Solution: Server management
Best Practices Analyzer: Run it on your server roles, not your loved ones
We in Windows Server are sorry to report a disturbing trend among IT professionals. Ever since Windows Server 2008 R2 was first released as a public beta, and Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server roles was first available, we’ve been getting some alarming dispatches from the IT management front.
Forget the Pre-Historic: Business Critical Means Windows
IDC recently released a analysis of the x86 server market “Business-Critical Workloads: Supporting Business-Critical: Computing with an Integrated Server Platform.” If you don’t have time to read the whitepaper, check out the ComputerWorld webcast covering this material here.
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.
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 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.
Support changes coming July 2010 for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003
My name is Crissy House and I am the Windows Server Operations Manager here at Microsoft.