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 How to Downgrade from Windows Vista Business or Ultimate OEM Edition and Install Windows XP Professional
A lot of users still dont getting used to Windows Vista. A lot of reviews have been labeling Windows Vista as bloated, hard to use, tons of compatibility issues, inconvenient, not user friendly, not stable and etc.
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22.8.2008 Windows Small Business Server 2008 Has RTM'ed
Windows Small Business Server 2008 has been released to manufacturing. This in the context in which Microsoft was dropping the first public preview of the Windows Server 2008-based products in Release Candidate 0 stage at the end of May 2008.
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22.8.2008 Top Ten Reasons to use Windows Small Business Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 is designed for businesses like yours. It is a complete, affordable network solution that helps you stay connected with your customers and run your business more efficiently. And it helps secure your network by automatically protecting your information to keep your business up and running.
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2.3.2006 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 What about Windows 7 OEM pricing?
Microsoft still has yet to go public with its Windows 7 price list. But that hasnt stopped customers and partners from publicly hoping for the best (cheaper than Vista) and fearing the worst (any kind of increase over the cost of Vista).
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16.6.2009 Should Microsoft get into the PC hardware business?
I really enjoyed watching this recent interview with Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich on Microsofts TechNet Edge.
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9.9.2008 Windows 7: Whats coming for business users
Microsoft showed off publicly for the first time Windows 7 at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on October 28.
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28.10.2008 Will business users bite on Windows 7?
Most of the Windows 7 features Microsoft has demonstrated and touted for the past few months have been aimed at consumers, not business users.
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4.3.2009 Windows Live to Get First OEM Bundle
Microsoft will imminently announce its first PC-bundling deal for Windows Live.
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14.3.2007 Windows 7 OEM Pricing Emerges
Windows 7 is set to be launched on the market in about three weeks from now, and those people considering choosing it as the platform on their computers are certainly interested in the costs the migration will imply.
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30.9.2009 New Microsoft products for enterprise and small business
Microsoft touted two product rollouts on Monday, one a service pack aimed at attracting large corporate customers with remote offices; the other a licensing and services promotion for small businesses.
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Microsoft bolts business intelligence to Office
Microsoft will offer analysis and planning applications as an add-on to its Office suite, a move meant to steer corporate customers away from specialised business-intelligence providers.
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6.6.2006 Microsoft business unit head to depart
Doug Burgum, the executive behind Microsoft's business software unit, will leave the company next year.
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12.9.2006 Vista's business sales stronger than expected
Sales of Windows Vista to businesses were stronger than expected during the operating system's debut month, according to a report from NPD Group.
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11.1.2007 Microsoft Pledge: No More WGA Funny Business
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has been painstakingly reviewing the operations and procedures behind its Windows Genuine Advantage license validation tool, with a view to ironing out glitches that have cause problems for legitimate Windows users.
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22.11.2007 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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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 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 Microsoft can't afford to support OEM Vista?
Microsoft might have $7.6 billion in spare cash in the bank, but when it comes to supporting users who purchase Vista on a new machine, the software giant is all too ready to cry poor.
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15.5.2007 OEM licensing confusion starts at Microsoft.com
Last week, in the wrap-up for a post about WGA, I offered five suggestions Id like to see incorporated into Vista and especially into Windows 7.
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9.9.2008 Microsoft reports rise in core business profits
Microsoft rode a wave of global strength in the personal computer market to report growth in profit and sales in the first quarter of its 2006 fiscal year, slightly exceeding analysts' expectations.
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Windows Essential Business Server Product Overview
Windows Essential Business Server is an integrated server solution for medium sized networks. This document describes Windows Essential Business
Server, its key applications and components, its component architecture, and the network topologies that it supports. Features and benefits of Windows
Essential Business Server are explained.
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27.04.2008Windows Essential Business Server 2008 RC1
Designed and priced for midsize businesses, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 simplifies your daily activities with a Centralized Administration
Console that gives you a single point of access to your IT environment. Windows Essential Business Server 2008 also provides an integrated and
predictable platform, allowing you to view, deploy, manage, and administer third-party applications from one starting point.
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21.07.2008Windows Essential Business Server Team Blog Launched
Eric Watson: Welcome to the Windows Essential Business Server Team Blog. That name is a mouthful for being Essential. But maybe thats fitting. The
product actually packs a lot of software and new features for an essential product as well.
In this Blog, key people that design
and develop the product will discuss all of those features, the software, tips and tricks, and yes, even shortfalls that we hear from customers. As
engineers, we love details, and with 5 products and 15 workloads plus all the cant get it anywhere else software we added, there are plenty of
details to talk about...
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11.03.2008Windows SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 launching November 12th, 2008
Eric Ligman: We are very excited to announce the much anticipated and highly awaited official launch date of not only Microsoft Small Business Server
2008 but also Windows Essential Business Server 2008. The official launch date is November 12th, 2008.
In addition to the
announcement of the official launch date for these solutions, we are also announcing that both Solutions are reaching the Release Candidate 1
milestone, another step toward final release. Pre-release versions of Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 are available for
download and evaluation now through
www.multiplyyourpower.com.
For those not familiar with Windows Essential Server Solutions, Windows Essential Server Solutions, which include Windows Small Business Server
2008 and Essential Business Server 2008, is our family of integrated, all-in-one IT solutions designed and priced for small and midsized businesses.
By combining Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, SQL Server 2008 and other Microsoft products and services,
these Solutions make the benefits of enterprise-class IT accessible, affordable and simpler for smaller organizations.
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07.07.2008Partners Gear Up for Big Opportunities with Windows Essential Server Solutions
Q&A: Steven VanRoekel, senior director, Windows Server Solutions Group at Microsoft, announces launch date for Windows Small Business Server 2008 and
Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Release Candidate 1 versions, plus new hardware partners and development kits for software vendors...
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07.07.2008Windows Essential Server Solutions Family Announced
Today Microsoft is announcing the Windows Essential Server Solutions family of products. The family includes Windows Small Business Server 2008,
formerly known as code name "Cougar" and Windows Essential Business Server 2008, formerly known as code name "Centro".
Windows Small
Business Server 2008 is built upon Windows Server 2008 and includes:
- Windows Exchange Server 2007
- Windows SharePoint Services
3.0
- Enhanced Remote Web Workplace
- One-year trial subscription to Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server Small Business
Edition
- One-year trial subscription to the new Windows Live OneCare for Server
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20.02.2008Windows Small Business Servers ETA November
Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 will ship in mid-November. Early trial releases are available now on
MultiplyYourPower.com. Both servers are part of the Windows Essential Server Solutions that help small businesses with a cost effective platform for
your software applications.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 standard edition comes with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0, Windows Live OneCare for Server, and other utilities. Premium edition adds the small business version of SQL Server 2008 and
several other technologies.Windows Small Business Server is designed for companies with between 5 and 75 users.
Windows Essential
Business Server 2008, which Microsoft developed under the code name Centro, is designed for mid-sized businesses of between 25 and 300 users. The
Premium version includes SQL Server for hosting web sites.
ISVs who target small businesses can integrate the servers into their solution
under the ISV Royalty Program.
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08.07.2008Microsoft releases two new server packages
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 and
Windows Small Business Server 2008 have just been officially added to
the Microsoft Operating System family. Customers can get a copy of the latest server editions, which will be available in both Standard Edition, and
Premium Edition. Both premium editions of the servers come with Windows Server 2008 Standard and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard for Small
Business, where the standard versions do not.
Windows Small Business Server is targeted at the smaller businesses with 5-75 users while
Windows Essential Business Server is for businesses with 25-300 users, for mid-sized businesses. Microsoft released these versions to answer to
smaller businesses that didn't wish to pay the price tag of Windows Server 2008, which is focused for handling more users, and heavier traffic.
These editions are added to the already successful Windows Server 2008 that released on February 27 of this year in multiple versions.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition software $1,089 (U.S.)
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
software $1,899 (U.S.)
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition software $5,472 (U.S.)
Windows Essential Business
Server 2008 Premium Edition software $7,163 (U.S.)
*Each version includes five CALs
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13.11.2008Partner Contributions Essential for New Line of Small and Midsize Business Servers
Q&A: Steven VanRoekel: With broad collaboration from the technology ecosystem during product development, Microsoft launches Windows Essential Server
Solutions for small and midsize companies...
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12.11.2008SBS and EBS videos on Technet Edge
There are new demonstration videos of the upcoming
Small Business Server 2008 and
Essential Business Server 2008 on TechNet Edge.
Program manager Bjorn Levidow provides an
overview of EBS management, including remote
administration, add-in management and license tracking. Becky Ochs, program manager for SBS,
shows setup of SBS 2008, including the new Answer File tool.
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20.05.2008Essential Business Server: Released to Manufacturing
Carlene Chmaj: Excerpt from the post on the
EBS blog by general
manager Eric Kidd:
Id like to do two things right off the bat in this, my first, blog post here
1)
Announce that Windows Essential Business Server 2008 has reached RTM! (English now, more languages to come soon)
2) Extend my
sincere gratitude to the many customers, MVPs, users, partners and enthusiasts that helped us build what we hope proves to be an exceptional product.
Thank you.
The team (at Microsoft and extended by the community mentioned above) has been hard at work on this for a long time -
Beta 1 shipped in December 2006 and were now very close to general availability (GA) when well have the privilege of hearing from customers what
they like and what we can make better. The final step in release comes with our November 12 product launch (previously announced), which kicks-off
GA. See Eric Watsons earlier blog
entry describing the difference between the RTM and GA milestones.
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http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2008/09/15/windows-essential-business-server-2008-rtm.aspx
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16.09.2008Microsoft to make Windows Home Server available as OEM product
Up until now, one of
the main drawbacks to the
upcoming Windows Home Server
was that the product was only
going to be available on
select, prebuilt systems from
Integrated System Vendors
(ISVs). Microsoft has
apparently changed its mind on
this score—one of the major
announcements in Gates'
keynote address at WINHEC
today is the news that WHS
will be directly available as
an OEM product.
"Digital devices and
digital media are now an
essential part of so many
aspects of our lives, and
their importance continues to
grow," said Microsoft
chairman Bill Gates at WINHEC.
"With Windows Home Server,
we're launching a new
category of consumer products
that will make it much easier
for people to connect to their
digital content and share
experiences with friends and
family no matter where they
are."
This is a move
that makes a lot of sense for
Microsoft's target market, as
it's much more cost-effective
to reposition an older or
secondary system as a home
server than it is to justify
purchasing an entirely new
system specifically for that
purpose—especially when you
have to justify the additional
cost to a spouse. Buyers
looking for a
specifically-purposed home
server system, however, will
still have a range of options
including HP's MediaSmart
Server or the upcoming Medion
Home Server, with the latter
available in 500GB to 2TB
storage flavors...
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16.05.2007Windows Server 2008 Security Guide
As an IT professional focused on security, you know firsthand how essential your servers are to keeping your organization up and running. Its your job
to stand guard over these essential assets, and to prevent them from going down. Windows Server 2008 is engineered from the ground up with security in
mind. The Windows Server 2008 Security Guide is designed to further enhance the security of the servers in your organization by taking full advantage
of the new and improved security technologies and features in Windows Server 2008. Use the guidance to deploy your security baseline quickly and
reliably, harden your server workloads, and evaluate security setting recommendations to meet the requirements of your environment.
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27.02.2008SBS 2008, Essential Business Server 2008, now available
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13.11.2008Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans
Microsoft is sharing more details about its small- and mid-size servers due out later this year that will be built around
Windows Server 2008.
Both of these servers are part of the
newly-christened Essential Server Solutions Family. At the
low end (for users with 50 PCs or fewer), Microsoft will offer Windows Small Business Server 2008, the product codenamed “Cougar.” For
mid-size companies, Microsoft is readying Windows Essential Business Server 2008, codenamed
“Centro.”
winbeta.org - 20.02.2008
Microsoft Launches 'Dream Server'
This morning Microsoft officially released Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008. The venue was surprising.
Microsoft launched its new server products virtually, via Webcast, which is unusual for the company. Typically, Microsoft launches products of
this caliber during a live in-person event. The launch was live, but via Webcast.
winbeta.org - 12.11.2008
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent
When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher as much as 80
percent than the current version of Small Business Server.
Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher
don’t seem fazed by the change. While base prices are higher, users are going to get more functionality, performance and product with the new
release, they said.
Microsoft shared pricing and licensing information for its forthcoming
Small Business Server (SBS) and new mid-size Essential Business Server (EBS) products on May 13. The company also announced immediate availability
of a public preview test build of EBS (formerly codenamed
“Centro” ). A public test build of SBS 2008 (formerly
codenamed “Cougar” ) is due out by the end of May. Microsoft officials have said both of these new serers will ship before the end of
calendar 2008.
winbeta.org - 13.05.2008
Integrated IT Designed for Midsized Businesses
Microsoft unveils the official name for Windows Essential Business Server, previously codenamed Centro, and announces its key components and
features, as well as an initial set of industry partners planning to support the new solution...
microsoft.com/presspass - 07.11.2007
OEM Microsoft Office and OEM Microsoft Windows licensing
OEM Microsoft Office and OEM
Microsoft Windows licensing is
a topic that seems to again be
generating questions and there
are plenty of people out there
who are illegally taking
advantage of others to trying
to make a quick profit by
selling counterfeit or
unlicensed software.
Here are the facts
and answers to many of the
points of confusion around OEM
Microsoft Office and OEM
Microsoft Windows licensing so
you are informed and can
protect yourself from the
scammers out there...
winbeta.org - 02.08.2007
Review: Windows Essential Business Server 2008 RC1
Recently, Microsoft released its second release candidate build, RC1, of Windows Essential Business Server, or EBS, a midmarket server solution for
businesses with 50 to 300 users and computers.
Why is a "solution" needed? Microsoft researched the midmarket environment and
found that most shops this size have one, maybe two, IT-specific employees who are essentially generalists. They have a wide breadth but a shallow
depth about a lot of technologies, and spend most of their time reacting to problems on the network. They're interested in security, easing support
burdens, deploying and managing devices and software, keeping track of assets, and backing up and restoring their professional assets. In other words,
they face a lot of the same problems as larger organizations, but they don't have a formalized structure, a proactive nature or a huge budget to
address problems.
Enter EBS, which aims to try to solve some of these issues and overlay a "best practices"-based approach for
businesses like these.
winbeta.org - 30.07.2008
