Windows Server Division WebLogFocusing on Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V, Storage Server, High Performance Computing, Essential Business Server ,and Small Business ServerMicrosoft and Cray Team up to Bring High Performance Computing Mainstream- September 16, 2008 For the first time in the two companies history, Microsoft and Cray have teamed up to offer a powerful mix of what each company does best - - the Cray CX1! What is the CX1, you ask Its a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008, thats what. Its the most affordable supercomputer Cray has ever offered, with prices starting at $25,000. This exciting new product is available today and is being announced by Microsoft, Cray and a few others via live webcast at...http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/09/15/microsoft-and-cray-team-up-to-br... Essential Business Server: Released to Manufacturing!- September 15, 2008 Excerpt from the post on the EBS blog by general manager Eric Kidd: Id like to do two things right off the bat in this, my first, blog post here 1) Announce that Windows Essential Business Server 2008 has reached RTM! (English now, more languages to come soon) 2) Extend my sincere gratitude to the many customers, MVPs, users, partners and enthusiasts that helped us build what we hope proves to be an exceptional product. Thank you. The team (at Microsoft and extended...http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/09/15/essential-business-server-releas... Two New Extension Updates for IIS 7.0 Available- September 15, 2008 A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about IIS Extensions new functionality for IIS that comes directly from the development team on a continuous basis. Well this week we have two more pre-release Extensions available, and each is a Go Live release candidate, meaning that they have reached the last milestone on the step to RTM, and are both therefore of sufficient quality to be used on production machines. First up, we have now released a Go Live version of URL Rewriter, a rules-based engine that.http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/09/15/two-new-extensions-for-iis-7-0-r... Get Virtual Now!- September 8, 2008 Today, the virtualization team kicked off the Get Virtual Now event in Bellevue. It's designed to educate more than 250,000 IT professionals on our virtualization products, deployment tools and partner solutions, helping customers to virtualize from the datacenter to the desktop, and manage with the same tools theyre already using for their physical infrastructure. With more than 125 events planned, the event series started Aug. 3 in South Africa, and by early 2009 will have...http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/09/08/get-virtual-now.aspx UPDATE FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2008 SERVER MANAGER TO SUPPORT WINDOWS SERVER UPDATE SERVICES 3.0 SERVICE PACK 1 HAS BEEN RELEASED!- September 8, 2008 An update for Windows Server 2008 Server Manager (KB940518) has been released to integrate Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (WSUS 3.0 SP1). This update to Server Manager enables full integration of WSUS 3.0 SP1 into Server Manager, allowing installation, configuration, and management of WSUS 3.0 SP1 using the Server Manager console and wizards. You can download and install the update for Windows Server 2008 Server Manager from the Microsoft Download Center or from...http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/09/08/update-for-windows-server-2008-s... 64-bit, Windows Server, Hyper-V, and the future- September 8, 2008 With the launch today of Hyper-V - available only in x64 versions - I thought that now would be a good time to revisit the topic of "64-bitness." I'm a technical product manager on the Windows Server team focused on Windows Server 2008, R2, clustering, and power management, along with a few other areas. In the past I focused more on our Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium editions, along with x64. While it may take a while for client computing to reach...http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/09/08/64-bit-windows-server-hyper-v-an... |