I’ve been working with Windows Server 2008 since pre-release betas hit the TechNet download world. Initially, my focus was work-oriented, getting my job done. I had to deploy a few servers, and I ...

Whether you call it Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 7, there's no doubt that this is a major Server product release for Microsoft. I'm not sure why Microsoft decided to deviate from the ...

At its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), Microsoft made it clear that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 (R2) truly are joined at the hip. During the WinHEC Day 2 keynote, ...

It seems like only yesterday I was installing Windows Server 2003 and loving its improvements over Windows 2000. Even after Windows Server 2008 arrived, most of my Windows Server 2003 installations ...

Microsoft today expanded its Windows Server family of operating systems with the addition of Windows Server 2008 Foundation. The new product, which is built on Windows Server 2008 but is 64-bit only, ...

With the end of support for Windows Server 2008 coming in January 2020 and SQL Server 2008 in July 2019, Microsoft is offering customers three years of extended support for the platforms if they ...

Microsoft released an optional update last week that adds a Disk Cleanup Wizard to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. The Disk Cleanup Wizard removes the update files that pile up in the WinSxS ...

When it comes to adopting new operating systems and applications, common practice among system administrators is to delay adoption until the release of the first service pack. Admins found plenty of ...

Microsoft Windows has become the platform of choice for many businesses today. And with the recent release of Windows Server 2008, many organizations are making the upgrade to this next generation of ...

I had the opportunity to work with Windows Server 2008 R2 for over 2 years before its release at the end of 2009 implementing the product in a couple dozen very large early adopter enterprises, and ...

An earlier version of Windows Server that superseded Windows Server 2003. Supporting 128-bit IPv6 addressing for the Internet and BitLocker drive encryption, Windows Server 2008 added numerous ...

It may look like Windows Vista. It shares the same code base as Vista. It even rolls in Vista’s first Service Pack. But in terms of customer adoption plans, Windows Server 2008 is no Vista. “I haven’t ...