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    Windows Server 2008 R2 available to download

    Friday, August 14th, 2009

    The day has finally come. I expected to see Windows Server 2008 R2 available to download at the same day as Windows 7, but Microsoft decided to make it available at today’s date. So, if you are MSDN or TechNet subscriber, you can now download Windows Server 2008 R2.

    When to download Windows Server 2008 R2?

    Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

    I expected to see Windows Server 2008 R2 to be available to download from MSDN and TechNet on the same date as Windows 7, but I was wrong. I don’t know why (maybe to reduce “attack” on their download servers from users who want to download Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 immediately) [...]

    Great new features in Windows Server 2008 R2

    Sunday, July 26th, 2009

    Together with announcing that Windows 7 has reached RTM, Microsoft has also announced Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM. I already wrote something about Windows Server 2008 R2 new features , reasons for moving to Windows Server 2008 R2 and few other posts, but here is official announcement from Windows Server Division. Of course, they [...]

    Free 60-day Hyper-V powered VPS Hosting on Microsoft Platform

    Saturday, July 18th, 2009

    MyHosting.com is offering free 60-day Hyper-V powered VPS Hosting on Microsoft Platform. Here is what they say:
    Virtual private servers provide the cost savings of sharing the server with others yet the guaranteed performance of having a dedicated portion of the server for your site. This delivers a high level of bandwidth and speed resulting in [...]

    Windows Server 2008 R2 RC available to download

    Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

    With all the hype over the release of Windows 7 Release Candidate, one of the things that is getting over looked is the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 RC.
    Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the next version of the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Building on the features and capabilities of [...]

    How to manage Windows Server 2008 Core?

    Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

    As you may see, I started writing small tutorials on how to manage Windows Server Core. For now, I wrote 2 posts: Changing the IP address in Windows Server 2008 Core and How to enable Automatic updates in Windows Server 2008 Core?. Both examples show how to manage Windows Server Core from local command line, [...]

    Windows Server 2008 Foundation to be sold only through OEM

    Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

    Microsoft announced availability of Windows Server 2008 Foundation! As I wrote in previous posts, Windows Server Foundation Edition and What do you expect from Windows Server 2008 Foundation edition? Microsoft designed this version for low-cost servers. These servers are used by small business compaines, which do not have needs for expensive servers and full installation [...]

    What do you expect from Windows Server 2008 Foundation edition?

    Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

    I see many visitors of this blog came here searching for information about Windows Foundation Server 2008. In my post Windows Server Foundation edition, I wrote something about this version. As I said, it is going to be used on low-cost servers, for those companies that don’t need full Windows Server 2008 installation and for [...]

    How to enable Automatic updates in Windows Server 2008 Core?

    Thursday, March 19th, 2009

    In my previous post about Windows Server Core, I wrote how to change the IP address of server running Windows Server Core. In this post I’m going to describe the process of enabling automatic updates in Windows Server 2008 Core. The whole process is quite simple, you have few commands to enable/disable automatic, install an [...]

    Changing the IP address in Windows Server 2008 Core

    Monday, March 16th, 2009

    In my previous two posts Windows Server 2008 Core option and Why should anyone use Server Core option? I wrote something about Windows Server 2008 Core. As one of disadvantages I mentioned that there is no GUI, and administration tasks must be done in command prompt. It requires some extra learning, but it is not [...]

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