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    • Installing role in Windows Server 2008

    Thursday, June 26th, 2008

    In this post I’m going to explain you how to install Domain Name System (DNS) role in Windows Server 2008. You can use this tutorial to install all other roles, procedure is almost the same, just for every other role you have different options to choose. So, here we are, in Server Manager window, and [...]

    Playing with Windows Server 2008

    Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

    Today I spent few hours in computer lab at my college playing with Windows Server 2008. I wanted to enable access to internet in guest operating systems. Since I don’t have Integration Components installed yet, I had to install Legacy network adapter, so I have “normal” network adapter and emulated one.

    First choice was to enable [...]

    My experience with Hyper-V

    Saturday, June 7th, 2008

    Yesterday I installed Windows Server 2008 on the server at my college, as part of my final work. My task was to install Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and few virtual operating systems, and to enable communication between those systems so my colleague can install IPSec between OSs, as part of her final work. I downloaded [...]

    Why should anyone use Server Core option?

    Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

    In 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, 2008

    One 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, 2008

    As 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, 2008

    If 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
    +
    +
    +
    +
    +

    Hyper-V
    +
    +
    +
    -
    -

    Network Access Protection
    +
    +
    +
    -
    -

    AD Rights Management Services (RMS)
    +
    +
    +
    -
    -

    Terminal Services Gateway and RemoteApp
    +
    +
    +
    -
    -

    Server Manager
    +
    +
    +
    +
    +

    Windows Deployment Services
    +
    +
    +
    -
    -

    Server Core
    +
    +
    +
    +
    -

    If you want to know Windows Server [...]

    What is Windows Server 2008?

    Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

    While 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 [...]