A public preview release of Windows Server Code Name “Vail” has been announced by Microsoft.
Version 2 of Windows Home Server, Vail is based on Windows Server 2008 R2. It provides features such as simple file sharing, remote access, expandable storage, backup and internal\external media streaming. Vail also comes equipped with an application catalogue and product [...]

With the growing trend for desktop and application vitalization, the alternative seems all too often to get over looked. Thin-clients, all be it and “old” solution, is still a good way to deliver software to resource-constrained machines.
MS has repackaged their Windows Terminal Services. Aimed at students, it offers a thin-client platform on Server 2008 R2. [...]

Microsoft release DPM 2010 BETA.

Now that Windows Server 2008 with HYPER-V and Microsoft HYPER-V Server 2008 are safely out of the door Microsoft will now offer full support for Exchange Server (and most other products) in a fully Virtualized environment.

Virtualization is a great buzzword at the moment and has been for a whie now. Whilst many of us know what it is and even how it might be able to help us out in terms of consolidation, cost vs capacity, IT support and of course the age old justification process for when we are buying new kit on which to run these systems.

Exchange Server 2007 SP2 features.

Windows Server 2008 R2’s new features and how it might help. Born to work with Windows 7.