So, day by day I’ll be putting this site together and there are several ways you can keep up with the news and updates about Windows Server 2008.
You can use our XML feeds and check those. You can also just come straight to this page and you will be able to see the last 50 updated pages/blog feeds that I have put up on the site.
Whether you are looking for news, updates, drivers, codecs etc for Windows Server 2008, there’s a great chance that you’ll find a lot of what you’re looking for here…
Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday.
“Both products have released to manufacturing today, which is good news,” Ballmer said.
Ballmer highlighted a few big corporate deployments of Vista, including at Continental Airlines, which is in the process of upgrading 10,000 systems.
“We think we are turning the corner in terms of enterprise deployment, and Service Pack 1 will be a huge boon,” Ballmer said.
Microsoft will begin distributing Vista SP1 via Windows Update in mid-March, according to a Microsoft blog post on Monday.
Microsoft is due to formally launch Windows Server 2008 on February 27 at an event in Los Angeles.
In the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Microsoft is introducing many new features and technologies, which were not available in Windows Server® 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), that will help to increase the security of computers running Windows Server 2008, increase productivity, and reduce administrative overhead. This set of topics describes some of these features and technologies.
These topics apply to the released version of Windows Server 2008. They do not describe all of the changes that are included in Windows Server 2008. Instead, they highlight changes that will potentially have the greatest impact on your use of Windows Server 2008 and provide references to additional information.
Updated Versions
This document is available in Web format as part of the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library, for browsing and reading online. The most current version of the Web format is available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87080. The Web version allows you to provide comments directly to the authors of the topics included in this document. We welcome your feedback.
This document is also available in Microsoft Word format for off-line reading or printing. The most current version of the Microsoft Word format is available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87488.
Topics Included
The full set of topics is listed in the Table of Contents (TOC) navigation area. To expand the TOC, click the “+” next to this topic: “Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to Windows Server 2008.”
With over 300,000 downloads of Beta 3 already under our belt, there is a lot of excitement here in Redmond as we get closer to our release candidate milestone for Windows Server 2008. Customers and partners are very impressed with what they see, and the number of servers deployed in real production environments at our Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) customers increases week to week. From these pioneering customers and from our own internal deployment efforts, we continue to get great feedback on the product. In fact, this very web site (assuming you’re reading the original blog on microsoft.com) has been running entirely on Windows Server 2008 since before Beta 3.
You know, one of the reasons that we have this blog is to tell you about the cool stuff we are working on, but also to provide a place to have an open and honest dialogue about the development process of a product of this magnitude. So this seems like the best place to let you know that Windows Server 2008, which we have been saying would Release to Manufacturing (RTM) by the end of the calendar year, is now slated to RTM in the first quarter of calendar year 2008. Why? Well, as you know, Microsoft’s first priority is to deliver a great product to our customers and partners, and while we’re very happy with the feedback we’re getting and the overall quality of the latest product builds, we would rather spend a little more time to meet the high quality bar that our customers and partners deserve and expect. As one of our leading program managers, Alex Hinrichs, told me, “”it’s like a brisket I it just needs a little more time to bake.” And you should try his brisket!
So you might be wondering how this affects our launch event, which is scheduled for February 27, 2008 in Los Angeles. The answer is simple: it doesn’t. We’ll be there in LA on February 27 and at venues around the world in the following days and weeks. The launch event will feature Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.
We have a busy schedule ahead of us and I look forward to speaking with and seeing many of you in the months to come. Look for more from the Windows Server 2008 team soon and check out the Windows Vista Blog for more info on Windows Vista SP1.