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Longhorn Server hitting the stage 

It’s cool to see more and more partners running demos on Windows Server “Longhorn” – even though they’re only using beta 1 code. Last week alone we had NEC and Citrix. NEC demo’d the dynamic reconfiguration of CPU and memory resources while running beta 1 of Longhorn server.

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Virtualization Licensing Changes with Windows Server 2003 

Today we announced some significant licensing changes with regards to virtualization and Windows Server 2003: (1)  Starting with Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition – customers can run up to 4 virtual instances of Windows Server 2003 (any edition) with no additional licensing costs.  Zero, nil.

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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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Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2 Available Today 

My name is Adam Bogobowicz and I am a Product Manager for Window SharePoint Services. I am happy to share with you that today my product is getting more mature, simpler to deploy, and gains support for our latest technologies.

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Is it CCS or CCE? Our HPC solution naming background. 

Is it Compute Cluster Solution or Compute Cluster Edition? We seem to be getting a few perplexed looks from some of our customers as to the actual name of our new HPC technology.  Is it Compute Cluster Solution (CCS) or Compute Cluster Edition (CCE)?  The short answer is both. 😉  Please read on…..

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Virtual Server 2005 now offered in MSDN 

We have received overwhelming customer and partner feedback requesting that Virtual Server 2005 be part of MSDN. We have listened, and as such, effective today Virtual Server 2005 Standard Edition will be available as part of MSDN Enterprise, and Universal and the future Premium subscriptions.

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Windows Server 2003 R2 RC0 Released 

Today our Windows Server product development team reached a very important milestone – the release of Windows Server 2003 R2 RC0. If you haven’t heard about R2 before, R2 is an update release of Windows Server 2003 with SP1, and provides improved branch office server solutions, identity and access management and storage management.

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TPM in Windows Server Codename “Longhorn” 

I was reading Mary Jo Foley’s quick little update on the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) capabilities in Vista. – want to know more about it? If so – read on. TPM technology is being realized as a part of the NGSCB in the next versions of both the client and the server.

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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.