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 ...

The R2 update for Windows Server 2003 was mostly about bug-fixes plus the odd feature tweak, but that's not the case with Windows Server 2008 R2. Expected around October, WS 2008 R2 is a far more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1is bold and robust, and it can very well have a significant impact on the market. The R2 operating system has many key features that can boost productivity ...

This afternoon, Microsoft announced that it has finished the development work on Windows Server 2008 R2. The company released gold code to manufacturing, which means that customers, partners, OEMs and ...

Let’s say you’re the sort of IT person whose days, evenings, and weekends are consumed by running around from point to point, trying to keep your company’s or clients’ computers running. Chances are ...

Windows Server 2008 was released this past February, over a year after the public release of Windows Vista. Windows Server 7 is "scheduled for release during 2010," according to the Windows Server ...

Microsoft Thursday said the next upgrade of its Windows Server operating system will scale up to 256 logical processors. Microsoft defines a logical processor as the number of physical processors ...

In the past, any time a new Windows operating system came out you had to manually migrate server configuration settings and data, or go out and buy a 3 rd party tool to assist with the migration or do ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 has had a development path parallel to that of Windows 7. So much so, that Server 2008 R2 is often dubbed, "Windows 7 Server." Both operating systems share the distinction of ...

A free tool from Microsoft can make backing up data in Windows Server 2008 R2 efficient and almost hassle-free. Here's how to use it effectively. Back in the day, Microsoft's free backup tool was the ...