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Windows Server 2008 RC0 and Windows Server Virtualization (WSV) are available

Andy Malone reports that Windows Server 2008 RC0 is now offered to TAP customers (Technical Adoption Program). He also...
Windows Server 2008 NAP (Network Access Protection) infrastructure

When I first read about NAP (Network Access Protection), Microsoft's new Network Access Control (NAC) solution in Windows Server...
Windows Server 2008 RTM delayed

Microsoft's Windows Server Division weblog announced that Windows Server 2008 RTM (release to manufacturing) is now scheduled for release...
Windows Server 2008: Network Access Protection (NAP) essentials

Network Access Protection (NAP) is certainly one of the most interesting new features of Windows Server 2008. Originally, it...
Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services: Changes of remote administration mode

There are several changes in Windows Server 2008 with regard to the way Terminal Services work in remote administration...
Windows Server 2008 step by step guides and component posters

Microsoft aggregated some of their step by step guides about Windows Server 2008. I already read some of them...
Windows Server 2008: Terminal Services new features – Part 2

In my first article about the new features of Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008, I discussed some general...
Windows Server 2008: Terminal Services new features – Part 1

Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 were enhanced by many new features. In this post, I summarized some of...
The new names of Microsoft’s Identity and Access (IDA) solutions

Microsoft offers quite few Active Directory related products which can be generally described as Identity and Access (IDA) solutions....
How to install Active Directory Domain Services on Server Core with dcpromo

Steve Rosa described how he installed Active Directory Domain Services on Server Core in Windows Server 2008. Even though,...
Beta of MCSA/MCSE 2008 upgrade exams

If you are an MCSA or MSCE on Windows Server 2003, you can now try your luck with the...
Windows Server 2008 release date is February 27th

It is now official! Windows Server 2008 will be launched on February 27th. Joe Wilcox is speculating that the...
Windows Server 2008: Changes in DNS server functionality

The DNS Server service of Windows Server 2008 provides a couple of new features and changes. In this post,...
Server Core supports IIS7 in the Windows Server 2008 June CTP-Does it make sense?

Microsoft released the June CTP for Windows Server 2008. Almost 1000 bugs have been fixed. Most notable is that...
The faces of Windows Server 2008 and reduce your costs orgies

Microsoft has a new PR site for Windows Server 2008. I played a little with it, but I somehow...
Windows Server 2008: Create and view Active Directory snapshots

This new feature of Windows Server 2008 allows you to create a snapshot of the Active Directory database with...
Introducing Windows Server 2008 from Mitch Tulloch with the Microsoft Windows Server Team has been available for a couple...
Windows Server 2008: Restartable Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Restartable Active Directory Domain Services (RADDS) is one of those new features in Windows Server 2008 that seems to...
Windows Server 2008: the disadvantages of RODCs

I don't have much experience with RODCs yet. However, I already see some of the downsides of this new...