Free VMware Server Beta Released Try Out and Install Windows Vista in Virtual Machine with Virtual PC 2007 and VMWare Server VMware not afraid of upcoming Microsoft Virtual Server Manager Could Not Find Valid System Volume Error When Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 Installing Vista Beta 1 (x86) without DVD mediaI know, I know - Everyone should have a DVD burner these days... but I don't. Here's a rough guide on getting Vista Beta 1 (x86) installed without the use of DVD media. I am not responsible for lost partitions, data, etc!
Microsoft Australia installing new PC's just to run Vista Why installing Vista SP1 might fail via Windows Update Microsoft, VMware Agree: They Better Cooperate How to Run IE 7 without installing it Download Chrome OS VMware Image 7 Things to Try after Installing Windows 7 Microsoft’s Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Windows will be killed by virtual appliances: VMware exec VMware Workstation 7 released with full Windows 7 support Installing Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6519 VMWare Private Beta Build 185517 Has Support for Windows Aero Bypass WGA checks while installing .msi filesMicrosoft has released a new Internet Explorer 7. The new version is IE 7 RC1. Also called Release Candidate 1.
microsoft - comments - 27.10.2006
When the first Windows 7 beta (build 6801) was announced at PDC in late 2008, everyone was excited, myself included. Lessons learned from installing Windows 7, over 16 times
windows - comments - 27.5.2009
Yesterday we made the Windows 7 Beta available for public download. Hopefully you’re as excited as I am that the beta is here! The Windows 7 Beta is already getting some rave reviews for its new features, performance, and stability. But it is a beta, and with that comes the potential risk that some things may not work as well as they will in the final release. Installing the Windows 7 Beta with Virtual PC 2007 SP1
windows - comments - 13.1.2009
Away mode is a new feature included in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that allows the computer to appear off to the user while it continues to perform tasks that do not require user input. Installing and Configuring Away Mode for Windows Media Center Edition 2005
microsoft - comments - 9.4.2006
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. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools
microsoft - comments - 26.11.2005
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. Microsoft Updates Its Windows Server Roadmap, Longhorn server delayed
windows - comments - 24.5.2006
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. Micrososoft drops major features in Windows Server Virtualization - Viridian, beta starts with Longhorn Server RTM
windows - comments - 11.5.2007
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. Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007
windows - comments - 17.1.2007
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. Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008
windows - comments - 10.5.2007
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. New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available
windows - comments - 13.5.2008
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. An Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Server
download - comments - 9.6.2009
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. Windows Server 2008 Is 45 Times Faster Than Windows Server 2003
windows - comments - 22.11.2007
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. Windows 7 Server vs. Windows Server 2008 SP2 – Performance Comparison
windows - comments - 18.8.2009
This new KMS server, kms.vbs.net.cn (or vbs.net.cn), claims to operate 24 hours. Vista KMS activation server
windows - comments - 9.12.2006VMware Releases Free Server
Software
VMware on Wednesday released
the final version of its
VMware Server virtualization
product, the successor to GSX
Server. Just like the beta
release that debuted in
February, VMware is making the
software available free of
charge, much like Microsoft
has done with Virtual Server
2005 R2...
betanews.com - 13.07.2006VMware Launches Free Server
Beta
As expected, VMware on Monday
introduced VMware Server, the
successor to GSX Server. The
company hopes that by giving
away its entry-level product,
it will drive users to upgrade
to its for-pay ESX Server, as
well as position the company
as the leader in
virtualization technology...
betanews.com - 06.02.2006VMware Updates Its Free Offering, Includes Support for Windows Vista
VMware wants users to try its virtualization software on the house.
On Nov. 13, VMware will offer the beta version of its VMware
Server 2, a free virtualization tool that allows users to partition a single physical server into multiple virtual machines. The software works both
within Microsoft Windows and Linux environments.
VMware released the first version of its free software in February 2006, and the
company estimates that more than 3 million copies of the software has been downloaded since then. The new beta is available for download Nov. 13 and
will become generally available in the first half of 2008.
winbeta.org - 13.11.2007VMware Server 2 Beta Now Open
VMware has launched a public beta of Server 2, the latest version of the California company's software that allows physical servers to be partitioned
into multiple virtual machines...
betanews.com - 13.11.2007Security Vulnerability Found
in VMware
A "very serious"
security vulnerability has
been discovered in VMware's
line of virtual computing
products, including VMware
Workstation, GSX Server, ACE
and VMware Player. The flaw
could enable malware to
effectively "jump"
from the virtual machine onto
the real computer running
VMware software...
betanews.com - 22.12.2005VMware to Give Away Server
Software
VMware, a company that
specializes in products that
allow users to run more than
one operating system on their
machines, is expected to
announce next week that it
will give away its GSX Server
software for free. The company
also offers ESX Server,
however that will remain a
for-pay product...
betanews.com - 03.02.2006Users may need Vista to make most of Server 2008
Companies installing Windows Server 2008 may have to buy extra Microsoft software, such as Windows Vista, to use more advanced features, analyst firm
Gartner has said.
John Enck, research director at Gartner, said that although making additional investments would not be a
barrier to using the operating system, companies should be clear that installing Windows Server 2008 could influence their future choice of software
applications.
"Combining Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 in the same environment strengthens TCP/IP networking, network
access protection and administering policies as well as quality of service settings. However, Windows Server also provides 'plumbing' that
influences the selection of other products," he said.
winbeta.org - 02.11.2007VMware Workstation 6 Supports Vista
VMware this week made
available version 6.0 of its
desktop virtualization
product, which has set a
standard for testing and
development, and competes with
Microsoft's now-free
VirtualPC. New features in
Workstation 6.0 include
support for Vista, dual
monitors, and USB 2.0 devices...
betanews.com - 11.05.2007Installing and Using the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Vista
There are some things in life that will always be the same. Taxes will be due April 15 (in the US). The United States of America will always celebrate
Independence Day on July 4th. Grant will always be buried in Grants Tomb. And, Microsoft will continue to make decisions and provide solutions that
make us all shake our heads. If you run Windows Vista, you were shaking your head and in many cases, very upset about the situation of not having the
proper tools to perform administration of your Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 network and Active Directory environment. Now, with the
recent release of the Remote Server Administrative Tools (RSAT), the wait is over. This article describes some idiosyncrasies, installation steps, and
tools that are available in the new RSAT for Windows Vista.
winbeta.org - 20.08.2008Installing GPMC on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
The Group Policy Management Console is included in Windows Server 2008; however, you must install it before you can use it. The domain controller
promotion process installs GPMC on the server, in addition to adding the domain controller to the domain. Additionally, you can install GPMC on a
member server as long as its a member of the domain. Lets look at two ways to install GPMC on Windows Server 2008 (other than through DCPROMO).
winbeta.org - 08.07.2008VMware unmasks next-gen hypervisor
As expected, server virtualization kingpin VMware will today take the wraps off its next generation hypervisor, ESX Server 4.0, and the related tools
for managing it. They're now called vSphere rather than Virtual Infrastructure.
The vSphere stack embodies a strategy and
product set that VMware used to call the Virtual Data Center Operating System, or VDC-OS. Now, says Bogomil Balkansky, vice president of marketing at
VMware, it goes by the name Cloud OS.
winbeta.org - 21.04.2009Server Vendors To Embed New VMware On Servers
VMware this week is shrinking its flagship ESX Server virtualization software so it can be embedded in servers from vendors such as IBM,
Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
VMware is unveiling the software, VMware ESX Server 3i, along with other enhancements to its product
line, to its solution providers and an estimated group of 10,000 attendees of its VMworld conference, which starts Tuesday in San Francisco.
ESX 3i has all the functionality of ESX Server, but was shrunk to fit in 32 Mbytes of memory instead of the previous 2 Gbytes in order to
let it be embedded on server motherboards, said Bogomil Balkansky, senior director of product marketing at VMware.
"That makes
it only 1 percent or 2 percent the size of a general purpose operating system," Balkansky said. "This has implications for reliability and security.
A smaller code base is more reliable. And it leaves less surface area for attacks."
winbeta.org - 10.09.2007Last Friday's post (VMware ESX Server 3i)
Dave Northey: Looks like I've upset a few people. Sorry, that wasn't my intention.
I get to talk to a lot of people about a
lot of stuff. Virtualisation is one of them, and all I ever hear is VMware this and VMware that (and next to no one knows what Microsoft currently
offer - or have coming down the line).
I've posted a comment myself on last Friday's post, but thought it
worthwhile posting this too:
So, in my defense (in an attempt to respond to all your comments)...
winbeta.org - 15.10.2007VMware benchmark tool raises fairness questions
VMware is making a free
benchmarking tool available to
IT professionals today to
evaluate the performance of
virtualisation technology in
their datacentres. Meanwhile,
it seeks to assure competitors
that the benchmarking
standards will be fair to all
of them.
VMmark is
available for a free
download and can be used
to determine how well
virtualisation software works
with any of six typical
datacentre workloads: file
server, e-mail server, web
server, a stand-by server, an
online transaction processing
(OLTP) database and a Java
order entry system. VMmark
runs on either Linux or
Windows.
VMware
shared a prototype of VMmark
in October 2006 with members
of the Standard Performance
Evaluation (SPEC), an industry
group that establishes
performance benchmarks so
customers can evaluate
products. At that time, SPEC
had just formed a working
group to develop benchmarks
for virtualisation software.
It is still working on those
benchmarks...
winbeta.org - 23.07.2007Microsoft 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
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 26.05.2009VMware to get hypervisor certified by Microsoft
Virtualization competitors VMware and Microsoft have found common ground in a deal that will let customers receive technical support for Microsoft
applications running on servers virtualized with VMwares hypervisor.
There doesnt seem to be any official announcement, but a
Microsoft spokeswoman said Tuesday that VMware has joined Microsofts Server Virtualization Validation Program. This means that VMware will try to get
its hypervisor certified by Microsoft, and once that happens Microsoft will offer technical support for Microsoft applications running on VMware
servers. Its not clear when those support plans would become available.
winbeta.org - 20.08.2008VMware Releases New Converter Tool
VMware on Monday released a
beta version of VMware
Converter 3, a tool that takes
a physical computer system and
transforms it into a virtual
machine image to be used with
the company's products. The
new release combines two
previously separate tools:
VMware P2V Assistant and
Virtual Machine Importer...
betanews.com - 02.10.2006Intel, VMware Partner In Virtual Machine Migration
Intel on Thursday said it is working with VMware on technology that makes it possible to move software-running virtual machines from servers running
older Intel processors to the chipmaker's next-generation Xeon designs.
VMware is building support for Intel's FlexMigration
assist for virtualized environments in VMware's Vmotion technology, which is used to move running virtual machines from one physical server to
another. The collaboration is expected to help VMware customers move virtual machines to Intel's upcoming processors based on its 45nm scale process
technology, Jake Smith of Intel's Advance Server Technology Group told InformationWeek.
Intel is scheduled to ship in November
its first 45nm server chip built using 45-nanometer technology, codenamed Penryn. That release is expected to be followed in 2008 with Nehalem,
codename for Intel's upcoming microarchitecture. ..
winbeta.org - 28.09.2007Why installing Vista SP1 might fail via Windows Update
When you try to install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update you can get error: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from
Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates.
To help ensure a positive update experience, Windows Update will temporarily not
offer Windows Vista SP1 to systems that have the following device drivers. In some cases, these device drivers are problematic on Windows Vista-based
computers when you update to Windows Vista SP1. By installing updated device drivers, you will resolve the issue and enable Windows Update to offer
Windows Vista SP1.
Click read more to view a list of drivers that don't work well with Vista SP1:
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 20.03.2008VMware Adds Cloud, Desktop Infrastructure to its Virtualization Roadmap
As the 2008 VMworld conference kicks off, VMware is detailing a new roadmap that will take the company beyond virtualization as a server and data
center infrastructure consolidation tool and into the world of cloud computing. VMware executives believe that they will be able to offer a
combination of virtualization software and services that will allow an enterprises data center to resemble what Google has done. VMware is also
looking enhance its ability with desktop virtualization.
winbeta.org - 15.09.2008