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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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26.11.2005 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: Windows 7 Server, the Next Major Release of Windows Server
If there is one thing that Microsoft is more mute than Windows 7, then it’s Windows 7 Server.
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15.7.2008 Windows 7 Server Is Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 are both, much in the same sense, future iterations of the Windows Server platform.
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14.8.2008 Up next: Longhorn Server
Now that Windows Vista is finally finished, it's time to turn the spotlight onto the next version of Windows due to hit: Longhorn Server.
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11.11.2006 What is next for Windows Server
With Microsoft having just released to manufacturing SQL Server 2008 — the last unshipped piece of its updated application platform — it’s time to look ahead as to what’s next for Windows Server.
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7.8.2008 Two Server Releases, One Day
It's a busy day on Microsoft Connect today, as two new, and anxiously awaited downloads appear. It seems that both Beta 2 of Windows Home Server as well as the February CTP of Windows Server codenamed "Longhorn" have been released.
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17.2.2007 Home Server: The best kept secret ...
Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it.
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26.7.2007 Windows Server 2008: Need to Know
After many months of waiting, Microsoft finally released the Beta 3 version of Windows Server 2008 (previously codenamed "Longhorn"), a major milestone pre-release version of the next version of Windows Server.
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31.7.2007 BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2
Whatsmore you don't need to wait until midnight to pick it up either :). As of now BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 is available at betaplace. We haven't updated ms.com yet (its coming) but the instructions are the same as the CTP. This time around there is the main product CD and a separate Adapters CD. Beta 2 had a strong quality bar (production beta for early adopters) so I think you are going to like it.
This week is Thanksgiving week. I never really understood why American's have their longest holiday of the year in the darkest time of the year - but then again coming from a country that celebrates X-mas on the beach with a cricket game what do you expect.
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23.11.2005 Windows Server 'Longhorn' Updated
Alongside the December CTP of Windows Vista, Microsoft has released build 5270 of Windows Server "Longhorn." Both operating systems are available on the same DVD image. Although development is currently in line with the client build, the next Windows Server won't be ready until 2007.
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19.12.2005 Longhorn Server 5600 Released
Longhorn 5600 was just released on
MS Connect, with the following builds:
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6.9.2006 Vista KMS activation server
This new KMS server, kms.vbs.net.cn (or vbs.net.cn), claims to operate 24 hours.
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9.12.2006 New build of Windows Server “Longhorn”
There’s a new build 6001.16406 up on the ongoing Longhorn Server beta program.
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20.12.2006 Windows Home Server Preview
At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server (WHS) product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require.
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8.1.2007 New information on Windows Home Server
Joel Sider, Senior Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft Corp. provided some new information about Home Server.
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17.1.2007 Windows Home Server Blog
The Microsoft Home Server Team started Blogging, some interesting facts from the first posts.
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5.2.2007 Windows Server 2003 SP2
With an absence of fanfare, but otherwise on schedule, Microsoft opened up its download page for Service Pack 2 of Windows Server 2003, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
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14.3.2007 Microsoft: Build Your Own Home Server
Microsoft this week released a beta software development kit for Windows Home Server, the company's newest operating system version for connecting multiple PCs and digital devices in a home.
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8.4.2007 Longhorn Server Beta 3 today?
Windows Server Code Name Longhorn is schedueled for release to beta testers sometime later today, with some of the most important changes coming to Longhorn Server Core.
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25.4.2007 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 Longhorn becomes Windows Server 2007
Microsoft has decided that its experimental server software, which has been working under the codename Longhorn, will be shipped under the name "Windows Server 2007".
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7.5.2007Google Caffeine: A Detailed Test of the New Google
Did you hear?
Googles launching a new, upgraded version of its search
engine soon. And just as important, the search giant released the developers preview of it today. Google promises that the new search tool
(codename śCaffeineť) will improve the speed, accuracy, size, and comprehensiveness of Google search.
While the developer version
is a pre-beta release, its completely usable. Thus, weve decided to put the new Google search through the ringer. We took the developer version for a
spin and compared it to not only the current version of Google Search, but to Bing as well...
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11.08.2009How I got Bonjour running on my iPhone
Holy. Cow. Do I ever need some rest. I just spent most of last night figuring out how to get Bonjour (aka mDNS) running on my iPhone. Bonjour offers
configuration-free networking technology. Computers (and iPhones) automagically broadcast their services, which you can then listen for and take
advantage of. This has been a long-term project that Ive been plugging away at for months.
So what makes this exciting? With Bonjour, your
iPhone and touch can talk to your Mac. They can talk to printers or to each other. They can browse for available services or provide their own as a
server. What I put together was a pair of applications: PicSend and PicListen. These apps allow you to subscribe to a camera on another persons
iPhone. Just tell that iPhone to snap a picture and within seconds that picture appears on your own screen.
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25.10.2007Vista SP1 up to 86% faster
Is Vista SP1 really the shot in the arm your Vista system needs? We've spent many hours strapped to our benchmarking system in a caffeine and pizza
fuelled haze to uncover these very interesting results.
We tested Vista:
- as it comes out of the box (RTM --
or "release to manufacturing")
- as it comes out of the box, with all Windows Update patches applied ("RTM patched)
- with
the final SP1 service pack applied
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05.03.2008Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools
SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a small footprint, in-process database engine that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows Desktops and
Mobile Devices. SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs DLL's on the IIS server enabling replication of data with SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs replication components on the IIS server enabling merge replication and remote data access (RDA)
between SQL Server Compact 3.5 database on a Windows Desktop & Mobile devices and database servers running SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL
Server 2005. This install is not required for Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools cannot be
installed Side-by-Side on the same IIS server with previous versions of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Server Tools or with SQL Server 2005 Mobile
Edition Server Tools. Using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools you can synchronize between SQL Server Compact 3.5 or SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
or SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition versions of the client database and SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL Server 2005.
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29.11.2007Windows Server 2003 R2 Now
Shipping
Microsoft on Wednesday began
shipping Windows Server 2003
R2, which was released to
manufacturing in early
December. The release serves
as an interim update to
Microsoft's flagship server
OS between Windows Server 2003
SP1 and Longhorn Server, due
in 2007...
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02.02.2006Windows Server 2008 Versions Announced, with Few Changes
The breakdown for the various editions of Windows Server 2008 was revealed this morning by Microsoft, and the big news there is the almost total lack
of change: Retail server software editions for the next Windows Server will fall right in line with the current Windows Server 2003 R2 editions,
including the number of client access licenses (CALs) provided in the basic package...
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12.11.2007VMware 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...
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06.02.2006Support changes coming July 2010 for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003
My name is Crissy House and I am the Windows Server Operations Manager here at Microsoft. I handle a lot of our customer and partner questions and
wanted to provide an update on upcoming support lifecycle changes for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 and help clarify some misperceptions
of a Service Pack 3 for Windows Server 2003...
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16.09.2009VMware 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...
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13.07.2006Microsoft Preps SQL Server for
Phones
Speaking in San Francisco
Thursday, Microsoft's senior
vice president of server
applications Paul Flessner
outlined the company's future
vision for its SQL Server
database in order to meet the
needs of an increasingly
mobile lifestyle. As part of
that effort, Microsoft
announced SQL Server
Everywhere Edition for
smartphones and other embedded
devices...
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08.04.2006Real-time 3D engine created in Excel
Gareth Halfacree: So, you've seen what the CryENGINE2 can do, and been left underwhelmed. You've checked out the latest incarnation of the Unreal
engine, and it's just not doing it for you. Perhaps you need real next-gen graphics technology “ via Excel.
Seriously.
In what I can only assume was a caffeine-fuelled burst of genius-stroke-madness, Peter Rakos of
Gamasutra has developed a kinda-sorta
3D engine using nothing but Microsoft's ubiquitous spreadsheet application.
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07.03.2008Windows Server OS to be Offered on Sun Servers
BREAKING NEWS - Sun Microsystems has become the latest server manufacturer to offer Windows Server operating systems pre-installed on x64
servers, as well as what Sun's EVP John Fowler described this afternoon, during a press conference call, as "the entirety of our server
line."..
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12.09.2007Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy
An independent search engine bug bash gave high marks to Google's bug testers and found that while Bing is buggy, it's also doing a lot of things
right.
A company called
uTest solicited 1,100 software developers and set them loose on the
four major search engines of the day: Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Google's new Caffeine update. Google had the fewest number of bugs and the least
severe bugs among the competition, while Bing amassed the most bugs yet still scored well in the accuracy of its results.
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16.09.2009Congestion warning needed for the net
Isn't it time we had proper alerts about technology problems, asks columnist Bill Thompson?
As a radio addict I often find
myself with 5 Live burbling away in the background as I sit at my keyboard in the early morning, taking advantage of that first caffeine hit of the
day to get some serious work done.
Every now and then the traffic report comes on, and I feel the smugness that comes from
knowing I don't have to negotiate the M6 or fight my way across the roundabouts of Slough in order to get to work.
Yet from time
to time I hit my own traffic jam, one that never makes it onto the drive time news.
A flashing green light on the cable modem
means I'm cut off from the internet, unable even to check the network status page on my ISPs website.
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13.09.2007Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 June CTP
Network World is reporting
that Microsoft Tuesday
released the next beta version
of Windows Server 2008 that
adds options for installing
Microsoft's newest Web
server.
The Community
Technology Preview (CTP),
which is Microsofts lingo for
its release cycle of beta
software, is available to MSDN
subscribers, TechNet
subscribers and Connect
testers.
This is the
first CTP since Windows Server
2008 Beta 3 was released in
April. Microsoft officials say
200,000 copies of Beta 3 have
been downloaded. With the new
CTP, Internet Information
Server (IIS) 7.0 is now an
installation option under the
Server Core feature of the
server. ..
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27.06.2007Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that
are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer that is
running Windows 7.
It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either the Server Core or full
installation options of Windows Server 2008 R2, and for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008. Some roles and features on Windows Server 2003
can be managed remotely by using Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7, although the Server Core installation option is not available with
the Windows Server 2003 operating system.
This feature is comparable in functionality to the Windows Server 2003 Administrative
Tools Pack and Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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12.08.2009Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that
are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer that is
running Windows 7 RC. It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either the Server Core or full installation options of
Windows Server 2008 R2, and for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008. Some roles and features on Windows Server 2003 can be managed remotely
by using Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC, although the Server Core installation option is not available with the Windows Server
2003 operating system.
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06.05.2009Windows Home Server Debuts
Microsoft said Monday that the first product under the Windows Home Server line, HP's MediaSmart Server, is now available for pre-order and will be
released later this month...
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05.11.2007Q&A: Whats Next for BizTalk Server
Oliver Sharp, general manager of the BizTalk Server group at Microsoft, provides an update on how BizTalk has fared in the marketplace and progress
the team has made on the next version of the product, BizTalk Server 2009...
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05.09.2008Informing Decision-Making for Customers at the Crossroads in Their Server-Purchasing Choices
Announced today, the Windows Server/Compare site provides customers with in-depth resources and comparative information about Windows Server, Linux
and UNIX...
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