Windows Server 2008 Foundation Launched
Today Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Server 2008 Foundation. For small businesses with 15 or fewer users, Windows Server 2008 Foundation puts the reliability, security and manageability of the Windows Server platform within the reach of all businesses at an affordable price.
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1.4.2009 Microsoft Readies Windows Server 2008 Foundation
Over the weekend, I received information about what appears to be the new Microsoft server product recently preannounced by CEO Steve Ballmer.
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31.3.2009 What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation
Introduction
The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named "Avalon") provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer.
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1.1.2006 Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 1.2
Overview
Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow-enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a Microsoft WinFX name space (System.Workflow), an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
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16.1.2006 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009 1. april: Ballmer joins Linux Foundation board
In what many long-time observers of free and open source software consider a natural progression, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to join the board of the Linux Foundation.
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1.4.2007 Gates Foundation awards $69 million in grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has rolled out its first round of grants in a much-publicized effort to double the number of low-income students who earn a postsecondary degree or credential by age 26—an increase of about 250,000 graduates each year.
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6.1.2009 Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
Brief Description - The most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.
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18.3.2006 Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 Download
Windows Server® 2008 Beta 3 helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services.
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5.9.2007 Windows Essential Business Server 2008 RC1 download
Public Preview Software – Release Candidate 1 Windows Essential Business Sever 2008 is an integrated and affordable solution that offers the Microsoft software midsize businesses require - preconfigured, integrated and manageable from a single administrative console, and at a significant discount compared to standalone products.
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21.7.2008 Windows Server 2008 with SP2 RTM ISO Download
Windows Server 2008 shares the same code base with Windows Vista, and that explains why a single Service Pack 2 (SP2) is released for both operating system. With the RTM of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 version 6.0.6002.18005, the Windows Server 2008 with SP2 slipstreamed or integrated DVD ISO images are also been prepared by Microsoft.
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4.5.2009 Download Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM from MSDN and TechNet
The final bits of Windows Server 2008 R2 (RTM Build 7600.16385) are now up on MSDN and TechNet Plus.
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14.8.2009 Windows Server "Longhorn" April 2007 Community Technology Preview is Now Available for Download
We are pleased to announce the release of the April 2007 Community Technology Preview of Windows Server "Longhorn" (v6001-16497-070330-1720).
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7.4.2007 Longhorn Server Beta 3 download
Thanks to Radiance for this downloads. Here is several x86 and X64 versions of Windows Server "Longhorn".
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26.4.2007 XP SP3, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RC0 – Available for Download Next week!
New test builds of Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 will be made available for download next week.
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7.9.2007 Download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RC
The release candidate of next version of Windows server operating system - Windows Server 2008 R2 RC has been released by Microsoft. Another variant of Windows Server 2008 R2 is Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.
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13.5.2009 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 Download Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM Build 7600.16385 Leaked Home Made DVD ISO
Together with Windows 7 RTM, Windows Server 2008 R2 has also been released to manufacturing.
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23.7.2009 Free Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation Installation ISO and VHD for Hyper-V Official Direct Download Links
Windows Server 2008 R2 is the next iteration of Windows Server operating system, which has been RTMed with build version 6.1.7600.16385 together with Windows 7. Microsoft is now officially releasing the ISO image for Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial Software, which allowing administrators and users to install Windows Server 2008 R2 to evaluate the new operating system for 180 days for free.
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17.8.2009 Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 download
Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today.
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27.5.2009 DOWNLOAD of Visual Studio 2005 Express and SQL 2005 Server DL
Ever wanted to learn C#, C++, SQL, or any other language but didn't have the money to buy Visual Studio and get started? Well Microsoft is giving their Express products away for free!
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Microsoft Updates Its Windows Server Roadmap, Longhorn server delayed
Expect Longhorn Server Beta 3 in the first half of next year, but no Windows Server 'Centro' for mid-size businesses until 2008. And there might be a Windows Server Branch Office in the future, after all.
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24.5.2006 Micrososoft drops major features in Windows Server Virtualization - Viridian, beta starts with Longhorn Server RTM
Microsoft does it again, promise great cool features and even demo them. They let us wait for months/years and then just drops the cool stuff for a "future release" Just like the Windows Server team did with R2 at the time.
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11.5.2007 Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007
ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM.
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17.1.2007 Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008
To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles.
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10.5.2007 New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available
Windows Essential Server Solutions are basically designed as a bundle of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, along with additional Microsoft technologies, set up as an all-in-one IT offering for small and midsize customers.
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13.5.2008 An Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Server
Server is a new installation option that was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It provides the ability to install and configure a trimmed-down version of Windows Server 2008 which is designed to perform only certain server tasks.
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9.6.2009 Windows Server 2008 Is 45 Times Faster Than Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is no leas than 45 times faster than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003, in terms of network transfer speeds.
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22.11.2007 Windows 7 Server vs. Windows Server 2008 SP2 – Performance Comparison
It’s that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesn’t allow the benchmarking of its products as long as the software is still in development, but both the Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009.
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18.8.2009 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) is the compact database for rapidly developing applications in both native mode and the .NET Compact Framework that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices.
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26.11.2005BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Extensions For Windows Workflow Foundation SDK V1
The BizTalk Server extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation provide an SDK toolkit for developers building workflows in Windows Workflow Foundation
to host these workflows in BizTalk Server 2006. This makes use of the functionality provided by BizTalk Server for orchestration. This SDK sample is
unsupported by Microsoft Customer Support Services.
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01.11.2007New Entry-Level Server Platform Gives Small Businesses Access to Big-Business Solutions
Microsoft Corp. has expanded its industry-leading Windows Server family of operating systems with the addition of Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
Built for small businesses with 15 or fewer users, Windows Server 2008 Foundation puts the reliability, security and manageability of the Windows
Server platform within the reach of all businesses at an affordable price. Windows Server 2008 Foundation is initially available in 40 countries and
will provide small business customers with the ability to run business applications and databases, host Web sites, and provide basic server
functionality such as file and print sharing and remote access.
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01.04.2009Microsoft Guide to Team Development with Team Foundation Server
The Microsoft Patterns and Practices Team has released a downloadable (PDF) book on how Microsoft recommends (suggest might be a better word) that
organizations incrementally adopt Team Foundation Server.
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20.12.2007Microsoft add cheaper server platform to range
According to a press release, Microsoft has announced a version of Windows designed for small businesses, named Windows Server 2008 Foundation. The
low-cost server option is based on Windows Server 2008, but with reduced functionality. One example of this is the maximum number of licensed users,
which has been reduced to a considerably smaller 15. However, for new or small businesses, the entry-level alternative to expensive server options may
prove popular. According to the Windows Server 2008 Foundation website, the operating system will not be available through a retail edition, rather,
only available as an OEM option, for servers with it preinstalled, which are likely to be low cost ones.
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02.04.2009Beta 3 of Team Foundation
Server Out
Microsoft on Friday released
Beta 3 of its Team Foundation
Server to MSDN subscribers.
Based on the SQL Server 2005
CTP and Visual Studio 2005
Release Candidate first
distributed at this year's
Professional Developers
Conference, the software is
used to better manage
application development...
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26.09.2005SDK for the November 2005
WinFX Runtime Components CTP
Available for Download
This version of the
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Windows SDK is intended to
support only the Microsoft?
Pre-Release Software WinFX?
Runtime Components - November
Community Technology Preview
(CTP) on Windows? XP and
Windows Server? 2003 SP1
only.
Whil
e this version of the Windows
SDK also contains pre-release
content for Windows? Vista,
the Win32-related content is
not compatible with publicly
available versions of Windows.
This release of the Windows
SDK is compatible with the RTM
version of Microsoft? Visual
Studio 2005.
The
Windows SDK includes content
for the APIs in Windows Vista,
including the WinFX
technologies: .NET Framework
2.0, Windows? Presentation
Foundation, Windows?
Communications Foundation, and
Windows? Workflow Foundation.
Because the Windows SDK now
contains the WinFX SDK
content, the WinFX SDK will no
longer be released
separately.
This
edition of the Windows SDK
contains pre-release
documentation, samples, and
tools designed to help you
develop managed applications
and libraries using WinFX, the
managed programming model for
Windows. In future versions of
the Windows SDK, the download
and custom installation
options will allow you to
select Win32 or WinFX only
content if you desire one or
the other. ..
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19.11.2005VS Team Foundation Server Due
in March
As the VSLive! conference gets
underway in San Francisco
Monday, Soma Somasegar,
corporate vice president of
Microsoft's Developer
Division, announced that
Visual Studio Team Foundation
Server will arrive in March
and serve as the cornerstone
for the VS 2005 Team System...
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30.01.2006Windows Server "Centro" CTP Now Available
Another milestone for Windows
Server code name "Centro"
occurred this afternoon with
the official signing off of
the CTP (5241) build. The CTP
builds on the foundation
established in Beta 1 while
moving into new areas such as
enabling legacy Active
Directory domain joins,
including Windows Server 2008,
etc.
If you're in
the TAP or TechBeta you should
be able to download it now
from connect.microsoft.com.
Please test it, push it, break
it and then file those bugs!
We looking forward to hearing
from you.
We're on
the road to Beta 2...
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30.06.2007Download Windows Home Server RC1
As we detailed earlier this
week, Windows Home Server --
Microsoft's latest iteration
of Windows designed for
linking together multiple
computers in a home network
and sharing media -- has
reached Release Candidate 1
status. A 30-day trial
download is now available...
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15.06.2007Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package
The Microsoft .NET Framework
3.0 is the new managed code
programming model for
Windows®. It combines the
power of the .NET Framework
version 2.0 with new
technologies for building
applications that have
visually compelling user
experiences, seamless
communication across
technology boundaries, and the
ability to support a wide
range of business processes.
These new technologies are
Windows Presentation
Foundation, Windows
Communication Foundation,
Windows Workflow Foundation,
and Windows CardSpace. The
.NET Framework 3.0 is included
as part of the Windows Vista™
operating system; you can
install it or uninstall it
using Windows Features Control
Panel. This redistributable
package is for Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003.
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10.11.2006Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
As expected, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC is now available to general public for download. You can
download the SP2 RC for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 below: ISO for Windows Server 2008 x86/x64/ia64 and Windows Vista x86/x64x86 for
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x86x64 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x64IA64 for Windows Server 2008 ia64 The service pack is
delivered as a single release for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. There will be a single 32-bit standalone installer (302 MB to 390 MB)
for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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04.03.2009Another Member of the Visual
Studio Family Due
Visual Studio Team Foundation
Server, a piece of what's
likely to be known as "Visual
Studio Team System 2006," is
almost soup.
Team Foundation Server is a
software lifecycle tool
designed to improve software
development team
collaboration.
Team Foundation Server is
also a complementary piece of
Microsoft's
application-management family
of products, other members of
which include Visual Studio
2005 and SQL Server 2005.
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22.01.2006Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 - December 2008 CTP
Commerce Server 2009 (formerly known as Commerce Server 2007 code name "Mojave") delivers the ability to increase your business reach by making it
possible to sell via multiple channels using an out-of-the-box shopping site, SharePoint Commerce Services, and the Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation.
The new out-of-the-box shopping site leverages SharePoint Commerce Services, which provides a gallery of ASP.NET 3.5 Web Parts, a comprehensive
e-commerce shopping feature-set, and technology integration between Commerce Server and SharePoint technologies. The Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation
provides a new unified, extensible run-time programming model for Commerce Server, including new run-time e-commerce capabilities.
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19.12.2008Symantec shines storage management software for Server 2008
Symantec today is giving a good three-month notice that point upgrades for Veritas Storage Foundation and Server Cluster Software are on the way.
Slated for a June release, Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows updates OS and hardware compatibility, adds
some new wizards, and improved performance.
Both pieces of software add support for Windows Server 2008 and expand compatibility
with Vista, Exchange 2007 SP1, SharePoint Portal Server 2007, Symantec Enterprise Vault 2007 and BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The update also makes
nice with Pillar and 3Par storage arrays, as well as newer boxes from IBM and Hitachi Data Systems.
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19.03.2008TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows “ PDF download available
This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems. This book is primarily a discussion of concepts and principles to lay a conceptual
foundation for the TCP/IP protocol suite and provides an integrated discussion of both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6).
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02.06.2008Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know
about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is if "vLite" was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed
required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 from installing. Microsoft has a workaround for this issue. Microsoft is expected to post the
bits to Windows Update in the coming weeks but if you are eager to install SP2 today then the download links are listed below. Download: Vista
SP2/Server 2008 SP2 32 bit Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 64 bit
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26.05.2009Microsoft's application server goes Irish
Microsoft is adopting REST and ATOM-based feeds in its application server to boost development and management of Windows server applications.
The company is today expected to announce changes in Windows Server that'll see Windows Communication Foundation (
WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (
WWF) updated to support stateful and conversational services
using
REST and ATOM.
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01.10.2008Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 Power Tool
Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain) is a Web interface to Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server. Team System Web Access is a free
download that will be incorporated into a future release of Visual Studio Team System. You may install it with licensed installations of Team
Foundation Server. You must be a licensed user of Team Foundation Server to access Team System Web Access.
Features:
- NEW: Direct links to work items, query results, diffs, change sets and more
- NEW: Display custom controls on work item forms
- NEW: View queued builds new, queue new builds
- Add new work items or edit existing ones
- Work with any
type of work item, including custom ones
- Add new work item queries or edit existing ones
- View, download, upload,
check-in and check-out documents on SharePoint team portal
- View reports, export as PDF or Excel
- Browse source
control repositories, download files, view changesets, diffs, histories, and annotated views
- View build results, start or stop
builds
- Search for keywords in work items
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01.12.2007Windows Driver Foundation 1.7 slated for April 15
Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) is a set of Microsoft tools used to develop drivers for Windows. It is available in two flavors: the
Kernel Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) and the
User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF). WDF 1.7 is the latest version of the tools and it
supports the largest number of operating systems yet: KMDF 1.7 supports Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Vista SP1,
and Windows Server 2008, while UMDF 1.7 supports the same list with the exception of Windows 2000 SP4.
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04.04.2008Windows Server 2008: Understanding XML Paper Specification (XPS)
It's Day Nine of our Windows Server 2008 series. We're one-third of the way through our series. Today we will continue on with our look at
printing in Windows Server 2008. Our topic today - XML Paper Specification (XPS) Support.
The XML Paper Specification (XPS)
defines an open document format that uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) to create a document format that is platform-independent, openly-published
and royalty-free. The XPS format consists of XML markup that defines the composition of a document and visual appearance of each page along with
rendering rules for displaying or printing the document. XPS Support in Windows Server 2008 provides a new foundation for applications that are based
on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) graphics subsystem that was introduced in Windows Vista. XPS Support enhances the print architecture of
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 by improving print fidelity and performance while retaining support for the GDI-based print subsystem used in
previous version of Windows.
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