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• SBS 2008: Released to Manufacturing!

  Excerpt from the post on the SBS blog by group program manager Dean Paron: On behalf of the SBS team, I am extremely pleased to announce that Windows Small Business Server 2008 software has been finalized! Today both SBS Standard and Premium are being... Posted Aug 21 2008, 01:59 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Networking, Misc, Virtualization, Longhorn, Windows Storage, ISV, VPN, R2 (Release Two), Server Manager, X64 Editions, Windows Server 2008, Branch Office, Hyper-V, marketing waves, Lone Server, Windows Server 2008 Longhorn Webcast Virtualization Cluster High Availability Launch, Partner solutions, admin tools, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Windows Web Server 2008

• Windows Server '7' aka "Windows Server 2008 R2"

  With Windows Server 2008 being released only 6 months ago, i'm sure it’s natural for people to wonder “what’s next?” As I have been combing through various blogs this weekend, I found it exciting to see so much interest and speculation over the next... Posted Aug 18 2008, 07:53 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, R2 (Release Two), X64 Editions, Windows Server 2008

• New branch office appliance from Citrix

  We've blogged about the use of Windows Server within branch offices several times here and here . Many of them kicked off with the introduction of Windows Server 2003 R2 . Today Citrix announced Branch Repeater , which they say is a new line of branch... Posted May 20 2008, 08:59 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, ISV, R2 (Release Two), Branch Office

• Windows Essential Server Solutions go public

  Good news. Today we opened up the Public Preview for Windows Essential Server Solutions - Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 . Visit here to find out how to download and evaluate the Release Candidate 0 versions of both. EBS... Posted May 13 2008, 11:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Networking, Misc, Longhorn, Windows Storage, R2 (Release Two), X64 Editions, Windows Server 2008, Branch Office, marketing waves, Windows Server 2008 Longhorn Webcast Virtualization Cluster High Availability Launch, Partner solutions, admin tools

• Essential Business Server blog

  The team behind Windows Essential Business Server 2008 for midsized companies (part of the newly announced Windows Essential Server Solutions family and formerly known as "Centro") has launched a team blog here . Group Program Manager Eric Watson provides... Posted Mar 11 2008, 12:39 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Networking, Misc, Virtualization, Longhorn, Powershell, Windows Storage, ISV, VPN, IIS, R2 (Release Two), Server Manager, X64 Editions, NPS, Windows Server 2008, HPC, TechEd-ITForum, MySpace, logo, Failover Clustering, high availability, marketing waves, Lone Server, Windows Server 2008 Longhorn Webcast Virtualization Cluster High Availability Launch, Partner solutions

• SBS myths dispelled...by "Tom"

  In the course of talking to many Microsoft partners and customers, the Windows Small Business Server team has learned that there are sometimes misperceptions about the product, in many cases based on experiences with the earlier versions of SBS. In hopes... Posted Mar 07 2008, 05:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Networking, Misc, Virtualization, Longhorn, Powershell, Windows Storage, ISV, VPN, IIS, Data Protection Manager, R2 (Release Two), Server Manager, Certification, X64 Editions, NPS, DNS, Recover Lost Data, Windows Server 2008, HPC, demo, DPM 2007, TechEd-ITForum, MySpace, Branch Office, logo, Failover Clustering, high availability, marketing waves, Lone Server, Windows Server 2008 Longhorn Webcast Virtualization Cluster High Availability Launch, Comic, Partner solutions, Author Profiles

• "Centro" = Windows Essential Business Server

  Today we announced Windows Essential Business Server as the official name for Windows Server codename "Centro," our upcoming IT solution designed for mid-sized organizations. We unveiled details about the product, available here , as well as an initial... Posted Nov 07 2007, 11:56 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Misc, Longhorn, ISV, R2 (Release Two), Server Manager, X64 Editions, TechEd-ITForum

• SP2 to AU next Tues

  FYI next week on Tuesday, June 12 th we will begin releasing Windows Server 2003 SP2 through Automatic Updates (AU.) To ensure more control over when and how SP2 is deployed, users will need to click on the AU “Updates are ready to install” balloon notification... Posted Jun 06 2007, 04:17 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Networking, Misc, R2 (Release Two), X64 Editions

• SP2 to You

  Based on customer feedback and requests, we have improved the Windows Update, Automatic Update and WSUS user install experience with Windows Server 2003 SP2. The experience is now more like that with Windows XP SP2 , meaning Windows Update End User License... Posted May 23 2007, 11:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Networking, Misc, R2 (Release Two), X64 Editions

• Boosting the Branch

  Good news for the many IT pros that support branch office systems. Today Microsoft and Packeteer jointly announced a new Windows-based branch office box: the Packeteer iShaper. iShaper builds on an ongoing partnership between MS and Packeteer, combining... Posted May 07 2007, 03:41 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, Networking, Misc, VPN, R2 (Release Two)

• Windows Home Server Beta 2

  Windows Home Server has reached the Beta 2 milestone! While previous releases have been tested by 1000+ Microsoft employees and some of our hardware and software partners, we are now starting to invite a broader group of external testers to participate... Posted Feb 12 2007, 05:05 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server, SBS, Misc, Windows Storage, R2 (Release Two)