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
Windows Server 2008 R2 Reaches the RTM Milestone!
The acronym stands for Release to Manufacturing, and it means this latest release of Windows Server 2008 R2 is now blessed by engineering as ready for the manufacturing process. We’re talking final code. Sun shining, birds singing, children dancing in the streets.
Guest Blog: How Information Technology (IT) Can Still Invest in Innovation Today
Hi- I’m Joe Homnick, principal owner of Homnick Systems and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, located in Boca Raton, Florida. I am a Microsoft Regional Director Ambassador and trainer for the Microsoft Metro program, which targets early adopters of Microsoft technologies for the last five years.
Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta
Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta Do you ever wonder what it would be like to tirelessly explore the Internet as a search engine crawler? What would you find? Would the sites you meet help you or are you on your own? Would the sites tell you where important information lives or must.
Windows Server 2008 and Windows vista SP2 Available for download!
Today we are pleased to announce the Release to Web (RTW) of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. SP2, a combined service pack for both operating systems encapsulated in a single installer, will simplify deployment, management, and support for IT Pros.
CTP of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 available today!
It was almost exactly one year ago that we signed off on beta 2 of Windows HPC Server 2008 and today we made available the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.
Windows Storage Server 2008 is here!
Hi, my name is Bala Kasiviswanathan, director of Storage Solutions Marketing here at Microsoft, and I’m pleased to announce the release of Windows Storage Server 2008 (WSS08) to our OEM partners. WSS08 is built upon Windows Server 2008 – the industry-leading file services platform.
Windows Server 2008 Service pack 2 has reached rtm!
On Wednesday April 29th, the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) was achieved! Windows Server 2008 has seen great success and SP2 will make it that much better! SP2 includes all updates delivered since the release of Windows Server 2008, as well as support for new types of hardware.
IIS SMOOTH STREAMING: NOW PLAYING ON AN INTERNET NEAR YOU
Whether you’re a fan of Team USA swimming or not, you have to admit it was pretty exciting when the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay somehow came from behind to win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Welcome to the Family Windows Server 2008 Foundation!
It’s a big day for all of us on the Windows Server team as we welcome a new member to the family, Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
Try Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Today!
Last week we announced the Release Candidate (RC) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. We initially made it available for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Today, we’re making it available to anyone interested in testing SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 prior to final release.
Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution
For those of you who’ve enabled the Hyper-V role in WS08. It has been determined that a certificate error can occur resulting in the inability to start or connect to virtual machines running on Windows Server 2008 or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.
Best Practices Analyzer Resolution Guidance Now Available Online
Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool included with Windows Server® 2008 R2. BPA can help administrators reduce best practice violations by scanning one or more roles that are installed on Windows Server 2008 R2, and reporting best practice violations to the administrator.