At Tech∙Ed last week some information emerged on Windows Server 2008 R2. Specifically some information was handed out on the Server Core installation option in the successor to Windows Server 2008. Let’s take an early look at the differences between Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 and Server Core installations of Windows Server ...

Windows 7 isn't due for a very long time, but one of the most interesting things from the next version of Windows Operating System was publicly shown by Eric Traut on October 13th, 2007 at a presentation at the University of Illinois. (view links below) The feature I'm talking about is MinWin. It's basically a highly efficient ...

Wondering what Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 looks like on Windows Server 2008 Server Core? Wondering if your specific bug was one of the (almost) thousand bugs that were fixed in the last two months? Wondering what Windows Server Codename ''Longhorn'' looks like nowadays? Do you want your Windows Server 200 Beta test server to ...

When I checked into my MSDN subscription this morning I found a nice little download called ''Windows Server Longhorn Standard Beta 3 Escrow''. Despite its appearance this is the April 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP). Robert McLaws already predicted last week this download would be available this week.     Files The ...

The Windows Server team released a new build of Windows Server Codename ''Longhorn'' to the Technical Beta participants a couple of days ago and named it the ''December 2006 Community Technology Preview''. According to Steven Bink the build number is 6001. Technical Beta Participants If you're a Technical Beta Participant you can download the ...

The Microsoft Windows Server Division Weblog reports the availability of the August 2006 Community Technology Preview (also known as a CTP) to MSDN and Technet subscribers.   What's new? According to the Windows Division blog this build is an update to Beta 2 of Windows Server ''Longhorn'' and it seems the Windows Server Division ...