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  • MS takes wraps off virtualisation licensing

    Formerly code-named Longhorn, the next version of Windows Server will eventually have virtualisation software built-in (which could preclude the need for third-party virtualisation software), however Microsoft has announced that the virtualisation…
    13 June 2007
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Paper • Virtualisation Technology • Licensing • Server Virtualisation • Licensed

  • Microsoft parades Longhorn server

    The idea is to make deployment less complex and more secure by eliminating unneeded services and installing only the parts of the operating system needed for a specific workload.Server Core is coupled with Server Manager, a management tool that…
    30 May 2007
    Tags: Active Directory • Controllers • Blocked • Longhorn • Configured • Server Virtualisation

  • XenSource to finally ship next week

    VMWare has done that.XenEnterprise is supported in the new release of Novell's Suse Enterprise Linux distribution, while Microsoft pledged to support Xen-virtualized Linux with its forthcoming Longhorn server virtualization technology.
    18 August 2006
    Tags: Robert Mullins • Virtualization • Leader • Xen • Xensource • Levine

  • Microsoft offers Virtual Server R2 for nothing

    A year ago, it said it would fold a hypervisor - software that manages virtual machine - into R2 of the upcoming Longhorn Windows Server, which is expected around 2009. Microsoft has itself played a role in the rapid commoditisation of the…
    04 April 2006
    Tags: Edition • Virtual Server • Windows Server • Eric Lai • Editions • Virtualization

  • Microsoft releases Windows Server 2003 R2

    Instead, Microsoft now only charges for the virtual images of Windows Server System products actually running on a customer network.Microsoft also enables customers to have four virtual machines running on top of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise…
    07 December 2005
    Tags: Small Business • Microsoft Windows • Virtual Server • Unix • Images • Calendar

  • Microsoft pulls back curtain on Longhorn Server

    In the area of an connected system platform, a key technology is centralised application deployment and management so, when users connect to an application, they get the latest version of that application delivered to their desktop.There will also…
    16 September 2005
    Tags: Active Directory • Role • Administrators • Cluster • Strategic • Longhorn

Latest Features

  • Newest Windows Server 2008 beta: IIS only major addition

    What's new in the latest beta copy of Longhorn - now renamed Windows Server 2008? The most recent Community Technology Preview, or CTP, of the newly renamed Windows Server 2008 (formerly Windows "Longhorn") was released on 26 June to very little…
    04 July 2007
    Tags: Active Directory • User Interface • Role • Windows Server • Longhorn • Jonathan

  • Microsoft's troops advance on CDP

    The first is DPM and the recovery console, and the second is operating system tools such as the VSS Writer image-based backup feature in Longhorn. DPM also plays a role in WAN acceleration because it is an intelligent replication engine, so it only…
    22 November 2006
    Tags: Jobs • Continuous • Networked • Replication • Protecting • Product Manager

  • Q&A: Novell CEO touts Linux, identity products

    What they don't understand is down the road, they're going to have to migrate from Windows to Longhorn, and that might be a bigger migration -- we think it is -- than going from Windows to Linux.Q: Are you focusing on specific sets of Windows…
    27 April 2005
    Tags: Software Vendors • Ups • Suse Linux • Application Server • Workloads • Focusing

  • Windows Server 2003 - the overhaul

    You can also include existing security templates within the policy.Whats good about the SCW is that its role-based, an approach pinched from Longhorn. Depending on the function of the server (and you have about pre-defined 50 server roles to choose…
    14 April 2005
    Tags: Security Features • Automatic • Centrally • Downloads • Blocks • Service Pack

  • Why WinFS will change how we view operating systems - part 2

    With WinFS, to be underlie Longhorn, the next version of Windows, Microsoft is trying to find a long-term solution. There has been a lot of online discussion over the role of the relational components.
    18 January 2004
    Tags: Folders • Objects • Learn • Improving • Operators • Views
 

How-Tos

  • Eight steps to Longhorn planning (part 2)

    Eight steps to Longhorn planning (part 2) John Brandon, Computerworld How make the next rev of Windows Server work for you How-Tos HostMySite data centre administrators have already started learning the interface for these controls, setting up…
    10 July 2007
    Tags: Migration • Microsoft Windows • Employee • Bulk • Scripts • Server Virtualisation

Reviews

  • Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3

    Windows Server Longhorn is a major upgrade, one that promises benefits and advantages for a wide swath of shops across the world. I first saw a demo of IIS 7 in early 2005 and was immediately enthusiastic about its possibilities, and I remain…
    08 May 2007
    Tags: Credentials • Terminal • Shops • Stability • Server Virtualisation • Clusters

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