Planning ahead for Windows Server 2016 end of support
In accordance with the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy, extended support for Windows Server 2016 will end on January 12, 2027.
Microsoft Windows Server Blog
Bill Gates announces Windows Home Server
I suspect all you fans of Windows Server will be interested in this news… Last night, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bill Gates announced Windows Home Server, an new version of Windows focused on multi-PC households.
Better Together – The David and David Show
If you’re going to do a webcast about how Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn” are great on their own, but even better together, then there’s no point in having only one presenter do it.
NEC Demos Dynamic Partitioning of CPU and Memory using Longhorn Server
NEC’s news release today says the following: NEC Corporation today announced it has demonstrated the world’s first dynamic partitioning of CPU and memory resources on the Beta 2 version of Microsoft Windows Server, code-named “Longhorn,” using NEC’s enterprise server Express5800/1320Xf.
Windows Server 2003 SP2 RC: Come and get it!
I am happy to announce that Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Release Candidate is available for public review. You can find more information about this release here.
Windows PowerShell and Windows Server “Longhorn”
Last Tuesday in front of over 4000 attendees, Jeffrey Snover and Bob Muglia announced the release of Windows PowerShell 1.0 RTW at IT Forum. Windows PowerShell is the new command-line shell and scripting language for Windows system administration.
Linux-Watch: get the facts
Every now and again we use this blog to correct inaccuracies in the public domain. Mostly innocent errors at media outlets. And usually I wouldn’t comment on opinion pieces at Linux-Watch because the rhetorical debate would be fruitless. You know, “taste great” versus “less filling” sort of thing.
Personal Supercomputing Goes Quad Core
“Quadrophenia” is how CNET charaterized it. At Intel Developer Forum this week, Intel is showing off its forthcoming “Clovertown” quad-core processor for servers. Catch Intel’s podcast previewing its announcement of the quad-cores.
Windows IT Pro Readers Choice Awards
Ok, so this is little bit of bragging….but I cant help it. Windows IT Pro magazine recently announced their 5th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. In this year’s contest, readers chose from nearly 750 products that were nominated in 12 major technology categories and 76 subcategories.
Windows CCS from your desktop
I’m not talking about deskside HPC clusters, but rather learning more from your desk about the new Windows Server edition for running parallel applications on HPC clusters. First you can start with Scientific Computing, which is hosting a webcast on high-performance computing going mainstream.
Watch the Best of TechEd 2006
Did you miss TechEd this year? Fear not! The folks over at TechNet captured the best sessions on high-quality video.
Windows Server 2003 and XP x64 Editions Service Pack 2
There have been a few articles floating around on the Internet since we released the private beta of Windows Server 2003 SP2 a couple of weeks ago. To remove any mystery or speculation about what this Service Pack 2 is about, I thought I would take a couple of minutes to lay it out.
Other Rejected Longhorn Server Names
As a follow-up to my last post regarding the official name of Windows Server code name “Longhorn”, I thought it might be interesting for people to see some other names that have been touted during our brainstorming meetings, but that will never see the light of day… Windows Live Server Windows Bob Server Windows Server,.