Microsoft Windows Server Team, Author at Microsoft Windows Server Blog

September 29, 2010 1 min read

US EPA Publishes Paper on Energy Savings from Energy Star-Qualified Enterprise Servers Running Windows Server 2008 R2

I’ve posted about power management and Windows Server before so you may recall that one of our goals for Windows Server 2008 R2 was to enhance power management.

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September 20, 2010 3 min read

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Ships!

We have finished version 3 of Windows HPC Server! The verbose, official, and approved name is Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite signaling that we are leveraging Windows Server 2008 R2 as our core operating system but make no mistake, this is the big v3 release, our most ambitious release.

September 2, 2010 3 min read

Cloud Computing a Catalyst for Server Growth?

In an interesting piece by Ryan Nichols at Computerworld yesterday: Cloud computing by the numbers: What do all the statistics mean, Nichols summarizes some recent research findings on the market potential of cloud computing, quoting impressive market forecasts from sources such as Gartner ($150 billion by 2013), Merrill Lynch ($160 billion by 2011),and AMI Partners […]

July 29, 2010 1 min read

Linux Integration Services version 2.1 goes RTM

For those who may not have seen this on the Microsoft Virtualization blog, the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services for Linux Version 2.

July 13, 2010 1 min read

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) v5 toolkit now available

The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is happy to announce that the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.

July 12, 2010 2 min read

Available for Download: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta!

We’re at the sold out Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington D.

June 2, 2010 2 min read

Best Practices Analyzer: Run it on your server roles, not your loved ones

We in Windows Server are sorry to report a disturbing trend among IT professionals.

May 7, 2010 1 min read

Server Core: Best Practice for Applications on Windows Server

I have been talking with a number of customers, CSOs, CIOs and industry professionals over the past few weeks and I realized that the availability and benefits of using the Server Core option of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 was not as widely known as I think it should be.

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May 5, 2010 1 min read

Microsoft Windows Server Team posts

US EPA Publishes Paper on Energy Savings from Energy Star-Qualified Enterprise Servers Running Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Ships!

Cloud Computing a Catalyst for Server Growth?

Linux Integration Services version 2.1 goes RTM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) v5 toolkit now available

Available for Download: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta!

Best Practices Analyzer: Run it on your server roles, not your loved ones

Server Core: Best Practice for Applications on Windows Server

Available now: Active Directory Federation Services 2.0

Forget the Pre-Historic: Business Critical Means Windows

Common Engineering Criteria Website Re-Launches

Windows Server 2008 R2 to Phase Out Itanium

Investing in your success with Windows Server