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Thread : Windows Server 2008 Reviewed
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Microsoft will release Windows 2008 Server as the direct successor to Windows 2003 Server in the spring of next year. The new server OS, code named Longhorn, shares the same kernel with Windows Vista and incorporates many additions compared to its predecessor.
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so how much does this cost? and what incentives is microsoft giving to people using Windows 2k and 2k3 server? |
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There is an error in the article about Windows Server Virtualization. WSV is NOT based on Virtual Server. WSV is a completely different architecture.
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A very good overview of the highlights on Server 2008. My compliments to the author.
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I have worked quite a bit with Windows Server 2003 and I know that the graphics drivers are not installed automatically, and consequently the UI is almost unusable. I have manually installed graphics drivers for Windows XP on Server 2003 and the UI is no longer sluggish. I would assume the same is true for Windows Server 2008. I would speculate that installing the Vista graphics driver on the Server 2008 machine would eliminate this problem. |
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Why not use the FTP Service that will come with the final product? http://www.iis.net/downloads/defau [...] i=1526&g=6 |
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good article.
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I agree, TH should review comparison between win2008 VM and VMWARE server.
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Regarding sluggish graphics. I took a shot at running the AMD's Vista installer for Catalyst 7.10 and it flawlessly installed the fully functional driver and control panel. All in all, the Server 2008 experience relative to Server 2003 is everything the Vista experience relative to XP SHOULD have been. Namely, improvements far outnumber arbitrary and unnecessary changes. It is a relief to see "+" and "-" for expand/collapse treeview instead of the ridiculous and hard to hit symbols in Vista. Still though, network shares from XP systems refuse to get gigabit speed which is my dealbreaker for using Vista. Message edited by paulpod on 10-26-2007 at 09:28:39 AM |
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I Installed 2008 server about a month ago, I had the same sort of install experience as the article author - very smooth.
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IIS 7 FTP (with SSL support) is being released separately from RC0 code.
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Good article. Nice to see what is going on in the Windows server world.
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I run all my servers headless anyway - so who cares what video drivers are installed. |
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Thanks for the review
Message edited by boe on 10-27-2007 at 05:06:05 PM |
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Does anyone know if MS got around to fixing the Terminal Server Licensing in 2008?
Message edited by Casper42 on 10-27-2007 at 10:19:14 PM |
