Plumbing & Wiring in a Microsoft World : Longhorn

Longhorn officially named Windows Server 2008

infoz — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:25:00 GMT

OK, so I'm a bit late on posting on this one - my excuse is that I've been on holiday for the last month, and it's hardly earth-shattering news anyway, but there has been a little speculation on whether Longhorn would be Windows Server 2007 or 2008. Windows Server 2008 is the choice and this makes good sense (assuming the projected launch dates are met), as the majority of launch activities will be early in 2008 - it also means the graphic designers will have an easier job converting the 3 to an 8 on the logos! With launch momentum beginning to build, today saw the arrival of the "Face of Windows Server 2008" portal - a new campaign site with loads of information for IT Pros, customers and partners.

As a side note, the creative idea for the campaign originated here in Australia - you can even join the community and upload your own photo which will be morphed together with the other community mugshots to deliver a composite image that is truly the "Face of Windows Server 2008"! By popular demand I won't be uploading my photo, as colleagues tell me I have a "face for radio"....

Viridian (Windows Server Virtualisation) and Virtual Server Timing Updates

infoz — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:21:00 GMT

The Windows Server team recently announced some updated timings for the forthcoming releases of Windows Server Virtualisation and Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 - get the details of what, where and when (RH)

Windows Server Longhorn & Virtualisation - Video

infoz — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:28:00 GMT

This 5 minute video provides a sneak preview of Windows Server Virtualisation - a hypervisor-based virtualisation platform being developed as an integrated part of Windows Server Longhorn and due for release within 180 days of Longhorn RTM.

The video shows you how Windows Server Virtualisation and System Center (Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager) will be able to help you optimise your infrastructure and manage your physical and virtual resources more effectively. (RH)