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December 8, 2009 2 min read

Windows Server and Windows Azure come together in a new STB organization: the Server & Cloud Division

Microsoft is announcing today the formation of a new organization within the Server & Tools Business that combines the Windows Server & Solutions group and the Windows Azure group, into a single organization called the Server & Cloud Division (SCD).

November 9, 2009 2 min read

Increase Web Application Scalability and Reliability with ARR 2.0 RTW

Today, Microsoft announced the final release of IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.

June 3, 2009 2 min read

Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta

Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta Do you ever wonder what it would be like to tirelessly explore the Internet as a search engine crawler? What would you find? Would the sites you meet help you or are you on your own? Would the sites tell you where important information lives or must […]

Updates April 1, 2009 1 min read

Welcome to the Family Windows Server 2008 Foundation!

It’s a big day for all of us on the Windows Server team as we welcome a new member to the family, Windows Server 2008 Foundation.

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Updates March 2, 2009 1 min read

Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution

For those of you who’ve enabled the Hyper-V role in WS08.

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Updates February 11, 2009 1 min read

Live: the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta TechCenter

Have you already downloaded and started kicking the tires on Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta? Here’s your chance to read prerelease documentation about how to configure and use technologies available with Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Announcements January 9, 2009 2 min read

Guest Post: Marathon and Microsoft fault tolerant computing

Hi, I’m Jerry Melnick, chief technology officer at Marathon Technologies.

Announcements October 2, 2008 3 min read

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer – One click to Install Them All

If you visited the new Microsoft Web Platform site yesterday, you would have noticed that we’ve performed a radical overhaul of the site, with a fresh new look and articles and media content aggregated from popular external and Microsoft sites.

Announcements September 8, 2008 2 min read

64-bit, Windows Server, Hyper-V, and the future

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.

Events July 8, 2008 1 min read

SBS and EBS @ WPC

Lots of activities around the upcoming Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 here in Houston at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Announcements June 24, 2008 2 min read

UrlScan 3.0 Beta and Tools to Help Mitigate SQL Injection Attacks

Microsoft published a Security Advisory today providing information for developers and Web administrators on ways in which they can mitigate and prevent SQL injection attacks.

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Updates June 10, 2008 2 min read

New Windows Server 2008 power management whitepaper Released

Customers tell us that energy-efficient computing is a top priority for them as they look to control energy costs and reduce their impact on the environment.

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