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Improve Infrastructure Management and Have Fun Doing it! 

So, you think about operational effectiveness and security all the time? You go home at night wishing you could push a magic button and have your infrastructure instantly automated and secure? I would bet you’re so bogged down in your daily activities that you don’t have a lot of time to invest in learning how.
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Free Course on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack One 

MS Learning works closely with our team to provide training on our various technologies. One of the recent free, online courses (thats right – free!) they have completed is the 2855 Clinic: Managing Security Enhancements in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack One.
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WSUS Goes Live at TechEd 2005 

Hello – I’m Joseph Dadzie, group program manager for Software Distribution technologies in the Windows Server team.  My team is currently responsible for the infrastructure behind Windows Update and Microsoft Update, the Windows Server Update Services product, the Automatics feature in Windows, Group Policy and the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).
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x64 Windows beats 64-bit RHEL 4.0 and Solaris 10 in SSL 

Tom Henderson of Network World recently completed testing of X64 Windows in SSL Kernel Mode against other 64-bit OSes. The tests clearly indicate that the x64 editions of Windows Server 2003 show a 15-20% performance advantage over these other 64-bit operating systems.
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SBS 2003 SP1 released! 

SP1 for Small Business Server 2003 has just been released today: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/downloads/sp1/default.mspx or http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39425 This service pack is a lot more than just Windows Server 2003 SP1, it is a rollup of multiple service packs and updates for SBS 2003.
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Virtual Server 2005 SP1 supports x64 hosts…sign up for the beta 

Steve Ballmer annouced today our beta of Virtual Server 2005 SP1….now supporting x64 as host operating systems.  I have had the personal pleasure of running this x64 version on a 4-way x64 box with 32G of RAM – doing demonstrations has never been easier for me! I can get tons of images up and running.
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Access-Based Enumeration Whitepaper and Tools now available 

As mentioned in previous posts, the Access-Based Enumeration GUI and Command-Line tools and whitepaper would be available as a separate download for SP1.  It can now be downloaded here. Many thanks to Koni for tracking this – truly appreciated. Here is what the folder properties will look like when ABE is enabled.
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Windows Server 2003 SP1 SSL Improvements 

SP1 is really an interesting service pack…..  not only does it do the job of a normal service pack (aggregating updates) it also incorporates added functionality like the Security Configuration Wizard and Post-Setup Security Updates. But this is something you dont hear to much when talking service packs: increased performance….but tis true.
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Yeehaw – RC2 is Complete!! 

Ward Ralston here – I, like John Borozan, am a Product Manager with Windows Server. Some of you may have already heard that Window Server 2003 64-Bit Editions, Window Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP Professional have all reached the Release Canidate Two (RC2) Milestone this afternoon.
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Let the games begin… 

My name is John Borozan and I’m the Product Manager for Microsoft’s 64-Bit Editions of Window Server 2003.  We are launching this Weblog to allow the members of our Windows Server team to be in more direct contact with the IT community through frequent updates to this blog.