Planning your path to Windows Server 2025: What organizations are prioritizing in 2026
Windows Server Summit 2026 has been fine‑tuned for practical, engineering‑led guidance that focuses on operating Windows Server efficiently at scale.
Microsoft Windows Server Blog
Common Engineering Criteria Website Re-Launches
I wanted to first introduce myself to the Windows Server community as an upcoming contributor in my new role as the Director of Program Management for Windows Server. Some of you may know me from my previous role as the Product Unit Manager for Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010.
Windows Server 2008 R2 to Phase Out Itanium
I’ve written previously about 64-bit and Windows Server and the long, steady adoption of 64-bit computing over the years.
AMD Launches New Server CPU Platform
Today, AMD has launched the AMD Opteron™ 6000 CPU series. This represents the latest AMD advances in server CPU technology and promises to work well for Windows Server 2008 R2 customers and partners.
Announcing Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Today, Microsoft is announcing Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Detailed information regarding SP1 will be released over the next several months; but today Windows Server 2008 R2 is announcing that SP1 will deliver two important new features that directly affect Microsoft’s desktop virtualization stack: Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX.
Now Customers Can Actually Locate Your Resources with URL Rewriter 2.0 RTW
Today, Microsoft announced the final release of IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 RTW.
Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Available!
The Beta 2 for Windows Server AppFabric is available for download today at http://msdn.microsoft.com/appfabric. We’re encouraging developers and IT professionals working with .NET 4 and Windows Server to download the Beta and provide feedback, as we prepare to release the final version of Windows Server AppFabric to be delivered by Q3 of 2010.
Prevent Loss of Sensitive Information Using the Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure
Today I want to discuss the importance of information classification and how it can be used to prevent data breaches and help organizations with compliance requirements such as PCI, HIIPA, ISO 27001, the Massachusetts Data Protection Law 201 and other similar legislation.
BIEB Update: Microsoft IT Speaks Out on Today’s IT Trends
BIEB stands for Microsoft’s Because It’s Everybody’s Business campaign. But it’s more than an ad campaign, it’s also a slick Web resource with loads of value-add IT Pro content.
Windows Server 2008 R2 & Intel Slam Dunk iSCSI Performance Benchmark
With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, the Windows Server platform has evolved into a robust and scalable platform aimed squarely at the heaviest data center loads – and we’re always looking at new ways to prove it.
Power Management in Windows Server 2008 R2 – Improving your “gas mileage”
Everybody pays the power bill. Well… except maybe the power company. But who wouldn’t want to reduce that bill? Not to mention their environmental impact? The biggest power savings many organizations will probably experience with Windows Server 2008 R2 is through server consolidation with Hyper-V, the built-in Hypervisor.
Windows 2000 Server Approaching End of Life
Danger, Will Robinson! If you’ve got machines still running Windows 2000 Server in your enterprise, your robot will be blaring this warning ever more urgently the closer we get to July 13, 2010. That’s the end-of-support date for the Windows 2000 Server platform.
Microsoft & HP Announce Landmark Expansion of Technology Alliance
This is fantastic news for customers. Microsoft and HP have had a long-standing technology partnership that’s spanned over 25 years. But today, we’ve announced an expansion of that agreement that likely makes this the deepest and most far-reaching alliance of its kind in the industry.