Yesterday, I summarized the features of a new type of domain controller in Windows Server 2008, the Read-only Domain...
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Windows Server 2008: Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

A Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) is a new type of domain controller in Windows Server 2008. Its main purpose...
New rumors about the Windows Server 2008 release date

Update: The launch date of Windows Server 2008 is official now. Update2: Rumors about the release date of Windows...
IIS7 will be a server role in Server Core

Microsoft just announced that Windows Server 2008 Server Core will be able to run IIS7 (Internet Information Server 7.0)...
Windows Server 2008: Active Directory Auditing

Active Directory auditing, i.e. the logging of directory service accesses, is already possible with Window Server 2000/2003. Windows Server...
Windows Server 2008: Fine-grained password policies

Password polices are an essential part of any security strategy. Most users tend to use too weak passwords because...
Another top 10 list of Windows Server 2008 features

Some weeks ago, I summarized an article from Paul Thurrott discussing the ten most important features of Windows Server...
Windows Server 2008: Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

Today, I played a little with the new features of Windows Firewall. If you are familiar with the desktop...
Windows Server 2008: Server roles and Server Manager

Whenever you read about the new features of Windows Server 2008, Server Manager is often at the beginning of...
Windows Server 2008: Dynamic Partitioning

Computerworld has an interesting article about a new feature of Windows Server 2008: Dynamic Partitioning. A hardware partitionable server...
Windows Server 2008 release date and other news

Update: I am currently testing Windows Server 2008 in detail. Please, check out the complete list of my Windows...
New features and changes in functionality of Windows Server 2008

Some days ago, I wrote about the 10 most important new features of Windows Server 2008. Today, I just...
Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn): Getting started with Server Core

It seems as if Microsoft's new server OS will be named Windows Server 2008. Some reported that Microsoft used...
Windows Server Longhorn: Server Core essentials

This post belongs to my series about Microsoft's next server OS, Windows Server Longhorn. Today I am answering some...
Testing Windows Server Longhorn with VMware Workstation 6

Today, I installed the Beta 3 of Windows Server Longhorn on the latest release candidate of VMware Workstation 6...
Windows Server Longhorn 10 most important new features

You've probably heard that Windows Server Longhorn Beat 3 is now available at Microsoft Connect. So it seems that...
New RDP client: Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 for Windows XP

Microsoft released Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 for Windows XP. Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 (RDC) is already part of Windows...
The hypervisor of Windows Server Longhorn: How virtualization works in Microsoft’s new server OS

Robert L. Mitchel wrote an interesting article about the virtualization technology in Windows Server Longhorn. I've read several times...
Can Microsoft cope with the complexity of Windows Vista?

Windows XP SP3 will be delayed to 2008 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 to Q1 2007. So both service...