Windows Server 2008 is coming. By year's end this update to our core Server operating system should be ready for deployment. As a function of the five-year delay between this and our last server OS, ...

Part 2 of 3: If you've played with Windows Server 2008 at all, you've likely noticed its new Server Manager. Although a little complicated to get used to at the outset, where Server Manager shines is ...

After several weeks of testing in the CMP Channel Test Center lab, it is clear that Microsoft's forthcoming server operating system provides levels of data center functionality never before seen in a ...

Windows Server 2008 introduced the most significant changes to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) since its inaugural release in Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft has continued along this path with ...

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 has hit the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone and, unlike other releases, is available immediately. The 80MB installer comes in two flavors: 82 ...

In this hour, you are introduced to the latest version of Microsoft’s network operating system (NOS) platform: Microsoft Windows Server 2008. You’ll learn about the features that Windows Server 2008 ...

For a recent project, I built a completely virtualized vSphere lab. I already had to have a Windows 2008 R2 server in the lab for DNS/AD and I was trying to minimize the number of virtual machines in ...

19 February 2009Increases the Performance and Availability of Core Services at Remote Sites Riverbed Technology, the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, ...

In an attempt to make work easier for computer administrators, Microsoft developed a program called Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to assist administrators with managing updates and hotfixes ...

Companies of all sizes are looking to virtualization as a seemingly game-changing scenario. Server consolidation, energy efficiency, increased capacity, and simpler management and deployment are all ...

Windows Deployment Service (WDS) is a powerful tool that allows network-based installation of Windows OS to computers without needing physical media. This guide will walk us through installing and ...