Serviceability will release monthly critical security updates for the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta. We will send notifications on the availability of the updates... More...
There have been a few articles floating around on the Internet since we released the private beta of Windows Server 2003 SP2 a couple of weeks ago. To remove any mystery or speculation about... More...