February, 2009

Hello everyone, Justin Graham here again! We’ve been hard at work here in Redmond on Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. I'm happy to share today the Release Candidate (RC) of SP2 is available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers...

You may have heard that earlier today Steve Ballmer referenced we are working on an addition to the Windows server Family named Foundation Server. While we don’t have any details to share now, we are very excited about the opportunity this entry...

Cross your fingers. Rub your lucky rabbit’s foot. Pray to the server gods. It won’t happen to you, right? But what if it does happen? And the servers are down... Maybe you can help save your company from some of the heartache and costs of...

You read that right. All MIX09 attendees will receive a fully functional copy (the real deal) of Windows Web Server 2008 at no cost. That’s nearly a $500 value! Windows Web Server 2008 is a robust and reliable foundation on which to develop, deliver...

The old IIS Extensions train keeps on rollin’. Last month we hit RTW with the Web Platform Installer V1.0 (Why do we call it V1.0? Just wait until you see V2.0) and as you know, Web PI is the one-stop shop for discovering, downloading and installing the...

Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool included with Windows Server® 2008 R2. BPA can help administrators reduce best practice violations by scanning one or more roles that are installed on Windows Server 2008 R2, and reporting best...

Have you already downloaded and started kicking the tires on Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta? What, you’re waiting for an engraved invitation? Here’s your chance to read prerelease documentation about how to configure and use technologies available with...

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Beta is now available on the Microsoft Download Center . Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 enables IT pros to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running...

Do you remember the tale of the Windows Server 2008 “Lone Server” ? Maybe it was read to you as a bedtime story as a change from “Mommy, Why Is There a Server in the House?” There he was, this poor Windows Server 2003 server, all alone in a server farm...

Looks like many of you are saving big money with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. And today we announced that, on average, it's $470,000 per customer per year. Not bad at all and very gratifying to see. Here's just one example provided today: Saxo Bank had an average physical server utilization of just 20 percent and was deploying nearly 200 new servers per year before using server virtualization. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V allowed the bank to reduce the number of servers needed by 36 percent and realize savings equivalent to $1 million (U.S.), because of lower server hardware costs and associated reductions in space, power and cooling costs Besides the words and all, another interesting part were the videos seen at the site. You can see/hear from Saxo Bank, Banverket, Rand Morimoto (who wrote a book on Hyper-V), and a video featuring Santa Barbara Web Hosting and Microsoft's Bob Muglia. ...

Supporting Microsoft’s commitment to delivering world-class enterprise capabilities and to help customers take advantage of the latest innovations through Microsoft and SAP development, today Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 are certified to fully...