Microsoft add cheaper server platform to range
According to an article by Techspot, Microsoft has announced a version of Windows designed for small businesses, named Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
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1.4.2009 New Windows 7-Based Platform: Windows Embedded Server
Microsoft is not only hard at work laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of Windows 7, but it is also looking beyond the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems.
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31.3.2009 Windows 7 Filtering Platform New Features
Interested in building networking filtering applications tailored to the next iteration of the Windows client? Then you need to get up to date with the new features that have been added to Windows Filtering Platform for Windows 7.
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3.7.2009 Bill Gates: Office Is a Platform too, Not Just Windows
In an effort to underline the relevance of the Office System as a platform for developers and not just an application, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced during his keynote address at the Office System Developers Conference 2008, in San Jose, new software, services and tools designed to make Office an equivalent of Windows.
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12.2.2008 Microsoft starts Windows Network Developer Platform beta
Windows Network Developer Platform
Windows Network Developer Platform encompasses technologies such as Winsock, WinINet, HTTP Server API and WinHTTP. HTTP Server APIs (also known as HTTP.sys) is the kernel mode HTTP server stack in Windows that provides user-mode Win32 APIs.
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Windows Live Calendar, Presence coming soon to a dev platform near you
With its official announcement of the "Windows Live platform beta" at Mix '07 this week, Microsoft made available to developers a number of application programming interfaces (APIs) and controls upon which they can build their own applications and mashups.
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2.5.2007 Microsoft Urges Users Stop Using Safari In Windows Platform
Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.
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2.6.2008 New Platform in Windows 7 Enables Remote Connectivity to Virtual Desktops
Even though Microsoft is yet to officially breathe a single word on the matter, the virtualization capabilities of Windows 7 will also evolve in comparison to what is offered with Windows Vista today.
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3.7.2008 Intel to take 'Averill' to market as Centrino-like platform
Intel will next year launch its third branded PC platform, after Centrino and Viiv, this time pitched at corporate desktops.
As yet there's no word on the platform's go-to-market brandname, but it will almost certainly be based on Intel's 'Averill' platform. Averill was announced at the chip giant's Developer Forum in March this year for availability in 2006.
Averill is based on Intel's upcoming 'Broadwater' chipset, which will ship primarily as the 965 family, but also as the 946 and 963 product lines, it is believed. The platform also takes in Intel's next-generation Gigabit Ethernet controller, 'Nineveh', and its 65nm dual- and single-core Pentium D and Pentium 4 6xx processors.
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1.12.2005 Microsoft Showcases Platform Strategy and Opportunity
Q&A: Tomorrow's triple launch of business availability of Windows Vista, 2007 Office system and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 underscores Microsofts ongoing commitment to providing customers and partners with even greater platform opportunities.
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30.11.2006 Microsoft readies a consumer healthcare platform
Microsoft has made no secret about the fact it has designs on being a healthcare-IT contender. But what the company has kept under wraps, at least until now, was what it planned to do on the consumer side of the healthcare space.
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2.7.2007 Microsoft updates MSN Video Platform Beta
Microsoft refreshed its video platform today with a new beta version of MSN Video. The updated site reflects the design, layout and features of Soapbox, Microsoft's answer to Google's user-generated video site YouTube.com.
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27.4.2007 Microsoft to Deliver a Platform Agnostic Standard for Virtualization
Microsoft is cooperating with rivals from Vmware, XenSource and IBM, but also with partners on the server market such as Dell and HP in order to deliver a single standard for portable virtual machines.
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10.9.2007 Intel to launch Calpella notebook platform in 3Q09
Intel's next-generation notebook platform (Calpella) is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009.
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5.8.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Intel to launch new Core 2 Extreme CPU for Skulltrail platform
Intel is planning to launch a new desktop processor for its upcoming Skulltrail motherboard, a high-end enthusiast and gaming platform, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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16.10.2007 MS to unify MSN, Xbox and Zune with Ignition music platform
Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Ignition, a new program that gives recording artists with new releases a unique channel to reach tens of millions of consumers, whether they are browsing music online, playing games or catching up on the latest news.
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6.6.2007 Microsoft Denies Having Updated Vista's Anti-Piracy Platform or the WGA
Microsoft denied having introduced any sort of updates to the anti-piracy platform built into its latest operating system, Windows Vista or to the Windows Genuine Advantage mechanism designed to safeguard over the legitimacy of the copies of the operating system.
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12.9.2007 Windows Mobile 7, the Next-Generation Mobile Platform
We all know Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, if not from using it, at least from what we've heard about it.
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15.3.2009 Microsoft Showcases Platform Advancements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Second annual Microsoft Office System Developers Conference highlights opportunity for custom solutions development utilizing innovations in the 2007 release.
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23.3.2006 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
Its that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesnt 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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26.11.2005 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 its Windows 7 Server.
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15.7.2008Overview of Windows Server 2008 in the Enterprise
Amit Pawar: By now you have either heard or read something somewhere that Microsoft is about to release a new Serve operating System. The new server
operating system is Windows Server 2008, slated for world wide release on February 27 2007. I have now been working with and presenting on Windows
Server 2008 for the past one year and the first thing I talk to customers about is why this is a significant release of Window Server Platform, and
the top reasons for why they should consider Windows Server 2008 as a important part of their IT Infrastructure platform.
The
capabilities the new version of Windows Server brings to an IT infrastructure is a strategic asset and the critical foundation upon which software can
deliver services and user applications that a business needs in order to operate effectively and succeed. Windows Server 2008 enables greater business
success by providing a platform that supports mission critical solutions and applications, making them available to your organization when it needs
them. Windows Server 2008 is the platform on which our customers can build their business on.
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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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02.04.2009Is Microsoft/Yahoo about Windows' server platform failure?
Before my whiney enemies all get up in arms about yours truly once more beating up on Microsoft, I'd like to point out that the idea of Microsoft
buying Yahoo being a tacit admission that Windows can't cut the mustard as a top Internet server platform didn't originate with me. No, the
credit, or blame if you prefer, goes to Marcelo Carvalho, an IT manager in San Francisco and Damien Hocking, a Linux-Watch reader who brought
Carvalho's thoughts to my attention.
Carvalho, in a talkback on CNN/Money wrote, "I do not know if anybody … has understood
the layer beneath a Microsoft Corp. -Yahoo Inc. deal." Caravalho continued, "Microsoft runs on the Windows platform and it has proved inadequate to
run big Internet companies. There is not one big Internet company—and I mean "BIG" like Google Inc. , Yahoo, Amazon.com Inc. , eBay Inc. and
such—that runs on Windows besides Microsoft. Its software platform has been a disaster supporting its search engine, email and other free
services."
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15.02.2008New 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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01.04.2009Sun VirtualBox may be the only way to test Windows Server 2008 R2
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20.01.2009Zend PHP to run on Windows Server 2008
PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) tools company
Zend Technologies is announcing this week that
its Zend Core product will run on the Windows Server 2008 platform, providing parity between Windows Server and Linux in running PHP. Zend Core is
Zend's certified PHP distribution; version 2.5 is certified for Windows Server 2008. "The certification means that customers who choose to use it
on Windows Server 2008 know that it will work as it should," said Andi Gutmans, CTO and co-founder at Zend.
Microsoft and Zend have been
collaborating to enable PHP applications to run on Windows. Microsoft has a feature called FastCGI intended to enable PHP to run reliably on
Microsoft's platform, said Gutmans. Users also need Microsoft Internet Information Server to run PHP on Windows, he said.
"Now that
Zend and Microsoft delivered the technology, we're going to be working with customers on adoption. We're also going to be targeting some of
the hosting companies," to entice them to use the product, said Gutmans. All Zend products are to support Windows Server by the end of the year, he
said.
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04.03.2008Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker Drive Encryption
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and BitLocker Drive Encryption provide consolidated workloads a platform for secure data and systems. This paper describes
detail steps for setting up this platform for deployment of virtual machines.
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25.06.2008TechEd 2007 Showcases Growing Adoption of Windows Server 2008
Partners demonstrate the broad
appeal of Microsoft's next
server platform as a new logo
program is announced...
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05.06.2007Microsoft Partners Eagerly Awaiting Windows Home Server
Microsoft's partners are
chomping at the bit to get
their hands on Windows Home
Server, but some feel it's
going to make its biggest
initial splash with tech-savvy
users.
Due to launch this fall,
Windows Home Server connects
multiple PCs in the same
household, and stores,
manages, backs up and protects
digital audio, video and
photos.
In addition to centralized
storage and backup, Windows
Home Server also lets users
access their digital content
remotely, and is built on the
secure platform of Windows
Server 2003, says Joel Sider,
senior product manager in the
Windows Home Server group at
Microsoft.
Although Windows Home
Server is designed to be easy
to install and use, the
software fits well into the
toolbox of home integrators,
who can wrap it into a smart
home solution along with home
automation and networking
technologies, Sider noted...
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04.08.2007Microsoft changes Window Server Datacentre licensing
Microsoft has changed the
licensing of its Windows
Server Datacentre operating
system, allowing users buying
new servers licensed with the
OS to run an unlimited number
of virtualised Windows Server
instances.
Microsoft said that
unlimited virtualisation
rights would significantly
extend the savings customers
gain through server
consolidation on the Windows
Server platform.
"Together, Windows Server
2003 R2 Datacenter Edition and
Virtual Server 2005 R2 are an
ideal, cost-effective platform
for scale out'
virtualization," it said.
By licensing a
server's processors with
Windows Server Datacenter
Edition, users would be able
to run Windows Server Standard
Edition, Enterprise Edition,
Datacenter Edition or a mix of
the three editions without
having to track the number of
virtual machines or pay for
additional Windows Server
licences.
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05.10.2006Cut to the Web Server Core: Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008, due for its official launch today, is a major upgrade for Microsoft's server platform, the first for around five years.
Requiring a graphical user interface (GUI) on a server operating system always seemed odd, even back in 1993 when Microsoft released Windows NT
3.1.
It has taken Microsoft until now to begin fixing the problem. Server 2008 comes with an installation option called Server
Core, and although it is not quite GUI-free (Notepad and Regedit still run), it is command-line driven and lacks most of the baggage that previously
came as standard. The snag with Server Core is that it is incomplete.
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27.02.2008New Windows Server, Visual Studio, SQL Server to Launch in February
On February 27, 2008,
Microsoft will jointly release
Windows Server 2008, Visual
Studio 2008 and SQL Server
2008, kicking off what it
calls a "launch wave"
with hundreds of events
worldwide. Microsoft will
pitch the products as a
platform for next-generation
Web service applications...
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10.07.2007Whats 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.
In the very
near term, Windows Essential Business Server (Centro) and Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Cougar) are due to ship this fall. Microsoft has said
both products will be available by November 12. Both families are based on the Windows Server
2008 code base, and given that SQL Server 2008 finally hit RTM, are likely to include the latest version of Microsoft’s database, rather than
SQL Server 2005 (which was the contingency plan if the SQL Server team didn’t manage to RTM soon enough).
Next up is
Windows Server 2008 Release 2 (R2), a minor Windows Server update. (The Windows Server team has been delivering a new release of Windows Server just
about every two years, alternating between major and more minor, R2, releases.)
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07.08.2008Microsoft Continues the Evolution of the Data Platform
Q&A: Ted Kummert, corporate vice president, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft, discusses the upcoming release of the SQL Server 2008
November CTP and recent announcements from the SQL Server group...
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12.11.2007Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (beta) is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web
Platform, including the IIS7, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer.
Developers and server administrators
can use the Web Platform Installer Beta to more easily discover, download and install the Microsoft Web platform. Using the Web Platform Installers
simple user interface, you can select specific components or install the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer easily and quickly. To help
you stay up-to-date with product releases, the Web Platform Installer tool always contains the most current versions and new additions to the
Microsoft Web Platform.
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30.09.2008Microsofts open source chief takes on Windows server marketing
The leader of Microsofts integration efforts around open source software and its proprietary technologies is expanding his role by adding the title
"general manager of Windows server marketing," further indication that Microsoft plans to crank up the volume on its Windows/Linux story.
Bill Hilf, who is the director of Microsofts Open Source Lab, and whose former title was general manger of platform strategy, added his
new responsibilities in the past month, according to a Microsoft spokesman. Hilfs new title is general manager of Windows server marketing and
platform strategy. Hilf is not eliminating any of the current responsibilities under his former title, which include coordinating projects across
Microsoft platforms and long-term strategic planning in the server and tools division.
This expanded role is a natural evolution
of the work Bill has led at Microsoft over the past four years working together with Microsoft technology-development teams and the open source
community to build interoperable solutions on top of the Windows Platform, and continuing the discussion around Linux and Windows, a company
representative said.
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09.10.2007Microsoft Gains in Web Server
Market
Microsoft said Thursday that
third-party data indicates the
Windows server platform
continues to grow at the
expense of Apache and Linux.
According to Web hosting
research company Netcraft,
Windows hostnames grew by 4.5
million, while Apache/Linux
lost 429,000...
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09.06.2006Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP1 Final Now Available
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested mangement, stability, and performance improvements, while
incorporating further enhancements to local publishing of drivers and the Client Servicing API addition.
WSUS 3.0 SP1 delivers
new features that enable administrators to more easily manage and deploy updates across the organization. This package installs both the WSUS 3.0
Server and WSUS 3.0 Administration Console components, for all Windows Server 2003 SP1 supported languages. Additionally, the WSUS 3.0 SP1 client is
included in all supported client platform languages. You must install the server components on a computer running Windows Server 2008 or Windows
Server 2003 SP1 or later. You may install the Administration Console on a remote computer running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server
2003 SP1, or Windows XP SP2.
If you are installing the WSUS 3.0 SP1 product on Windows Small Business Server 2003, follow the
instructions in
Installing Windows Server Update Services 3.0 on Windows Small Business
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08.02.2008Windows Server 2008 Developer Story
The Windows Server 2008 Developer Story introduces users to new features of the Windows Server 2008 operating system by providing a cohesive story
about how the features fit together to make a compelling platform for developers. The Developer Story topics explain how to take advantage of a new
feature or solve a problem using the new Windows technologies. The topics include conceptual information for context and technical specifications for
practical application of each scenario.
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06.11.2007Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 RC1
This software is an optional supplement to Windows Server 2008 RC1. In Windows Server 2008 RC1, the Streaming Media Services role (which includes the
latest version of Windows Media Services) and remote administration tools are not included in Server Manager. To obtain the new features and tools
available in Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008 RC1, such as the built-in WMS Cache/Proxy plug-in, you must obtain and run the appropriate
Streaming Media Services role installer file on the updated platform.
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