Oct 9 2009 8:08PM GMT
Posted by: Brendan Cournoyer
Windows Server 2008 R2,
Windows 7,
Windows server,
Active Directory,
Security,
Exchange Server
Lots going on in the world of Windows this month, as you might expect. Here’s a roundup of some of the top news from this past week:
- Forget Live Migration; AD is king in R2
While most of the attention around Windows Server 2008 R2 has been given to Hyper-V enhancements and brand new features like Direct Access, when it comes right down to it, Active Directory is still No. 1 on the priority list for admins.
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Aug 12 2009 4:13PM GMT
Posted by: Brendan Cournoyer
Windows Server 2008 R2,
Exchange Server
UPDATE! (11/05/2009)
It looks like the people have spoken and Microsoft has done an about-face on this issue.
ORIGINAL POST (08/12/2009)
News broke a couple weeks ago that Exchange Server 2007 will not be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 (and by “broke” I mean the Microsoft Exchange Team casually snuck it into a blog about an SP1 update). This means that while R2 will support Exchange 2007 DCs, organizations migrating to the new server OS will also have to upgrade to Exchange Server 2010.
Upon hearing the news, one tech expert’s immediate reaction was, “Well that’s not going to be a very popular decision!”
So what’s the reason behind this? Continued »
Jul 24 2009 4:50PM GMT
Posted by: Brendan Cournoyer
Windows Server 2008 R2,
Exchange Server,
Hyper-V,
Windows 7
The folks at Microsoft had said both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 would be released to manufacturing before the end of the month, and they were true to their word, getting both in with just about a week to spare yesterday.
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