Archive for May, 2008
Virtualization today
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Few years ago, everybody talked about web 2.0 and it’s benefits. Today, the main buzzword is virtualization. Let’s see what Wikipedia has to say about virtualization:
In computing, virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. Virtualization hides the physical characteristics of computing resources from their users, be they applications, or [...]
Why should anyone use Server Core option?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008In previous post, I explained you what Server Core option is. As you can see on screen shot, there are no windows, and maybe you are wondering and asking yourself: Why should I use Server Core, why should I go back in time to old DOS systems? There are few got things about Windows [...]
Windows Server 2008 Core option
Monday, May 19th, 2008One new and great option in Windows Server 2008 is Server Core. Server Core is “windows without windows“. When you start operating system you get only this:
As you can see, no Start button, no Internet Explorer, no Windows Media Player, no… Only Command prompt. You may ask: Why should I use Core installation option instead [...]
Windows Server 2008 roles
Sunday, May 18th, 2008As I promised in last post, in this post I’m going to give you the list of all Windows Server 2008 roles. As you can see in table, when you buy Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or Datacenter edition, you get all roles, when you buy Standard edition you have some limitations with few roles and [...]
Windows Server 2008 editions
Friday, May 16th, 2008If you want to purchase Windows Server 2008, you can choose between 5 editions. In next table I’ll give you a list of new and updated features in Windows Server 2008.
New/Updated Features
Enterprise
Datacenter
Standard
Web
Itanium
Internet Information Services 7.0
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Hyper-V
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Network Access Protection
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-
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AD Rights Management Services (RMS)
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Terminal Services Gateway and RemoteApp
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Server Manager
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Windows Deployment Services
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Server Core
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If you want to know Windows Server [...]
What is Windows Server 2008?
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008While talking to many of my friends on college, FESB, I noticed that they really don’t know what Windows Server 2008 is. Two weeks ago, I had a lecture to students on topic “Windows Server 2008″, and I asked them a question “Can you tell me, in two words, what is Windows Server 2008″? They [...]
Hello World
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Hi,
I am Ilija Brajkovic, student of computer science on Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Croatia. My interests are computer networks and Windows Server systems, including Windows Server 2008 and Small Business Server. I am Microsoft Student Partner, and in that program I have a chance to get lots [...]